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Dyslexia Workshop for Parents and Carers

Dyslexia Workshop for Parents and Carers. Format for the workshop. Dyslexia and literacy difficulties How we support pupils with dyslexia and literacy difficulties at our school Top tips to try at home. Making sense of dyslexia – what is it?. Learning difference

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Dyslexia Workshop for Parents and Carers

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  1. Dyslexia Workshop for Parents and Carers

  2. Format for the workshop • Dyslexia and literacy difficulties • How we support pupils with dyslexia and literacy difficulties at our school • Top tips to try at home

  3. Making sense of dyslexia – what is it? • Learning difference • Widely–acknowledged strengths • Reading and spelling • Difficulties reading and spelling individual words • All abilities • Difficulties processing sounds, applying them and using them at speed

  4. Making sense of dyslexia A child with dyslexia …and remember!

  5. Making sense of dyslexia • How are difficulties with literacy identified in our school?

  6. Top Tip One! • Talk to your child • Focus on their strengths and interests

  7. Visual Stress Simulations courtesy of Karen Monet, Opticalm Canada

  8. Ways of reducing visual stress in school

  9. Noticing possible visual stress Don’t rush out for coloured lenses Eye test: check the basics. Talk to your school

  10. Top Tip Two! • Be aware of visual sensitivities

  11. Working with school

  12. Top Tip Three! • Talk to school and work together

  13. How to help with learning at home

  14. Reading • Why is reading at home so important? • What to do when you read at home

  15. What to read

  16. Top Tip Four! • Encourage your child to read things that they are interested in; let your child choose

  17. What to do when you read with your child

  18. PairedReading • What is it • How to do it

  19. Top Tip Five! • Shared reading, paired reading and bedtime stories

  20. Spelling

  21. What works…

  22. Highlight the tricky part of the word

  23. Make a rhyme to help you

  24. And teach the spelling to someone else

  25. Top Tip Six! • Active learning rather than repetition • Strategies to correct spellings

  26. Maths and numeracy

  27. Times Tables

  28. Would counting money be more meaningful...and useful? 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p • A good starting point, at least!

  29. Number Practice by Games

  30. Top Tip Seven! • Times tables – start small, little and often

  31. Top Tip Eight! Practising maths…make it real

  32. I.C.T. • Games to support learning • ICT to support writing • ICT to support reading • Using an iphone to support organisation

  33. Top Tip Nine! • Touch typing, text and telephones

  34. Resilience and Self Esteem • Positive role models • Acceptance of learning difference • Perseverance • Using what works ‘I can do this’ • Use what works to support what is not working

  35. Top Tip Ten! • Never give up! http://vimeo.com/108894770

  36. Support available • The Wiltshire Local Offer website • Wiltshire Libraries • The Wiltshire Parent Carer Council • Dyslexia associations in Wiltshire

  37. Support available • Wiltshire Specialist Special Educational Need Service (SSENS) • Wiltshire Educational Psychology Service • Wiltshire Local Offer website www.wiltshirelocaloffer.org.uk

  38. “Thank you for listening”

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