Dyslexia

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• How to Support Your Dyslexic Child ^{Editor's Pick}

  

  Information for Parents Dyslexic children are often sensitive children who are aware that they struggle to acquire literacy skills. They may lack confidence and will make comparisons between themselves and their peers. They often have significant difficulties with memory and organisation and...

• Dyslexia and other Difficulties

  

  Finding out that your child may be behind at school is worrying for any parent. Knowing what steps to take to help your child can also be bewildering. However, your first step is to speak to the headteacher and find out the problem areas and the extent of them. It's useful to know that the...

• Don't let dyslexia be a problem

  

  Often young learners, many between the ages of 10 and 16, feel that school subjects such as English are too difficult for them. When asking what they enjoy at school they rarely say English or literacy. They believe reading, writing and spelling is ‘difficult’, ‘hard’ ‘really bad’ or ‘my worst...

• Are Certain Jobs Particularly Suited to Dyslexics? ^{Editor's Pick}

  

  My dyslexic librarian - are certain jobs particularly suited to dyslexics? Despite being a dyslexia specialist, even I was surprised when my local librarian told me she was dyslexic. As my mother said “I bet she left that off her application form”. Being dyslexic definitely makes me a better...

• Reading, writing and spelling difficulties ^{Editor's Pick}

  

  If your child is falling behind at school or not progressing at the rate you expected it may be because they are dyslexic.  Dyslexia is a learning disorder on a spectrum: it can affect children mildly, so adults may be unaware of it, or it can affect them more severely, making learning to read...

• Ingredients for good teaching ^{Editor's Pick}

  

  I believe that good teaching is the same for pupils of any ability and at any level - there is nothing to beat one-to-one multisensory teaching tailored to each pupil and taking account of their own particular strengths and weaknesses. A good rapport between pupil and teacher is essential, as...

• Dyslexia, self-esteem and motivation

  

    Most of my teaching has been on a one-to-one basis with both dyslexic and non-dyslexic students who suffer from low self-esteem and are demotivated, underachieving and simply not enjoying the school experience. Dyslexic children are particularly at risk of developing low self-esteem because...

• Dyslexia- what is it? ^{Editor's Pick}

  

  What is Dyslexia? A lady called out to me 'Dyslexia is a curse'! A colleague and I were giving a talk on dyslexia at Remploy, a centre to help get adults back into work. I had to say I agreed with her. It often runs in families, destroying confidence and in its most severe form causes the...

• About Dyslexia ^{Editor's Pick}

  

  I am aware that many young offenders have dyslexia and this has gone undetected during their school life. Many often come to be screened. They have low self-esteem and believe they are stupid. When they realise that they can work on their learning difficulty and improve their Literacy skills...

• Reading for children with dyslexic tendencies

  

  If your child is struggling with reading, look for suggestions made by Dyslexia Action.  Choose age appropriate reading material written in the level suited to their ability.  The following link provides inspiration to help inspire children to love reading when they never thought they could...