Treatments for Dyslexia

Question 1

Describe the issue

Answer 1

3-6% in children
More in boys than girls
Severely affects learning ability
Helping dyslexic people
-> smart people, potential wasted
Normal level of comprehension but finds difficult to process words
Poor verbal short term memory
Phonological loop damaged
Struggle with sequence of words, puts attention on the right words, can’t make good decisions on what they read

Question 2

Classroom strategies 1

Answer 2

Based approach
help students with problems by stating lesson aims, checklists for topics, simplifying things, highlighting and colour coding
Have slower processing so to prevent phonological loop overload go slower when teaching
visuo-spatial sketchpad used instead of phonological loop by colour coordinating, avoid reading with students

Question 3

Classroom strategies phonix

Answer 3

teach them to understand how words are pronounced
Children = teach words sound like and individual letters
hearing and identifying to learn sounds. Systematically teach pupils written patterns and sounds taught differently
Adults = if struggle with coding

Question 4

Phonix weakness

Answer 4

If have vocab and comprehension problems phonix cannot help

Question 5

Direct interventions computer game

Answer 5

Performs task that measures memory
had to decide where something was in sequence in a number of steps
made it fun for children
training effective -> improved fluid and crystal intelligence
Cognitive training works but need to do more research in reansferr ability