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byslexia or dyslexia?
adaptations | approaches | teaching methods | considerations | advice
For dyslexic individuals, intense and explicit instructions are needed. More patience is essential from parents, teachers and peers for individuals to learn since many do not work well under time restraints or pressure. The individual's opinion about how s/he learns best should be considered; then the instructor can adjust the appropriate teaching techniques for understanding the most critical information to be learned.
An accurate, solid foundation at the beginning is essential for any healthy learning experience. A system of logic should outline rules and teach the reasoning behind our confusing langage. To educate thes ideas effectively, the multisensory style of teaching has shown to help dyslexics better by incorporating all of their senses to retain and actually recall the information. For instance, a student will see the letter C, say its name and sound, and write it in the air, all at the same time.
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Certainly,
opportunities to exercise the rules of any language are a must,
to achieve a fluent meaning for spelling and reading. The instructor
must continue to weave previously learned rules with new lessons
into a net of comprehension. Strategies for learning should be formed
using the student's strengths and weakness in order to identify
with difficulties. For example, a student is applying the learned
steps of a process such as determining the
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| main idea of a paragraph, must have the ability to discriminate the less important and more important information. This individual can now connect the method with the existing skills and newly learned information in order to understand, at a critical and higher level. | ||
