3. Dyslexia is the most common special educational need
found in schools
Numerous statistics indicate that about 5% of the
population are severely dyslexic. It is severe enough for
them to need special help during their school careers.
10% of people show some dyslexic tendencies.
4. It can cause difficulties in one or more of
the following areas:
spoken language
reading
writing
maths
5. What is Dyslexia?
Reading Handwriting
Spelling
Dyslexia
Sequencing
Copying
from the
board
Short
Term
Memory
Organising
Self
esteem
6. How do we feel?
Dumb
Embarrassed
Everybody else is better than you
Slow
Frustrated
Anxious
7. How do we sometimes behave?
Shout and misbehave
Have a go at everyone
Just want to sit there don’t want to do nothing
Stubborn
Chew pen
Bite nails
8. Sometimes my eyes go
funny and I can’t see
them – it looks like
they are going wavy
and they get mixed up
and small words look
like black things with
white in between.
9. What are we like?
Hard to do
more than
one thing at a
time
Disorganised
Clumsy ‘I
can trip
over my
own feet’.
Messy
Easily
distracted
Forgetful
Hard to
concentrate
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13. However, what school subjects
are we good at?
Art
Drama
Music
Sport
Design Technology
Maths
Science
14. Strengths of dyslexic people
Musical
Good at
sport
Thinking
Dramatic
Artistic
Good at
Design Good at making
things
Talkative
Sociable
Imaginative
Creative
15. How do we help dyslexic people?
A well structured reading
and spelling programme
that is multi-sensory.
Use of coloured overlays
Highlight key words
Use post-it notes to
organise ideas
16. Use a computer to do
school work especially
extended pieces of
writing.
Use mind maps to
record work and to
revise for exams.
20. Albert Einstein
Could not talk until age 4.
Could not read until age 9.
His teachers considered him mentally slow ,
unsociable and a dreamer.
Failed college entrance examinations.
Lost three teaching positions.
21. Tom cruise
Huge success in entertainment field.
Can only learn lines by listening tape
He has been formally diagnosed with
dyslexia.
22. Grey Luganis
Has extreme difficulty in reading.
At a young age he was considered clumsy.
Became one of the most famous divers in the
world.
Won gold medals in 1984 and 1988 Olympics.
23. Winston Churchill
Famous statesman
Failed 8th
grade
Terrible in math and disliked school
Famous quotes : “A lie gets halfway
around the world before the truth has a
chance to get its pants on”
25. WALT DISNEY
He was slow in school
Had a vivid imagination which his
teachers considered a distraction.
He was destined to become head of one
of the largest theme parks in the world.
26. Woodrow Willson
was the 28th
president of the united states
As a young boy, had great difficulty in
reading
Unable to read well his whole life
Was extremely successful in politics