1. Supporting pupils with Dyslexia Parents’ Workshop

2. Objectives A brief introduction to Dyslexia.
Supporting pupils with SpLd.
How to create a dyslexia friendly classroom.

5. Dyslexia
The problem is the way the mind interprets what the eyes see.. Like an optical illusion, except this mismatch between what illusion and reality happens with ordinary print on a page.

6. Dyslexia givs me 4 prodlms and thay arer splemin, ridin, writ and seen figs bake to frunt.
If you dont costrat you see figs back to frunt elike “was”,
You wude writ like theis “saw”.
John age 7

7. Dyslexia gives me 4 problems and they are spelling, reading, writing and seeing things back to front.
If you don’t concentrate you can see things back to front like was, you would write it like this, saw.

8. The Dyslexic brain

9. What is Dyslexia ?
Dyslexia is a learning difficulty that primarily affects the skills involved in accurate and fluent word reading and spelling.
Rose Report 2009

10. Characteristic features are:
Difficulties in phonological awareness
Verbal memory
Verbal processing speed
A good indication of the severity and persistence of dyslexic difficulties can be gained by how well an individual responds to well founded intervention.
Rose Report 2009

11. Dyslexia may affect:
The development of the ability to remember what is heard or seen in sequence.
The ability to identify sounds in words:
Rhymes, similar sounds and syllables.
Speed of reading and understanding
Concentration and co-ordination
The ability to put things in order eg; days, months,
Letter and number reversals

12. Barriers to Learning
Poor handwriting affects both speed and quality of work
Difficulties in self organisation reflects in thoughts and planning
Often written work does not match their verbal ability
These difficulties may lead to frustration, problems with self–esteem ,withdrawal or challenging behaviour

13. Reading and Writing Slow acquisition of skill Varied performance
Misreading/spelling of high frequency words
Inconsistent reading and spelling of words
Difficulties with phonic decoding, segmenting and blending
Bizarre spelling in written work
Lack of awareness of punctuation

14. Early school years Poor letter-sound knowledge.
Poor phoneme awareness.
Poor word attack skills.
Idiosyncratic spelling.
Problems copying.

15. General Poor listening, concentration span, distractibility,
Family history of reading/ spelling problems
Lack of confidence, low self-esteem often resulting in poor behaviour
Poor organisation, clumsiness
Variable performance from day to day
Difficulty remembering instructions
Tiredness
Visual stress

16. How might the TA give support?
Give encouragement and support
Provide key words
Act as scribes if necessary
Proof read work and work on errors with child
Practice memory games
Contribute to any one page profiles.
Check homework is in bag or bag is emptied in morning

17. Multi-sensory learning

21. Chant the Alphabet Rap
Double click and scroll down to activate 21

22. Use of mnemonics Big Elephants Can Add Up Sums Easily
Snakes arrive in dustbins 22

23. b d reversal

26. Syllable division

27. Aide memoires

28. Warming up the brain

29. Crossing the Mid-line Lazy eight
Stretch your arm out in front of your self.
You are going to draw a figure of eight in its side.
Use your eyes to track the figure of eight across.
Do this 5-6 times.
Swap hands.

30. Dyslexia Friendly Environment
Text that is printed in clear sans serif font or Arial are easily distinguishable
Minimum print size = 11pt
Highlight important messages in Bold, do not use italics or underline
Line spacing up to at least 2 points on the text size
Have ‘brain breaks’.

31. Make fresh water available.
Take time to teach organisational skills.
Change the background colour on your IWB pastels rather than white
Use tinted paper this helps reduce the resonance of black text on bright white paper
Be careful how you seat left and right-handers, sit a left hander to the left side of the table
Be aware of children’s different ‘learning styles’

32. Useful Apps for I pads
Hairy letters/Hairy Phonics ( from Nessy SpLd program)
Pocket Phonics
Elephonics **Squeebles Spelling £2.99 (and times tables and wordsearch) £10.49 for the bundle)
UK alphabet Doodlebuddy
Ani match memory game
Dyslexia Quest Chicktionary
Puppet Pals HD
Tellegami (free)
Book creator

33. Nessy apps Our contact is: john@nessy.com Syllable division
Key word reading
Learn 9 phonemes: ar, or, er, ir, ur, a-e, o-e, i-e, o-e, u-e. Ages 5-7 years.
Our contact is:

34. Resources on the smart gallery
Fridge magnet
Matching pairs
Guess the word
Vortex
Magic pen
Creative pens
Handwriting tools

35. Further staff training materials
select online send CPD
Primary Training toolkit
The Inclusion Development Programme (IDP): Dyslexia and Speech, Language and Communications Needs (SLCN) – An interactive resource 

36. www.phonicsplay.co.uk www.spellingcity.com www.starfall.com
CD roms
Literacy Activity Builder – Black Cat- ISBN