Hope for Dyslexics
1. Dyslexic children and adults can learn
to read, spell, and write if they are
diagnosed and taught using a
multisensory, structured language
approach.
2. Teachers can be taught to do both the
diagnosis and the remediation.
3. Dyslexics can be taught to overcome
their primary problem, and learn to be
aware of differences among language
sounds.
8. Handwriting remediation promotes
more fluent, readable handwriting,
accurate spelling.
9. Comprehension can be improved by
merely improving decoding skills.
10. When decoding has been made
automatic and fluent, explicit
comprehension instruction can make
reading a pleasure.
for your information........
Why should we
care about
Dyslexia?
11. Writing can be mastered when taught
alongside decoding, spelling and
comprehension.
Source: www.ldonline.org .
4. Critical thinking skills can be taught by
giving clues and asking questions.
5. Teachers can be taught not to give
answers or model sounds, but to probe
with questioning to encourage problemsolving.
6. Memorization can be enhanced by
daily review of previously introduced
material.
7. Sequenced steps for decoding (breaking
down words) and spelling serve to
focus attention, activate deliberate
thinking, enhance memorization, and
foster independence.
For more information about dyslexia
and multi-sensory language training:
www.interdys.org
www.ldonline.org
www.wilsonlanguage.com
www.orton_academy.org
www.brightsolutions.us
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Dyslexia
affects us all……..
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Dyslexia affects 1 in 5 children.
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Students with learning difficulties can be
recognized as early as kindergarten.
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Of children evidencing reading problems in
first grade, 74% will be poor readers in 9th
grade, without intervention.
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85% of students in special ed classes are
dyslexic.
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60% of adolescents in treatment for drug and
alcohol problems have a learning disability
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35% of dyslexics drop out of school.
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60% of adults with severe literacy problems
have a learning disability.
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90% of the incarcerated are functionally
illiterate.
Source: Dr. Desmond Kelly, Director of Donald A.
Gardner Family Center for Developing Minds,
Greenville, SC, Keynote speaker at the 2006 SC
International Dyslexia Association Conference in
Greenville, SC.
Characteristics of Dyslexia
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reading difficulties
oral language difficulties
writing difficulties
mathematics difficulties
Dyslexia is a learning disability resulting from a
difference in the way a person’s brain is wired. Children
with dyslexia are as smart or smarter than their peers,
but they may have difficulty reading writing, spelling,
reasoning, recalling and/or organizing information if
left to figure things out for themselves or taught in
conventional ways. It is a life-long condition that cannot
be cured or fixed. However, children with dyslexia can
succeed in school by encouraging their strengths,
knowing their weaknesses, understanding the
educational system, working with professionals and
learning about strategies for dealing with specific
language difficulties.
“Dyslexic students need a different approach to
learning language from that employed in most
classrooms. They need to be taught slowly and
thoroughly, the basic elements of their language - the
sounds and the letters which represent them-and how
to put these together and take them apart. They have to
have lots of practice in having their writing hands, eyes,
ears, and voices working together for the conscious
organization and retention of their learning.”
-Margaret Rawson
Founding Member, International Dyslexia Association
Tutor Eau Claire
is making a difference….
Tutor Eau Claire offers
Dyslexia Information Seminars
for parents and teachers.
Tutor Eau Claire provides training and
tutoring opportunities for volunteers.
Tutor Eau Claire offers after-school tutorials
and one-on-one tutoring.
Tutor Eau Claire offers a Family Fluency
Program for involved parents.
Tutor Eau Claire has helped many students
learn to read and meet grade level standards.
For more information, contact Tracey Ely at
Tutoreaucalaire@yahoo.com.
Mrs. Ely is on the Board of the SC Branch of the International
Dyslexia Association, a certified Wilson Reading System instructor
(Level 1), Associate of the Academy of Orton-Gillingham
Practitioners and Educators, and recipient of the President’s Call to
Service Award for her community education efforts.