Dyslexia explained

Curu Maria-Delia Deuan Adelina Iulia Lascu Andreea

What is Dyslexia?
a specific learning disability impairs a person's fluency or comprehension accuracy in being able to read difficulty with phonological awareness and decoding affects orthographic coding and rapid naming

Short history
1878-Dr. Kussmaul: the reading blindness 1895- the case of Percy 1925-Dr. Samuel T. Orton: teaching strategies 1939-Dr. Alfred Struss and R. Heinz Werner:findings in learning difficulties

Types of dyslexia

Visual dyslexia Phonological dyslexia Dyspraxia

Verbal praxis Dysgraphia Dyscalculia

Causes
genetic condition phonological processing impairment different brain functioning cerebellum dysfunction

Who has it?

Dyslexia appears to be more common in boys than girls. Dyslexia affects people of all ethnic backgrounds A person's native language can play an important role

Symptoms
1.Symptoms in preschoolers Problems with pronunciation. Problems with rhyming words and learning rhymes. Difficulty with learning shapes, colours and how to write their own name. Difficulty with retelling a story in the right order of events.

2.Symptoms in primary school children

Problems with reading a single word. Tries to avoid reading aloud in class. Doesnt like reading books.

Reads below their expected level.

3.Symptoms in high school children

Poor reading.
Difficulties with writing summaries.

Problems with learning a foreign language.

Bad spelling, including different misspellings of the same word in one writing assignment.

4.Symptoms in adults

Doesnt like reading books.

Reading and spelling problems.

Better than average memory. Avoids tasks that involve writing, or else gets someone else to do the writing for them.

Diagnosing Dyslexia
Evaluation includes : observations input from teachers and parents analysis of student work developmental and social histories intelligence educational speech/language assessments

In fight with Dyslexia

build confidence in children suffering from dyslexia help students see written language phonetically practice alphabets create activities utilize technology to cure dyslexia

Where to get help?

Your doctor Specialist educational psychologist Your childs school

Famous People with Dyslexia

Things to remember
Dyslexia is characterized by difficulties with reading for no apparent reason. One of the early symptoms may be the childs inability to understand rhyming words. Dyslexia can be hard to diagnose unless the problem is severe, so seek professional advice from a specialist educational psychologist.

Bibliography

http://medicalnewstoday.com http://www.bdadyslexia.org.uk http://Dislexya.com http://www.macalester.edu/academics/psychology/ http://www.dyslexiasw.com/ http://www.bdadyslexia.org.uk www.signonsandiego.com/.../news_1n28dy www.understanding-learning-disabilities.com