 Information
about how to indentify possible dyslexia in a pupil:
The criteria
most commonly used in assessment is the disparity (difference) between a pupil's
intelligence and their actual achievement.
If a pupil you teach appears
to speak and listen normally, yet they are unable to read and spell, then there
may be more to check out.
Some of the well-known symptoms of dyslexia
are: - confusion over the direction
letters face (b/d, p/9, p/q);
- difficulties
with left and right;
- difficulties
with keeping organized;
- difficulties
with spelling;
-
difficulties with directions (e.g. east and west);
-
missing out words when reading.
More
information |
 To
be quite honest, nobody quite knows at the moment. There has been a real increase
in the amount of information available through research, and a number of possibilities
are beginning to emerge, but the waters are still fairly murky. The overall picture
is that dyslexia can be caused in two ways:
1. by inherited factors; and/or
2. by hearing problems at an early age.
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more
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Many
of us are guilty of hastily writing homework on the board in the last minute of
a lesson, and dyslexic children often arrive home with an incoherent and incomplete
note of what is to be done. Parents try to help, but cannot work out what the
homework is supposed to be. Copying
homework from the board is a daily problem for children with dyslexia in
school, and a regular nightmare for parents. Read some teacher guidelines for
making it easier for dyslexic children to go home with an accurate note of their
homework.
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Dyslexia
and Math
(Maths) new! |
 Many
dyslexic children and teens aften experience problems with math (maths) because
of their difficulties with sequencing. Many have not yet learned the basics -
how to count to 100 forwards and backwards, and do not understand any processes
beyond addition. Jean Herold describes some techniques
which will help. |
 Each
day our news agency searches in newspapers around the world for any stories about
dyslexic children and adults, and the latest dyslexia information
and research. The most relevant of these stories are selected for our World
of Dyslexia Newsletter and sent to subscribers each month. |
| |  Computer
Game Helps Children with Dyslexia
- Psychologists in Finland have developed a computer game to help children with
dyslexia. They say it improves reading ability by training a specific part of
the brain. (August 20th 01)
Voice
Recognition Software Helping with Dyslexia
- You may have heard of programs like Dragon Naturally Speaking or IBM ViaVoice,
where the computer types what you say. This report shows positive results from
their use. The feedback we have received is that the more time you spend at the
beginning 'training' the program to learn your own particular voice patterns the
better. (July 19th 01)
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News and Research  Difficulty
copying from the board
A child
I teach says he has these difficulties copying from the board: •
Not enough time to copy from the board.
• I
lose my place. I try hard but get lost. It takes me a long time to check nearly
every word to find my place. It is easier in the dyslexia group because
I can ask where I am.
•
When my teacher checks my work I have lots
of mistakes.
•
I don't like having to stay in to finish
copying from the board.
•
I can't read the joined up writing, I don't
always know what letter to write.
•
I never know what I have written.
•
I can't see the words on the whiteboard. They can move around and sometimes I
see two words the same.
•
I can read the board better in the dyslexia
support group because the teacher writes on a blue background.
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| |  Multi-sensory
teaching methods
Studies from the National Institutes of Child Health
and Human Development have shown that for children with difficulties learning
to read, a multi-sensory teaching method is the most effective teaching method
to use to teach a child with dyslexia.
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| | |  Confidence
building
The majority of children with dyslexia have come to
the conclusion that they are stupid!
In any school in any week of the year
a dyslexic child experiences a huge amount of failure. Why can't he read and spell?
He must be dumb, thick, stupid. It's the conclusion that anyone would reach in
similar circumstances, and it badly needs changing before any corrective teaching
is going to be effective.
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information
Dyslexia Treatment - hints and tips |
 Information
about books: a selection by experienced experts of books, software and technological
aids for children and students with dyslexia is here for teachers.
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information
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 Information
about free print-outs for parents, listings of phonics programs, and links to
a huge range of resources for helping children with dyslexia in your school.
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information
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 Saturday
I put up a display in the classroom about differences. The whole class discussed
the issue and contributed (race, hair colour, skin, eyes, religion, etc) but no-one
talked about learning requirements or disabilities. It was a good chance to talk
to some of the pupils about these issues and remind them that we do not all find
learning easy nor do we learn in the same way.
Read
more of the diary of a teacher of children and teens with dyslexia.
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BULLYING
Information
and advice about how to deal with the bullying to which many children with
dyslexia are subjected. | 
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