Dyslexi A Case Study

Learning disabilities and the individuals who are diagnosed with them need to be recognized. Dyslexia and dyscalculia are two disabilities that hinder the educational development of millions of people around the world, yet most people are unaware of the challenges they can present to the people diagnosed with them. Hopefully, if awareness of the effects, treatments, and behaviors that go along with dyslexia and dyscalculia is raised, our society will be more willing and able to provide support and understanding for those unfortunate enough to suffer from these disabilities.

Dyslexia is a term regularly bandied about the educational community and is a word that is likely to have been heard by most of the general public. For all its popularity, dyslexia is a term that is shrouded in confusion and ambiguity. This confusion was experienced first hand during SE1 and has been observed as something trainee teachers and teachers alike encounter regularly (PLL, 5/11/11], Appendix 1, pg2).

I have Dyslexia. Dyslexia is a learning disorder that involves difficulty in learning to read or interpret words, letters, and other symbols. However, it doesn’t affect a person’s general intelligence. Living with Dyslexia is an everyday struggle. When I was younger, learning was something that I considered to be a nuisance; especially when I entered into middle school and high school. I noticed that there were things that I had trouble with that my peers didn’t seem to have a problem with.

Bellamy participated in the focused reading intervention Read 180 with the school reading specialist. Despite Bellamy’s excitement to personalize his learning, Bellamy has experienced limited success. Based on the individually administered Woodcock-Johnson Tests of Achievement IV (WJ-IV), Bellamy performed in the Basie Reading Skills cluster with a standard score of 89 (low average when compared to same age peers). On the two subtests within the Basic Reading Skills cluster, Bellamy achieved the following: Letter-Word Identification- 94 (Average) and Word Attack-83 (Low Average). These scores indicate that Bellamy reads in the average to low average range when compared to his same age level peers. These tests measure sight word vocabulary, phonics application, and structural analysis skills. Currently, a consistent pattern in Bellamy’s word calling errors has not been discovered. During recent progress monitoring, Bellamy read aloud three different 100 word paragraphs at the early tenth grade level with 62% word calling accuracy. He can read and/or decode many predictable words. When using vocabulary flash cards (words in isolation) based on his reading level (early tenth grade), Bellamy could correctly identify and define 59% of the words. Each day Bellamy’s literature teacher

Madilynn participated in the focused reading intervention Read 180 with the school reading specialist. Despite Madilynn’s excitement to personalize her learning, Madilynn has experience limited success. Based on the individually administered Woodcock-Johnson Tests of Achievement IV (WJ-IV), Madilynn performed in the Basic Reading Skills cluster with a standard score of 89 (low average when compared to same age peers). On the two subtests within the Basic Reading Skills cluster Madilynn achieved the following: Letter-Word Identification-94 (Average) and Word Attack-83 (Low Average). These scores indicate that Madilynn reads in the average to low average range when compared to his age level peers. These tests measure sight word vocabulary, the

From a young age Stephen was told that he wouldn't amount to much in life. His teacher's flunked him in first grade and fourth grade and was asked to leave the school so he transferred to a new school. He then flunked tenth grade and once again was asked to leave so you would also think that this kid wouldn't amount to much in life.

This article described reading difficulties aligned to the Simple View of Reading (as cited in Gough & Tunmer, 1986). They went into depth about three types of poor readers: (a) dyslexia- those with poor decoding, (b) language comprehension- poor reading comprehension, and (c) listening comprehension- impairments in both decoding and language comprehension. Further, they broke down how each reading difficulty is believed to manifest, is measured, and what it specifically affects.

This website offers a variety of tips and strategies for working with students with dyslexia. It gives suggestions of activities to promote phonological awareness skills, reading comprehension and fluency, vocabulary development, oral reading, comprehension of written directions, spelling, and writing. Additionally, this website offers general recommendations for teachers of beginning readers and writers, general recommendations for the classroom, and recommendations to support reading comprehension and fluency in the classroom. Moreover, the websites gives strategies for supporting vocabulary throughout the reading and writing process. Lastly. recommendations for students with visual deficits are discussed on this website. There are several

I have dyslexia, Which to me now isn't a big deal I take all the normal classes Get almost all A’s and I read well. I am not a great speller but that's not anything I can really change that. Dyslexia is something i've come to terms with in my life and I rarely think about that it affects me anymore, but it wasn't always like this for me.

Ms. Olsen is a student that suffers from ADHD. She enjoys her literature class but she has a hard time paying attention sometimes. She also suffers from dyslexia which makes it hard for her to read words. The curriculum have accommodated her with tools that have made her more enthusiastic about class.

Research in the field of Dyslexia has grown twenty-five percent throughout the last few years. From recent studies, we have discovered new and improved ways to help people who are hindered by Dyslexia, even though we are still learning more about Dyslexia every day. Dyslexia is a learning difficulty that hinders the academic progress of over 40 million American students who struggle daily, and can be helped with accommodations. In order to help these 40 million students, we must acknowledge what is Dyslexia, recognize what it is like to be Dyslexic, and explore what accommodations should be given to those who need it.

Strength is said to be the quality or state of being strong-willed. The lack of state or condition can be portrayed as weakness. Comparing myself to the definition of a normal persons concept of strength and weakness is impossible, because of what has been embedded in my head confederated me to view and value my weakness as a strength.

There was a lot of interesting topics in both chapters for this week, but I am especially interested in the learning disorder of dyslexia in chapter eight. Dyslexia is a reading disorder that cause individuals to mix up similar letters such as p, q, b, and d, or rearrange words into either other words or gibberish. Researchers believe the cause of this disorder is malfunctioning neural networks of reading, and epigenetic processes, or environmental factors, are also thought to be a cause. However, dyslexia isn't the only learning disorder of this sort: Dyscalculia and dysgraphia also hinder a child's ability to learn normally. Dyscalculia centers around numbers. Individuals with this disorder typically can read letters just fine or with little

Im researching dyslexia. "Dyslexia is a learning disorder, defined by a difficulty reading." There is no medical way to cure dyslexia, but treatment such as a tutor or specialized education program can help. Most kids can make it through school, just like Walt Disney.

One of my primary focuses was to find out how different literatures dealt with Dyslexia and how best to support the child. Dyslexia can be described from a number of different perspectives as we see in Ball et al (2007) who explain that it can be “how one learns (Cognition), what parts of the brain are involved (neurology), what genes are involved (genetics) and behaviour (p14). Their book entitled ‘Dyslexia: An Irish perspective’ is very relevant to my research as it gives a great insight into the history of the special education sector in Ireland. It also looks into some of the key debates that are facing the educational sector today.