Treatments of Dyslexia

Question 1

Describe the issue

Answer 1

3-6% in childrenMore in boys than girlsSeverely affects learning abilityHelping dyslexic people-> smart people, potential wastedNormal level of comprehension but finds difficult to process wordsPoor verbal short term memoryPhonological loop damagedStruggle 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 approachhelp students with problems by stating lesson aims, checklists for topics, simplifying things, highlighting and colour codingHave slower processing so to prevent phonological loop overload go slower when teachingvisuo-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 pronouncedChildren = teach words sound like and individual lettershearing and identifying to learn sounds. Systematically teach pupils written patterns and sounds taught differentlyAdults = 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 memoryhad to decide where something was in sequence in a number of stepsmade it fun for childrentraining effective -> improved fluid and crystal intelligenceCognitive training works but need to do more research in reansferr ability