COURSE OVERVIEW:
Children each learn and develop at their own pace, and reading is no different from other skill building. It’s common for children to find reading challenging at one point or another. But if learning to read becomes an ongoing struggle that leaves a child falling behind his/her peers, it’s possible that he/she has a learning disorder known as dyslexia.
Dyslexia is most commonly associated with trouble learning to read. It affects a child’s ability to recognise and manipulate the sounds in language. children with dyslexia have a hard time decoding new words, or breaking them down into manageable chunks they can then sound out. This causes difficulty with reading, writing and spelling. They may compensate by memorising words, but they’ll have trouble recognising new words and may be slow in retrieving even familiar ones.
Dyslexia is not a reflection of a child’s intelligence — in fact it’s defined as a gap between a student’s ability and achievement. Some children with dyslexia are able to keep up with their peers with extra effort at least for the first few grades. But by the third grade or so, when they need to be able to read quickly and fluently in order to keep up with their work, they run into trouble.
Dyslexia is a neurobiological condition that tends to run in families. It’s thought that certain genes may affect the way the language areas of the brain develop.
There is no cure for dyslexia – it is a lifelong condition. However, there are treatments available to help overcome the language-based obstacles. Specialised education programs and emotional support will help children with dyslexia to achieve their academic potential.
With help and strategies for compensating for their weakness in decoding, students with dyslexia can learn to read and thrive academically. But dyslexia is not something one grows out of.
The suggestions included in this course should enable teachers to provide strategies to help children with dyslexia overcome and circumvent some of their difficulties.
The first part of this course begins by explaining what dyslexia is and the characteristics of dyslexia. Then discusses the warning signs of the 3 key stages of dyslexia. Then looks at how to support reading, spelling, writing and mathematics in the classroom. Also, discusses how to help children with their written work and how to train children in essay writing. Finally, discusses organisation in the classroom.
The second part begins by discussing the ways to improve children study, memory and computer skills. Then provides some intervention programs for children with dyslexia. Also, discusses the indicators of speech, language and communication difficulties and the ways to overcome them. Then explains how to accommodate students with dyslexia. Also, explains how to help students with dyslexia with their homework. Finally, discusses how audio or digital books could improve the child’s learning outcomes.
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
By the end of this course, you will be able to understand:
· What is dyslexia?
· The characteristics of dyslexia
· How dyslexia is individual?
· How dyslexia relate to how information is processed?
· How children with dyslexia can have difficulty in displaying knowledge and understanding in written work?
· How children with dyslexia can have difficulty learning through the auditory modality?
· How children with dyslexia can have difficulty in remembering information?
· How children with dyslexia can have difficulty in organising information?
· How children with dyslexia need more time to process information?
· How children with dyslexia will usually have difficulties with reading and also spelling and fluency problems in both reading and writing?
· What are the effects of dyslexia?
· What are the warning signs of dyslexia?
· How is dyslexia identified?
· How to test for dyslexia?
· What age should people be tested for dyslexia?
· Who is qualified to make the diagnosis of dyslexia?
· What test is used to identify dyslexia?
· What elements should be included in an assessment for dyslexia?
· What measures should be included in reading/writing testing?
· How to identify difficulties in the classroom?
· The warning signs of the 3 key stages and how to help with each stage?
· The strategies that children can be taught to help them read and comprehend
· The strategies that children can be taught to help them spell
· How to help children with their written work and train them in essay writing?
· The strategies that may help the child who is dyslexic learn more effectively
· How to teach children to develop study, memory and computer skills?
· The indicators of speech and language difficulties in students with dyslexia
· The ways to help with expressive and receptive language difficulties
· How to provide a communication friendly classroom?
· The strategies that children can be taught to help them study mathematics
· How to help with problems affecting dyslexics?
· The ways to accommodate students with dyslexia through interactive instruction
· The ways to accommodate students with dyslexia through student performance
· How to help children with dyslexia with their homework?
· The importance of school-to-home organisation
· How audio books can improve learning outcomes?
· The features and benefits of reading technologies with text-to-speech
· The benefits of digital books for children with dyslexia
COURSE DURATION:
The typical duration of this course is approximately 2-3 hours to complete. Your enrolment is Valid for 12 Months. Start anytime and study at your own pace.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS:
You must have access to a computer or any mobile device with Adobe Acrobat Reader (free PDF Viewer) installed, to complete this course.
COURSE DELIVERY:
Purchase and download course content.
ASSESSMENT:
A simple 10-question true or false quiz with Unlimited Submission Attempts.
CERTIFICATION:
Upon course completion, you will receive a customised digital “Certificate of Completion”.