TEACHING+METHODS+FOR+DYSLEXIC+CHILDREN

There are a number of teaching methods that can be used in the classroom to help students who have Dyslexia. These teaching methods can be as simple as letting your students read aloud to emailing homework to the student. I have listed some teaching methods below that could be used in your classroom: ‘Multisensory methods are also known as VAK Modalities: The three modalities of learning styles have been summarized by the acronym **VAK **, for:**V **isual, **A **uditory, and**K **inesthetic:1. **Visual **: That which you see.2. **Auditory **: That which you hear.3. **Auditory-Digital **:Your self-talk.4. **Kinesthetic **: The tactile ... where the child touches and handles objects. The best teaching method is to involve the use of more of the child’s senses, especially the use of touch and movement (kinesthetic). This will give the child’s brain tactile and kinesthetic memories to hang on to, as well as the visual and auditory ones’[] Confidence building, changing a child’s attitude towards to their dyslexia and increase motivation can be done in the classroom by the teacher providing positive feedback, getting to know your students strengths and weakness. ‘Most dyslexic people have great strengths in the areas of physical co-ordination and/or creativity and/or empathy with other people. His strengths may lie in some of these areas, and he will know that lots of other children are weak in exactly these same areas’ []. Use the information you know what your students and design your lessons to include every student. Teaching students with dyslexia about phonemic awareness can be done by a simple phonic spelling test.’Where the group are found to have similar needs we work together using a range of games and activities. The children's individual needs are then targeted on their I.E.Ps and worked on in a one to one situation. The learning objectives are then divided into three sections; Let your child with dyslexia read out aloud. ‘Dyslexic children's reading can be improved if they are allowed to read out loud or move their lips while reading. These actions activate the 'Broca's area' of the brain which remembers speech muscle movements’ []. Emailing homework to a student is a simple but effective way for the student to understand what needs to be done because the student may not have written down all the information or just not comprehended what was being asked of them. Correct posture and pencil grip can be done at school as well as home. Simply ask your students to sit properly in their chairs. Pencil grips are an effective piece of equipment to help the student write eligibly. Most students who have dyslexia are not diagnosed until they are in primary school. All of these teaching methods can be used from primary school right through a student’s schooling.
 * Multi- Sensory Teaching methods (VAK)
 * Confidence Building
 * Teaching Phonemic Awareness
 * Changing a Childs attitude towards to their dyslexia
 * Posture and Pencil Grip
 * Reading out aloud
 * Emailing homework home
 * Increase motivation
 * Learning and saying.
 * Identifying phonemes and spelling.
 * Recognising letters and reading’[].

Dyslexia – Teaching. (2011). Retrieved July19, 2011, from []
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