Dyslexia and literacy difficulties

1. Dyslexia and literacy difficulties Parent Group 27th September 2019

2. What is dyslexia? • Rose Review 2009 • A learning difficulty that primarily affects the skills involved with accurate and fluent word reading and spelling. • Characteristic features are difficulties in phonological awareness, verbal memory and verbal processing speed. • Occurs across a range of intellectual abilities. • Best thought of as a continuum. • Good indication of the severity is by looking at home children respond to intervention

3. Neurodiversity

4. Visual difficulties • It is important to rule these out or in before anything else • You will need to complete a visual difficulties questionnaire • Coloured overlays can help

5. Difficulties can be with… • Phonological processing • Reading • Spelling • Language processing • Memory and working memory • Motor skills • Organisation • Sequencing • Self esteem

6. What can we do? • Monitor in class • Carry out Dyslexia Screen using Dyslexia Profile • If there is an accuracy/comprehension discrepancy may want to investigate further

7. What do we do at Rhodes? • Dyslexia friendly classrooms • Same font across the school • All teachers and majority of support staff have had training on supporting pupils with Dyslexia • Interventions • Emotional wellbeing support

8. What can you do at home? • Dyslexia Gold https://dyslexiagold.co.uk/Account/Login • Login: firstname and initial e.g. emilyg • Password: rhodesavenue • Monster phonics resources: • Monster phonics APP • https://itunes.apple.com/us/app-bundle/monster-phonics-bundle/id997710117?mt=8 • Barrington Stoke books • https://www.barringtonstoke.co.uk/