Week 8 Reading

I chose the article Dyslexia: Beyond the Myth since I am working with Liv, who has dyslexia.  The article had tons of facts about dyslexia that are all signs that I see when I work with Liv.  The article said that students with dyslexia need explicit, systematic, structured, multisensory instruction.  I also learned that students with dyslexia have difficulties with oral language, written language, reading handwriting, math, motor skills, attention and organization.  I thought it was interesting that the article clarifies that dyslexia is not just reversing words and letters, that that is only part of the problem.  Perhaps the most important thing that I took from this article is that students with dyslexia can learn, they just learn in a different way.  Individuals with dyslexia are often very intelligent people, they just have a language learning difference.

http://www.readingrockets.org/article/dyslexia-beyond-myth

Everyone learns differently!