Dyslexia training for teachers needed

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Almost two thirds of parents of dyslexic children (61%) said their child had to wait a year for help after being diagnosed, a report suggests.

Of 450 parents surveyed for the charity Dyslexia Action, 90% said teachers lacked awareness of the condition.

The charity wants dyslexia training for all teachers and a national dyslexia and literacy strategy included in the government’s special needs reforms

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Learning Difficulties examined

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After a brief explanation of learning difficulties, among which Dyslexia, the blog goes on to find that Psychotherapy may be useful in helping people with Learning difficulties.

The argument is that both the person who faces learning difficulties and their family members will need to learn coping skills for the difficulty as well as emotionally.

Learning difficulties are most often present over an entire lifetime, so learning effective and appropriate methods of coping are essential to successful management.

Psychotherapy and the teaching of behavioural strategies or techniques, often work best for individuals who struggle with learning difficulties.

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Links and resources

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Today we bring you some links and resources:

Please go to change.org and sign the petition to get congress to require that testing agencies grant accommodations for dyslexic students so that high stakes tests assess ability and not disability, and students are allowed to go forward and succeed in life. High stakes tests must be reliable, valid and accessible to dyslexic children and adults. Without accommodations, highly capable, intelligent students are being denied the opportunity to show what they can achieve. Click HERE

 

 

Yale has opened a website for Dyslectic people with lots of information. It is called the Yale Center for Dyslexia & Creativity. Go check it out, Click HERE

 

And we are happy to report that the project Dyslexia-ville has been sufficiently supported to become a reality. Follow all developments by clicking HERE

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Cannock olympic torch bearer tells of battle with dyslexia

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Schoolgirl Hannah Jukes has gone from coming bottom in every spelling test because of dyslexia to studying English at A-level. She will carry the Olympic torch later this summer. Her story as so many from people with Dyslexia is one of perseverance and brings hope to so many who struggle with the same disease.

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Dyslexic helps dyslexics

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A University of Derby student inspired by her own experience to examine the challenges dyslexic students face at University, was surprised and delighted to see her research published in a top psychological journal.

BSc (Hons) Psychology graduate Julianne Kinder, 41, from Belper, struggled with reading and writing throughout school but was only diagnosed with  after she began an Access to Higher Education course at the University of Derby in 2006.

Although she received support throughout her studies, Julianne still faced daily challenges producing written assignments. On discovering there was a  in knowledge about this particular aspect of the condition, she embarked on a study investigating how dyslexic students approach written university assignments.

The original study, completed as her final year dissertation, was accepted into theBritish Journal of Educational Psychology and published this month (June 2012).

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