Warning Signs Dyslexic Mistakes Dyslexic Strengths (From: Bright Solutions for ) · Inaccurate reading of words in lists · 3-D visual-spatial skills · Can't sound out an unknown word. · Intuitive, big picture thinker Pre-K and Kindergarten · Skips or adds small words: an, a, · Artistic, athletic, or musical ability • Family history of struggling readers from, the, to, were, are, of · Mechanical or mathematical skills • Late to speak (first words > 1 year) · Adds/skips letters: could–cold · Intuitive, creative • Mispronounces long words: · Mixes sequence of letters: who–how, · Story-telling talent, high aminal for animal lots–lost, saw–was · Interpersonal skills • Trouble getting words out, “The um, · Mixes similar words: house-horse thing that, um...” · Confuses b–d past 1st grade Dysgraphic Issues • Confuses left and right · Confuses b–p, n–u, or m–w · Handwriting is slow and messy • Trouble learning to rhyme · Substitutes words based on context: · Writing doesn't “sit” on the line • Trouble identifying first or last trip-journey, fast-speed · Unusual spacing between words sounds in words · Skips suffixes: need-needed, talks- · Difficulty copying from board • Trouble blending sounds into words talking, late-lately. · Omits capitals and punctuation • Trouble learning letter names · may suffer · Run-on sentences · Listening comprehension much Elementary School better than reading comprehension · Tells stories much better verbally • Reading is slow and choppy than in writing • Great difficulty learning sight words Dyslexic Mistakes Additional Difficulties • Terrible spelling · Very poor spelling · Analog clocks • Can read a word on one page, but · Forgets words after the spelling test · Addition and multiplication facts won't recognize it on the next page. · May leave out vowels · Learning to tie shoes • Above average intellect, but poor · May spell phonetically: akshun – reading and spelling action, groth - growth · Reading maps · Misspells sight words: gose – goes · Learning address and phone number Middle & High School · Trouble with homophones: there- · Sequences: Jan, Feb, Mar... • Homework takes hours their · Recalling names, dates, and places • Avoids reading & writing · Misspells even when copying · Learning foreign • Poor grades · Messy desk, backpack, bedroom • Above average intellect, but poor · ADHD and Dyslexia frequently reading and spelling occur together Dyslexia Information Decoding Dyslexia is a network Books of parent-led grassroots • The Dyslexia Empowerment Plan movements across the country Is Your Child • Overcoming Dyslexia concerned about the limited • Straight Talk About Reading access to educational Struggling • From Emotions to Advocacy interventions for dyslexia in our • Reading in the Brain public schools. in School? Videos • What is Dyslexia? http://youtu.be/zafiGBrFkRM • Embracing Dyslexia http://youtu.be/cBIK0XVPbXo • Susan Barton videos www.dys-add.com/freeVideos.html • Headstrong Nation www.headstrongnation/resources/videos

Online Support • fb group: Dyslexia Support for parents • fb group: Learning Ally Parent Chat • fb group: Dyslexia / Specific Advocacy Join the Movement Poor spelling • fb group: www.DecodingDyslexia.net • www.understood.org and Our policy goals: slow reading National Dyslexia Resources • Universal definition of “dyslexia” in • Decoding Dyslexia state education codes are symptoms • International Dyslexia Association • Teacher training on dyslexia, its • Dyslexia Training Institute warning signs, and appropriate of • Learning Ally intervention strategies • Bookshare • Early screening tests for all students Dyslexia. • Dyslexic Advantage • Evidence-based remediation for all • Yale Center for Dyslexia dyslexic students, in both general and special education settings www.DecodingDyslexia.net • Access to “assistive technologies”