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Roadshows November 2008
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I'm not stuipd I'm dylsexic!
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Reading
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Writing
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Writing

• I am trying very hard to copy this down quickly
  and correctly but it is very difficult.

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Writing

• I keep losing my place and sometimes the words
  seem to be in a different order.

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Writing

• Everyone else seems to do it far more quickly
  than I can.

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What is dyslexia?

• Dyslexia is a processing difference experienced
  by people of all ages, often characterised by
  difficulties in literacy.

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What is dyslexia?

• It can affect other cognitive areas such as
  memory, speed of processing, co-ordination and
  directional aspects. There may be visual and
  phonological difficulties and there is usually
  some discrepancy in performances in different
  areas of learning.
• Gavin Reid

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Spelling

• ohot what
• nosins nonsense
• veresy various
• neurij encourage
• encored encourage

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What is dyslexia?

• Dyslexia can be described as a continuum of
  difficulties in learning to read, write and/or
  spell, which persists despite the provision of
  appropriate learning opportunities that are
  effective for the majority of learners. These
  difficulties may not be typical of an
  individuals performance in other areas.

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What is dyslexia?

• Ranging from mild to severe, there may be
  associated difficulties in areas such as
• auditory and/or visual processing
• phonological awareness
• oral language skills

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What is dyslexia?

• short-term and working memory
• sequencing
• number skills
• organisational ability
• Motor skills and co-ordination may
• also be affected

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What is dyslexia?

• Dyslexia exists in all cultures and across the
  range of abilities and socio-economic
  backgrounds. It is a life-long condition which
  is generally considered to be hereditary

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Some key facts

• One person in ten (over 500,000 people in
  Scotland) is thought to be dyslexic and of these
  one in four could be severely dyslexic.

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Some key facts

• Difficulties can range from mild to severe and
  individual profiles can be very different, each
  with strengths and weaknesses.

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Some key facts

• Dyslexic people often have natural talents,
  creative abilities and vision.

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Some key facts

• Dyslexia can occur at any level of intellectual
  ability.

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Some key facts

• Dyslexic people can face difficulties in both
  education and employment

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Some key facts

• Early recognition, appropriate timely
  intervention, good structured multi-sensory
  teaching and additional support for learning
  contribute to success.

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Dyscalculia

• An extreme difficulty in Mathematics may be
  termed dyscalculia.

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Dyscalculia

• There may be some overlap between dyslexia and
  dyscalculia but the use of the term dyscalculia
  suggests that the student has pronounced
  difficulties with mathematical concepts.

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Dysgraphia

• Difficulties with handwriting

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Dyspraxia

• Dyspraxia is essentially a motor
• co-ordination difficulty.
• It can affect fine-motor activities such as
  pencil grip.
• It can affect gross-motor activities such as
  movement and balance.

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Attention Deficit Disorder

• Finds it difficult to stay focused
• Works slowly

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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

• Finds it difficult to stay still and focused
• Often interrupts or intrudes on others
• Little control over the thinking process
• Unpredictable, inconsistent, impulsive

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How do we recognise/assess dyslexia?

• General checklist
• Screening
• Full Educational Psychologists assessment

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General Checklist

• Family history
• Good orally but difficulty in writing the answer
• Difficulty with reading/spelling
• Letters/numbers the wrong way round, for example
  b/d or 15/51

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General Checklist

• Reads a word correctly but fails to recognise it
  further down the page
• Spells a word in different ways
• Confusion of left/right
• Clumsy
• Poor sense of rhythm/rhyme

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General Checklist

• Poor concentration
• Badly organised
• Difficulty with planning
• Difficulty taking notes
• Difficulty with time/tenses
• Cant follow a series of instructions

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Can it be cured?

• No
• Early recognition and intervention helps

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What can you do to help?
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Areas to look at

• Nutrition
• Visual
• Auditory
• Exercise

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Nutrition

• Fish oil

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The rivers effectReading by the Colours
Overcoming Dyslexia and Other Reading
Disabilities Helen Irlen