[senco-forum] dyslexia friendly help please!

Hi

we recently had some training on literacy across the curriculum. The main
message being that subject teachers need to teach the literacy needed for
their subject and not assume someone else has taught the kids to write in
that text type.

Tracy

On 04/02/07, dolfrog <dolfrog at tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
>
> HI Maggie
>
> To be Dyslexia Friendly you first have to define what dyslexia is, define
> what the underlying causes are, and what teaching methods and approaches
> are
> best suited to those underlying causes. The next step is to identify from
> you potential dyslexics in class which underlying causes of dyslexia they
> may have. The reason for this is that some underlying causes of dyslexia
> have conflicting types of dyslexia friendliness.
> A visit to the Adult Dyslexia Forum BeingDyslexic could highlight the
> range
> of difference there is between those who have diagnosis of dyslexia.
> http://beingdyslexic.co.uk/forums/index.php
>
> So for instance what would be class presentation friendly to a dyslexic
> with
> Mears Irlen syndrome issues may be totally wasted on say a dyslexic who
> has
> APD issues, and vice versa. It I like the problems caused by the Dore
> magic
> cure for all dyslexics, it only actually works for a small group who have
> a
> diagnosis of dyslexia, so the same applies to any support or help program
> you need to dig deeper and identify the real underlying causes of the
> students who have dyslexia in any class, and work to their needs, there is
> no one type of dyslexia friendly program or way of teaching, and there
> never
> will be, you need to look at the underlying problems and work towards the
> learning styles used by the individuals you intend to teach.
>
> Best wishes
>
> dolfrog
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:senco-forum-bounces at lists.becta.org.uk] On Behalf Of
> Maggiechessher at aol.com
> Sent: 03 February 2007 21:31
> To: senco-forum at lists.becta.org.uk
> Subject: [senco-forum] dyslexia friendly help please!
>
> As a support teacher, I have been asked to do some work in a high  school
> with individual depts. looking at dyslexia friendly issues relating
> to  each
>
> subject area.This is following up a whole school inset last term to raise
> awareness. The overwhelming feedback from that was that there was too much
> theory
> -what was wanted was practical strategies.
> We have just had the first session for the R.E. dept.It was well received,
> mainly beacause we had an excellent experienced AST giving e.g.s of
> differentiation she had brought with her. I also did a bit on pupils'
> views
> and
> multisensory learning.
>
> Problem is, there aren't enough ASTs!! I would really appreciate any ideas
> for how to organise the other sessions, bearing in mind that I am not an
> experienced secondary teacher and feel that credibility is crucial.
>
> Many thanks, optimistically,
> Maggie Chessher
>
>
>