dyslexia
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The presentation today is about
Dyslexia
DyslexicsDyslexics
Dyslexia is the most common special educational need found in schools
Numerous statistics indicate that about 5% of the population are severely dyslexic. It is severe enough for them to need special help during their school careers.
10% of people show some dyslexic tendencies.
It can cause difficulties in one or more of the following areas:
spoken language
reading
writing
maths
What is Dyslexia?
Reading Handwriting
Spelling
DyslexiaSequencing
Copying from the board
Short Term Memory
Organising Self esteem
How do we feel? Dumb Embarrassed Everybody else is better than you Slow Frustrated Anxious
How do we sometimes behave?
Shout and misbehave Have a go at everyone Just want to sit there don’t want to do
nothing Stubborn Chew pen Bite nails
Sometimes my eyes go funny and I can’t see them – it looks like they are going wavy and they get mixed up and small words look like black things with white in between.
What are we like?
Hard to do more than
one thing at a time
Disorganised
Clumsy ‘I can trip over my
own feet’.
Messy
Easily distracted
Forgetful
Hard to concentrate
However, what school subjects are we good at? Art Drama Music Sport Design Technology Maths Science
Strengths of dyslexic people
Musical
Good at sport
Thinking
Dramatic
Artistic
Good atDesign Good at making
things Talkative
Sociable
Imaginative
Creative
How do we help dyslexic people? A well structured
reading and spelling programme that is multi-sensory.
Use of coloured overlays
Highlight key words Use post-it notes to
organise ideas
Use a computer to do school work especially extended pieces of writing.
Use mind maps to record work and to revise for exams.
Famous people with learning disabilities
Albert Einstein
Could not talk until age 4. Could not read until age 9. His teachers considered him
mentally slow , unsociable and a dreamer.
Failed college entrance examinations.
Lost three teaching positions.
Tom cruise
Huge success in entertainment field.
Can only learn lines by listening tape
He has been formally diagnosed with dyslexia.
Grey Luganis
Has extreme difficulty in reading. At a young age he was considered
clumsy. Became one of the most famous divers
in the world. Won gold medals in 1984 and 1988
Olympics.
Winston Churchill
Famous statesman Failed 8th grade Terrible in math and disliked
school Famous quotes : “A lie gets
halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on”
Cher Famous entertainer Achieved success in two major
fields.Because of math learning
disability she can not remember phone numbers or balance a checkbook.
WALT DISNEY
He was slow in school Had a vivid imagination which
his teachers considered a distraction.
He was destined to become head of one of the largest theme parks in the world.
Woodrow Willson
was the 28th president of the united states
As a young boy, had great difficulty in reading
Unable to read well his whole life Was extremely successful in
politics
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