Dyslexia and Dyscalculia Strategies

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LEARNING ISSUES
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FEBRUARY 4, 2020

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Table of Contents
Dyslexia................................................................................................................... 2
Strategies............................................................................................................... 2
Dyscalculia............................................................................................................... 2
Strategies............................................................................................................... 3
Dysgraphia................................................................................................................ 3
Strategies............................................................................................................... 4
References................................................................................................................ 5

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Dyslexia
Dyslexia is defined as the learning disability that includes problem in reading because
of issues recognising speech sound and the learning how they relate to the letters and words
(interpretation). It affects areas of patient’s brain that takes part in language processing.
Individuals with this health issue have normal intelligence and commonly have normal vision
(Alexander-Passe, 2015). However, there is no cure available for this problem with early
identification and intervention can help the patient to get best outcome. Symptoms associated
with this problem before school include late talking, slow learning of new words, issues
forming words correctly, issues remembering or naming different letters and numbers, and
difficulty in leaning nursery rhymes or playing the rhyming games. Symptoms in School age
includes problem learning names and sounds of letters, spelling that is unpredictable and
inconsistent, slow speed of writing, poor hand writing. The teenage and adult patient might
show symptoms like difficulty scheduling and writing essays, letter or reports, problems
studying for examinations, poor spelling, face problems in meeting deadlines, etc. (Lundberg,
Tønnessen & Austad, 2012).
Strategies
Dyslexia can be treated by using a particular educational approaches and strategies,
and the earlier the intervention starts. Psychological assessment can help the teacher to
develops appropriate teaching program. Techniques like hearing, vision and touch can be
used to enhance reading skills. word processing programmes can be used as the have a
spellchecker and the autocorrect option. One can also use speech recognition software to
translate what the individuals is saying in the written text (Wright & Groner, 2013).