dyslexia scotland roadshow angus 22 may 2012

Dyslexia Scotland RoadshowAngus

22 May 2012

What is dyslexia?

What is dyslexia?

• Mr Krook, the eccentric marine store dealer, has a wall pasted with hand-written alphabets to try and teach himself to read. The law clerk, Jobling says: ‘read, he’ll never read. He can make out all the letters separately but he cannot put them together.’

What is dyslexia?Dyslexia can be described as a continuum of difficulties in learning to read, write and/or spell, which persist despite the provision of appropriate learning opportunities. These difficulties often do not reflect an individual’s cognitive abilities and may not be typical of performance in other areas.

What is dyslexia?

The impact of dyslexia as a barrier to learning varies in degree according to the learning and teaching environment, as there are often associated difficulties such as:

What is dyslexia?• auditory and/or visual processing of

language-based information• phonological awareness• oral language skills and reading

fluency• short-term and working memory• sequencing and directionality• number skills• organisational ability

What is dyslexia?Dyslexia exists in all cultures and across the range of abilities and socio-economic backgrounds. It is a hereditary, life-long, neurodevelopmental condition. Unidentified, dyslexia is likely to result in low self esteem, high stress, atypical behaviour, and low achievement.

What is dyslexia?Learners with dyslexia will benefit from early identification, appropriate intervention and targeted effective teaching, enabling them to become successful learners, confident individuals, effective contributors and responsible citizens.

Scottish Government/Dyslexia Scotland/Cross party Group on Dyslexia

What is dyslexia?

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

Gavin Reid

Some key facts

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.

Some key facts

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

Some key facts

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

Some key facts

• Dyslexia can occur at any level of intellectual ability.

Some key facts

• Dyslexic people can face difficulties in both education and employment

Some key facts

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

General Checklist

• Family history

General Checklist

• Family history of difficulties• Good orally but difficulty in

writing the answer

General Checklist

• Family history• Good orally but difficulty in

writing the answer• Difficulty with reading/spelling

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

General Checklist

• Reads a word correctly but fails to recognise it further down the page

General Checklist

• Reads a word correctly but fails to recognise it further down the page

• Spells a word in different ways

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

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

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

General Checklist

• Poor concentration

General Checklist

• Poor concentration• Badly organised

General Checklist

• Poor concentration• Badly organised• Difficulty planning stories/essays

General Checklist

• Poor concentration• Badly organised• Difficulty planning stories/essays• Difficulty taking notes

General Checklist

• Poor concentration• Badly organised• Difficulty planning stories/essays• Difficulty taking notes• Difficulty with time/tenses

General Checklist

• Poor concentration• Badly organised• Difficulty planning stories/essays• Difficulty taking notes• Difficulty with time/tenses• Can’t follow a series of

instructions

Screening

Dyslexia Scotland:

Assessing Dyslexia Toolkit

www.frameworkforinclusion.org/AssessingDyslexia/

Areas to look at

• Nutrition

• Visual

• Auditory

• Exercise

Nutrition

• A good diet

• Additives?

• Essential fatty acids

Visual

Visual• The letters go all blurry• The letters move around so I

can’t tell which is which• The letters seem to float over the

page• The letters move in and out of

the page• The letters split and go double

Visual• The ‘c’ moved over the ‘r’ so it

looked like another ‘c’• ‘d’s and ‘b’s sort of get the

wrong way round• The ‘p’ joined up with the ‘c’• The words go all glary• I keep losing my place• Blurring of print

Common visual symptoms• Difficulty moving from one line

to the other• Movement of words or letters• Short visual concentration span• ‘guessing’ words• Rubbing of eyes• Headaches/migraines• Seeing non-existent blotches or

diamonds

The rivers effectReading by the Colours: Overcoming Dyslexia and Other Reading

Disabilities Helen Irlen

The Seesaw effectReading by the Colours: Overcoming Dyslexia and Other Reading Disabilities

Helen Irlen

The Swirl EffectReading by the Colours: Overcoming Dyslexia and Other Reading Disabilities

Helen Irlen

Visual

Coloured overlays, coloured lensesand coloured paper can help.

Auditory

Some of the problems• Difficulty following sequential

directions• Difficulty with dictated information• Difficulty with background noise• Slow to respond to questions or

directions• Gives inappropriate answers to

simple questions• Has or has had a speech problem

Auditory

Right temporal lobe

Left temporal lobe

Corpus callosum

Auditory

Left hemisphere responsible for sequential, detailed part of language:

formants > phonemes > words > sentences

Auditory

Right hemisphere mainly responsible

for

intonation, pitch, stress pattern

Auditory

• The sounds don’t always meet up

• The sounds cross

• Background noise gets in the way

Sound therapy

• It is designed to stimulate the nerve pathways into and within the brain - in particular the areas dealing with language - and thus improve language processing abilities.

Exercise

Exercise

Exercises for co-ordination:

What does it feel like to be dyslexic?

