Information about Dyslexia
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These are some resources I have used while working with and advocating for my youngest child who has Dyslexia and Dysgraphia. Please share resources you've found that I should check out. Please check back for updates! |
According to the National Institute of Child Health & Development, Dyslexia is a brain-based type of learning disability that specifically impairs a person's ability to read.
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Books I recommend:
Common Accommodations
Intervention Methods that are successful for students with Dyslexia
Orton-Gillingham based systems are recommended for students with Dyslexia. There are many intervention systems available that are based on the work done by Doctors Samuel Orton & Anna Gillingham. These systems are multi-sensory, sequential and phonics based. Some of the most popular Orton-Gillingham systems are listed below:
- Decoding Dyslexia CA
- The California Department of Education, California Dyslexia Guidelines
- International Dyslexia Association
- The Yale Center for Dyslexia & Creativity
- Bright Solutions for Dyslexia
- National Center for Learning Disabilities
- Dyslexia Help at the University of Michigan
- Headstrong Nation
Books I recommend:
- Looking For Heroes: One Boy, One Year, 100 Letters by Aidan A. Colvin (2016)
- The Dyslexia Empowerment Plan: A Blueprint for Renewing Your Child's Confidence and Love of Learning by Ben Foss (2013)
- Smart but Scattered; The Revolutionary Executive Skills Approach to Helping Kids Reach Their Potential By Peg Dawson & Richard Guare (2009)- I love this entire series!
- Teaching Students with Dyslexia and Dysgraphia: Lessons from Teaching and Science by Virginia Berninger, Ph.D.(2009)
- Overcoming Dyslexia: A New and Complete Science-Based Program for Reading Problems at Any Level by Sally Shaywitz (2008)
- DyslexiaLand: A Map and Guide for Students, Parents & Educators by Cheri Rae
Common Accommodations
- More time for homework and tests
- Reduced level of class and home work (i.e. 10 spelling words vs. 20)
- Audio books (BookShare, Learning Ally)
- Dictation software (Dragon, CoWriter)
- Oral testing (vs. written responses)
- Check out the Dyslexia Toolkit from the National Center for Learning Disabilities. Most of it is info you may be very familiar with but I thought the accommodations section and the interview with Ben Foss were worth sharing.
Intervention Methods that are successful for students with Dyslexia
Orton-Gillingham based systems are recommended for students with Dyslexia. There are many intervention systems available that are based on the work done by Doctors Samuel Orton & Anna Gillingham. These systems are multi-sensory, sequential and phonics based. Some of the most popular Orton-Gillingham systems are listed below:
- Barton Reading & Spelling System (This is what I chose to use personally and professionally, 1:1)
- Recipe for Reading (AUSD is currently using a modified version of this intervention system)
- Wilson Reading & Spelling System (This is what I chose to use personally and professionally, 1:1 and small group, AUSD was using Wilson Materials and getting a limited number of teachers trained in WRS in 2019)
- Slingerland (classroom, group based)
- Lindamood Bell - Seeing Stars by Nancy Bell, LIPS can be a good resource for students struggling with letter/sound correspondences
- Explode the Code*
- Read Naturally*
- Hooked on Phonics*
- SIPPS (Systematic Instruction in Phonological Awareness, Phonics, and Sight Words)*