The assembly today is about Dyslexia. Famous Dyslexics.

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The assembly today is about Dyslexia

Famous Dyslexics

Dyslexia is the most common special educational need found in schools Numerous statistics indicate that about 5% of the population are severely dyslexic. It is severe enough for them to need special help during their school careers. 10% of people show some dyslexic tendencies.

Dyslexia is a learning difference which can occur at any level of intellectual ability. It can cause difficulties in one or more of the following areas: spoken language reading writing maths

What is Dyslexia? ReadingHandwriting Spelling Dyslexia Sequencing Copying from the board Short Term Memory Organising Self esteem

How do we feel? Dumb Embarrassed Everybody else is better than you Slow Frustrated Anxious Cross

How do we sometimes behave? Take it out on my friends and family Shout and misbehave Have a go at everyone Just want to sit there don’t want to do nothing Stubborn Chew pen Bite nails

‘sometimes my eyes go funny and I can’t see them – it looks like they are going wavy and they get mixed up and small words look like black things with white in between’.

What are we like? Hard to do more than one thing at a time Disorganised Clumsy ‘I can trip over my own feet’. Messy Easily distracted Forgetful Hard to concentrate

‘My mind is like spaghetti junction’. ‘I wish people were like robots and you could plug a printer in your head so you can print out what’s in your head.’

However, what school subjects are we good at? Art Drama Music Sport Design Technology Maths Science

Strengths of dyslexic people Musical Good at sport Thinking Dramatic Artistic Good at Design Good at making things Talkative Sociable Imaginative Creative

How do we help dyslexic people? A well structured reading and spelling programme that is multi-sensory. Use of coloured overlays Highlight key words Use post-it notes to organise ideas

Use a computer to do school work especially extended pieces of writing. Use mind maps to record work and to revise for exams.

Who should I talk to at this school? My tutor My English teacher Mrs Barton A teacher who I know is dyslexic – Mr Williams (Maths) or Mr Millward (Science)