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What is dyslexia?Who has it?
What can be done about it?
Dyslexia Basics
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What CharacteristicsAccompany
Dyslexia?
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Myth ? Fact ?
Dyslexia cannot be diagnosed until about third grade.
Children who reverse b’s and d’s are dyslexic.
Students cannot be dyslexic and Gifted/Talented.
More boys than girls are dyslexic.
A test is given to diagnose dyslexia.
Dyslexia is outgrown.
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Preschool
May have trouble rhyming
May have trouble pronouncing words
May be unable to recall the right word
May be slow to add new vocabulary words
May have trouble learning numbers, days of the
week, colors, shapes, and how to spell and write
his/her name
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Kindergarten through 3rd grade
Fails to understand that words come apart
Has difficulty learning the letter names and their
corresponding sounds
Has difficulty reading single words in isolation
Has difficulty spelling phonetically
Reads choppily and slowly
Relies on context to recognize a word
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4th grade through high school
Has a history of reading and spelling difficulties
Avoids reading aloud
Reads most materials slowly and oral reading is not
fluent
Avoids reading for pleasure
May have an inadequate vocabulary
Has difficulty spelling
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Who has Dyslexia?
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What Causes Dyslexia?
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A specific learning disability that is neurological in origin
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This language-based disorder affects:reading words accurately and/or fluentlyspellingdecoding nonsense
words
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Can affect reading
comprehension
Can lead to reduced
reading experience
that slows vocabulary
growth
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Trouble turning print into sound
(phonological processing)
is the root cause of dyslexia
Unexpected reading difficulties
in relation to
cognitive abilities
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What Does the Law Say About
Dyslexia?
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Helpful Tips for
Teachers
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All children can learn to read!
Questions?
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Dedra Carter, Region 15 Dyslexia Consultant
325-481-4036
Virginia Gonzalez, State Dyslexia Consultant
1-800-232-3030, Ext. 1410