Reading

Spelling

Spelling

• ovious

Spelling

• ovious

• probaly

Spelling

• ovious

• probaly

• permant

Spelling

• ovious

• probaly

• permant

• competive

Spelling

• ovious

• probaly

• permant

• competive

• sporting

Spelling

• obedions

Spelling

• obedions

• herowins

Spelling

• obedions

• herowins

• orthority

Spelling

• obedions

• herowins

• orthority

• lugsureus

Spelling

• obedions

• herowins

• orthority

• lugsureus

• nshore

Spelling

• perchsin

Spelling

• perchsin

• sjest

Spelling

• perchsin

• sjest

• spishus

Spelling

• perchsin

• sjest

• spishus

• enkuriged

Spelling

• perchsin

• sjest

• spishus

• enkuriged

• inagsptabal

Spelling Test

Spelling Test

•ohot

Spelling Test

•ohot•wilf

Spelling Test

•ohot•wilf•veresece

Spelling Test

•ohot•wilf•veresece•noinsions

Spelling Test

•ohot•wilf•veresece•noinsions•neurij

Spelling Test

•cloeshon

Spelling Test

•cloeshon•cachataball

Spelling Test

•cloeshon•cachataball•expnash

Spelling Test

•cloeshon•cachataball•expnash•theacher

Spelling Test

•cloeshon•cachataball•expnash•theacher•oriadanlaty

Spelling Test

•incored

Spelling Test

•incored•obdunses

Spelling Test

•incored•obdunses•eriginaligy

Spelling Test

•incored•obdunses•eriginaligy•extrusurher

Spelling Test

•incored•obdunses•eriginaligy•extrusurher•awkuging

Spelling Test

•expurpation

Spelling Test

•expurpation•yun

Spelling Test

•expurpation•yun•trininalagy

Spelling Test

•expurpation•yun•trininalagy•arecinatatey

Spelling Test

•expurpation•yun•trininalagy•arecinatatey•xx

Spelling Test

•ohot

Spelling Test

•ohot what

Spelling Test

•ohot what•wilf

Spelling Test

•ohot what•wilf wealth

Spelling Test

•ohot what•wilf wealth•veresece

Spelling Test

•ohot what•wilf wealth•veresece various

Spelling Test

•ohot what•wilf wealth•veresece various•noinsions

Spelling Test

•ohot what•wilf wealth•veresece various•noinsions nonsense

Spelling Test

•ohot what•wilf wealth•veresece various•noinsions nonsense•neurij

Spelling Test

•ohot what•wilf wealth•veresy various•nosins nonsense•neurij encouraged

Spelling Test

•cloeshon

Spelling Test

•cloeshoncollection

Spelling Test

•cloeshon collection

•cachatball

Spelling Test

•cloeshon collection•cachatball charitable

Spelling Test

•cloeshon collection•cachatball charitable

•expnash

Spelling Test

•cloeshon collection•cachatball charitable•expnash explanation

Spelling Test

•cloeshon collection•cachatball charitable•expnash explanation•theacher

Spelling Test

•cloeshon collection•cachatball charitable•expnash explanation•theacher feature

Spelling Test

•cloeshon collection•cachatball charitable•expnash explanation•theacher feature•oriadanlaty

Spelling Test

•cloeshon collection•cachatball charitable•expnash explanation•theacher feature•oriadanlaty originality

Spelling Test

•incored

Spelling Test

•incored encouraged

Spelling Test

•incored encouraged•obdunses

Spelling Test

•incored encouraged

•obdunses obedience

Spelling Test

•incored encouraged•obdunses obedience

•eriginaligy

Spelling Test

•incored encouraged•obdunses obedience•eriginaligy originality

Spelling Test

•incored encouraged•obdunses obedience•eriginaligy originality•extrusurher

Spelling Test

•incored encouraged•obdunses obedience•eriginaligy originality•extrusurher extinguisher

Spelling Test

•incored encouraged•obdunses obedience•eriginaligy originality•extrusurher extinguisher

•awkuging

Spelling Test

•incored encouraged•obdunses obedience•eriginaligy originality•extrusurher extinguisher

•awkuging arguing

Spelling Test

•expurpation

Spelling Test

•expurpation explanation

Spelling Test

•expurpation explanation•yun

Spelling Test

•expurpation explanation

•yun young

Spelling Test

•expurpation explanation•yun young

•trininalagy

Spelling Test

•expurpation explanation•yun young•trininalagy originality

Spelling Test

•expurpation explanation•yun young•trininalagy originality•arecinatatey

Spelling Test

•expurpation explanation•yun young•trininalagy originality•arecinatatey originality

Spelling Test

•expurpation explanation•yun young•trininalagy originality•arecinatatey originality•xx

Spelling Test

•expurpation explanation•yun young•trininalagy originality•arecinatatey originality

•xx excess

Spelling Test•cloeshon collection•cachatball charitable•expnash explanation•theacher feature•oridanlaty originality

Spelling Test

•incored encouraged•obdunses obedience•eriginaligy originality •extrusurher extinguisher

•arecinataty originality

Spelling Test

Spelling Test

•cloeshon collection•cachatball charitable•expnash explanation•theacher feature•oridanlaty originality

Spelling Test

•incored encouraged•obdunses obedience•eriginaligy originality•extrusurher extinguisher

•oriadanlaty originality

Writing

Writing

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

Writing

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

Writing

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

Writing

Reading and understanding the

question….

If there are five apples on a plate and you take three away, how many apples do you have?

A farmer has sixteen sheep and all but nine die. How many sheep does he have left?

Is it legal for a man to marry his widow’s sister?

How many two-pence stamps are there in a dozen?

James has two British coins which together add up to 55 pence. One is not a 50 pence piece. What are the coins?

Make one word out of the letters NEW DOOR. (You must use all the letters.)

Remember …….

Dyslexia-friendly teaching is good for

all pupils!

And finally …….

You don’t have to be a specialist to make a

difference.

And finally …….

YOU can make a difference!!

www.dyslexiascotland.org.uk