1. Reading Delays & Dyslexic Student in General Education
Accommodations Made Easy:
Suggestions Within the Classroom

2. 1 in 5 students experience reading delays & symptoms of Dyslexia
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3. Reading Delays & Dyslexia
Myths—Dyslexia is not:
Backwards letters or
words (normal)
Outgrown
Laziness or not motivated
Vision issue
Characteristics
Difficulties with word recognition
Poor spelling
Poor decoding
Poor phonological or reading comprehension skills
Average/Above Average Intelligence
Capable of learning

4. Accommodations Materials Recorder Simplify Directions
Give small assignments at once
Block out stimuli
Provide additional self-correcting work
Highlight important
Provide glossary
Provide reading guide

5. Accommodations Interactive Instruction
Repeat directions
Use explicit instruction
Use daily routine
Provide lecture notes
Provide graphic organizer
Use step-by-step instructions
Simultaneously combine verbal and written directions
Write key points or words on board
Use balanced instruction
Use mnemonic instruction
Emphasize daily review

6. Accommodations Student Performance
Vary the mode of response
Provide Outline
Encourage use of graphic organizer
Preferential seating
Encourage use of calendar or agenda
Provide handouts to reduce amount of writing
Math-turn vertical lines so they aid in lining up numbers
Encourage note sharing
Provide flexible times
Use assignment or work substitutions

7. Accommodations Technology
Books on Audio—Learning Ally & Bookshare
Livescribe Pen for note taking
Activity: Can you pick out reading delay by sight?

8. Changes in the way we deliver or respond to instruction
Modifications
Changes in the way we deliver or respond to instruction
Test Modifications:
Remove time limits
Do not mark off for spelling
Allow short answer to be verbal
Take away “All of the above” answers
Simplify directions and story problems
Highlight clues
Use Cloze or offer writing prompts
Use Audio Reader for test taking

9. add Multisensory elements to your lessons
Why?
More avenues of sense that information enters the brain through— better memory recall.
Abercrombie & Fitch??
Try making sure each lesson has auditory, visual and motor input involved.
Brain breaks offer movement and songs that teach concepts—youtube
Have FUN with it!!

10. C. LaWanda Mounts, SPED Instructor/Dyslexia Specialist
Resources
Sandman-Hurley Ed.D.,Kelli, 10/24/2014, Dyslexia in the General Education Classroom, general-education-classroom
Mercer, C, (2002) International Dyslexia Association, Accommodating Students with Dyslexia in All Classroom Settings, students-dyslexia-all-classroom-settings
C. LaWanda Mounts, SPED Instructor/Dyslexia Specialist