• Dyslexia


                                

    The student who struggles with reading and spelling often puzzles teachers and parents. The student displays ability to learn in the absence of print and receives the same classroom instruction that benefits most children; however, the student continues to struggle with some or all of the many facets of reading and spelling. This student may be a student with dyslexia.

     

    Texas Education Code (TEC) §38.003 defines dyslexia in the following way:

    (1) “Dyslexia” means a disorder of constitutional origin manifested by a difficulty in learning to read, write, or spell, despite conventional instruction, adequate intelligence,

    and sociocultural opportunity.

    (2) “Related disorders” include disorders similar to or related to dyslexia such as developmental auditory imperceptions, dysphasia, specific developmental dyslexia, developmental dysgraphia, and developmental spelling disability.

     

     

    • The following are the primary reading/spelling characteristics of dyslexia:
    • Difficulty reading words in isolation
    • Difficulty accurately decoding unfamiliar words
    • Difficulty with oral reading (slow, inaccurate, or labored
    • Difficulty spelling

     

    It is important to note that individuals demonstrate differences in degree of impairment.

    The reading/spelling characteristics are most often associated with the following:

     

    • Segmenting, blending, and manipulating sounds in words (phonemic awareness)
    • Learning the names of letters and their associated sounds
    • Holding information about sounds and words in memory (phonological memory)
    • Rapidly recalling the names of familiar objects, colors, or letters of the alphabet (rapid naming)            

     

     

    Source:Texas Education Dyslexia Handbook

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

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