Neurodiversity and Dyslexia
Introduction
Neurodiversity Reframing what we think we know
processing difficulties Auditory Visual Motor Time
paradigm shift laterality meaning
implications change in priorities – intervention s 'remediation' 'structural' – Responsibility shift in perspective – specific learning differences – core differences
cognitive styles “I am not someone with dyslexia. I am dyslexic. Were I not dyslexic, I would not be me.”
Strengths of Visual and Verbal Thinking VisualVerbal speedordered imaginativeanalytic creativecritical laterallogical inductivedeductive symbolicabstract overviewdetail patternselements multi-dimensional2-dimensional inter-relationshipscause and effect
Non dyslexic thinking preferences
Dyslexic thinking preferences
Short term memory
memorise E U C P I R T I G B
BIG PICTURE
processing meaning ‘software’ ‘machine code’ – holistic – sequential
role of 'working memory' ‘Difficulties’ ‘Talents’
neurodiversity
bagatelle model
Neurodiversity: ‘Overlapping conditions’ Dyslexia Dyspraxia Dyscalculia AD(H)D
Dyslexia Dyspraxia Dyscalculia AD(H)D
Dyslexia Dyspraxia Dyscalculia AD(H)D
Dyslexia Dyspraxia Dyscalculia AD(H)D
Dyslexia Dyspraxia Dyscalculia AD(H)D
Dyslexia Dyspraxia Dyscalculia AD(H)D
Dyslexia Dyspraxia Dyscalculia AD(H)D
Dyslexia Dyspraxia Dyscalculia AD(H)D
Dyslexia Dyspraxia Dyscalculia AD(H)D Multisensory to learn learning Active learning Feedback for Learning styles Overview 1 st
RANDOM
PATTERNS
INTERACTION
INDUCTIVE
SYNTHESIS
VISIONARY
Neurodiversity and Dyslexia