http://www.readingrockets.org/article/online-chat-dr-sally-shaywitz
Three important things that I learned were: teachers are reporting that they are seeing an improvement in dyslexic students' reading accuracy but not fluency, effective reading instructions brings about some improvement in fluency and in increasing brain activation in the word form area, and that highly successful adults who are dyslexic were greatly benefited from finding and pursuing an activity in which they could find success and a sense of mastery. The most important thing that I took away from the article is that there are a lot of students who are slipping through the cracks and a lot of teachers who are unsure of how to help dyslexic students because they don't understand how to accommodate them properly. I think it is important to educate teachers on the correct accommodations for dyslexic students because it is such a widespread issue. I have already encountered this with Liv and talking to her mother; the teachers just aren't sure what to do to help her and it is very frustrating for all parties. Liv's mother has told me that she has seen more improvement in the past three months (since I have been working with her) than she has seen in her entire school career. I am saddened by this because that just means that there are probably a lot more students in the same situation who are probably not getting the additional help.
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