Don’t let dyslexia hold you back - Online

Outcomes of Workshop

This workshop will enable you to:

• On completion of this course, you will:
• Know the origin and meaning of dyslexia
• Understand the prevalence of dyslexia in the modern world
• Describe dyslexia
• Clarify letters and words as symbols
• Understand that dyslexic individuals primarily or exclusively use visual thinking
• Describe how dyslexia affects reading
• Investigate the visual thinker
• Describe the dyslexic learner as a visual thinker
• Explain how phonics assists the verbal thinker
• Understand how the phonics method poses challenges for the dyslexic visual thinker
• Understand the mechanism of dyslexia
• Explain how trigger words can be a problem for dyslexic learners
• Recognise the dyslexic learner in the class
• Understand the concerns of the teacher teaching dyslexic learners
• Know how to assist the dyslexic learner in the class
• Explain the concepts of crutches and accommodations

Target Audience

Generic

Duration: Half day