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Supporting pupils with Dyslexia Parents’ Workshop
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Objectives A brief introduction to Dyslexia.
Supporting pupils with SpLd. How to create a dyslexia friendly classroom.
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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.
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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
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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.
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The Dyslexic brain
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Early school years Poor letter-sound knowledge.
Poor phoneme awareness. Poor word attack skills. Idiosyncratic spelling. Problems copying.
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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
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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
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Multi-sensory learning
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Chant the Alphabet Rap Double click and scroll down to activate 21
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Use of mnemonics Big Elephants Can Add Up Sums Easily
Snakes arrive in dustbins 22
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b d reversal
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Syllable division
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Aide memoires
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Warming up the brain
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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.
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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’.
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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’
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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
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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:
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Resources on the smart gallery
Fridge magnet Matching pairs Guess the word Vortex Magic pen Creative pens Handwriting tools
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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
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www.phonicsplay.co.uk www.spellingcity.com www.starfall.com
CD roms Literacy Activity Builder – Black Cat- ISBN
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