[senco-forum] dyslexia friendly help please!

Hi Maggie,

The practical strategies we have here for schools and colleges are  
applicable to pupils with dyslexia www.lacewingmultimedia.com/APD.htm 

Many of these strategies are based on strategies used in the resource based  
where I used to work supporting pupils with severe dyslexia, where 
incidentally  I first noticed the symptome of APD that my son was later diagnosed with 
and I  would say most of the dyslexics there exhibited many of the symptoms of 
APD  which I would suspect as being the cause of their dyslexia, some having  
additional visual processing problems, which can exist uin addition to Irlen  
syndrome, and can also be addressed in practical terms by adapting to the  
needs of those difficulties listed here. 

1.  http://www.ncld.org/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=474

2. http://www.ldonline.org/article/6390

3. http://www.irlen.org.uk/

I  would agree that subject specific adaptations and key words lists are  
also vital, as are pictorial timetables and any other organisational skills and  
short term memory strategies  needed, avoidance of dictation and copying -  
and word processing wherever aplicable.

Hope this helps.

Best wishes,
Aly

Chair Auditory Processing Disorder in  the UK/APDUK
www.lacewingmultimedia.com/APD.htm 
www.apduk.org