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Developmental Reading Disorder

Developmental Reading Disorder. Dyslexia. By Gretchen Elliott. What is Dyslexia?.

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Developmental Reading Disorder

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  1. Developmental Reading Disorder Dyslexia By Gretchen Elliott

  2. What is Dyslexia? • Dyslexia is a language based learning disability. People with dyslexia typically have average to above average intelligence. They may have difficulty with reading, spelling, understanding language they hear, or expressing themselves clearly in speaking or in writing. Reading is the biggest area where students seem to struggle.

  3. Word Meanings DYS = TROUBLE LEXIA = WORDS People with dyslexia have trouble with words.

  4. What causes dyslexia? The exact causes of dyslexia are still completely unclear, but brain imagery studies show differences in the way the brain of a dyslexic person develops and functions.

  5. Characteristics of Dyslexia • Slow Word Recall • Beyond third grade continuing to reverse and invert letters and rearrange words • More difficulty decoding nonsense words than content words • Difficulty decoding single words in isolation • Difficulty with letter/sound relationships • Confusing small words such as at for to, said for and, does for goes. • Reverses number sequences and math signs (+, -, x, =) even though math skills are typically a strength

  6. Characteristics of Dyslexia Continued • May have difficulty learning to tell time • Spelling is usually difficult, frequently spells the same word differently in a single piece of writing • Frequently able to decode a word they cannot spell • Listening comprehension is usually a strength and the student typically can comprehend at grade level what he hears orally • Poor grasp of abstract concepts • Difficulty in telling or retelling a story • Difficulty with rhyming words

  7. Dyslexia is • NOT a visual problem • NOT a lack of intelligence • NOT due to a lack of effort • NOT uncommon- 17.5% of United States have dyslexia • NOT responsive to standard reading instruction

  8. WHAT IS PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS?

  9. Phonological awareness is the understanding that words are made up of small bits of sound. Do fat and cat have the same end sound? What is the beginning sound in man? This is hard for a dyslexic person to grasp but is needed for reading, writing, and spelling.

  10. How is Dyslexia Found? Data gathering for all students Difficulties found- intervention started No difficulties found Student struggles even after interventions so more in depth instructions is given Student is not successful Student is successful Referral to a 504 plan or Special Education

  11. Dyslexia Assessed • Referral • To the dyslexia coordinator • To the 504 Coordinator. • To the diagnostician • Assessment • Completion of the dyslexia data sheet • 504 committee or special education program will determine eligibility, placement, and accommodations.

  12. Videos • Free dyslexia test for parents to check their child • http://youtu.be/rhygmurIgG0

  13. Works Cited • http://www.lexercise.com/dyslexia-services/?gclid=CKb78oL4l7MCFQf0nAodq3gAcQ • http://www.dyslexia-africa.com/ • http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0002379/ • http://familiesmatter2us.blogspot.com/2012/09/dyslexia-and-misconceptions.html • http://www.slideshare.net/treashelby/dyslexia-powerpoint • http://www.webring.org/hub/dyslexia?w=1920;rh=http%3A%2F%2Fdolfrogslinks.homestead.com%2FDyslexia.html;rd=1

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