Approach of Teachers for Students with Dyslexia

Running head: DYSLEXIA
Dyslexia
Name of the student
Name of the University
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Introduction
Dyslexia refers to learning disorder when the people face difficulty in relation to
reading owing to the problems that they have in the identification of speech sound. It is also
known as reading disability that affects the ability of brain in processing language (Dyslex.io
2018). The people having reading disability possess normal intelligence and they are
endowed with normal vision. The children having dyslexia can become successful in school
by taking recourse to tutoring or that of specialized education program. This report talks
about the approach that the teachers take in dealing with the students having dyslexia. The
report also elaborates regarding the suitability of the recommendations pertaining to dyslexia.
The report also involves in critically analysing the policies along with pedagogy issues in
relation to dyslexia.
Approach of teachers for students with dyslexia
The teachers adopting the graduated approach in relation to dyslexia can greatly work
to the benefit of the people who suffer from dyslexia. The teachers in the class are
responsible for the development of the pupil in the class. The formal graduated approach that
the teachers undertake can help the pupils in accessing support from the teaching assistants.
The graduated approach can help in the aspect of early identification of the students who are
suffering from dyslexia. The graduated approach can help in establishing the link in between
assessment and that of teaching (Gov.uk 2018). The graduated approach proves to be useful
in becoming aware about the aspect of language development and the effect of this on the
element of literacy development. It is important for the teachers to talk about the graduated
approach as it can help them in dealing with the people suffering from dyslexia. The formal
assessment of dyslexia suggests that psycho-educational assessment carried out by a qualified
psychologist can help in identifying reason for reading, spelling along with the writing

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difficulty (Thedyslexia-spldtrust.org.uk 2018). The formal assessment suggests tests that can
be administered over some sessions that can help the children who face the problem of
dyslexia.
The neglect in the early years when he was taken abroad by father brought about
signs of psychological trauma in K and he started suffering from developmental delay. The
family history of K had difficulty and this brought about the need of health service for K. K
participates in weekly intervention programme that can help him in raising the self-esteem
and he is helped by the outreach worker that can help him in managing his behaviour. The
administering of Core and Supplemental CTOPP that is Comprehensive Test of Phonological
Processing can help K in dealing with the difficulties pertaining to phonological processing.
The diagnostic free writing assessment can help in the detecting of difficulties of K in
relation to writing. The formal assessment method of British Picture Vocabulary Scale can
help in the identification of the ability of the children and the Neale Analysis of Reading
Ability can help in the ability of K pertaining to the spelling problems (Ekins 2015). It is
significant for the teachers to talk about the graduated approach as it can emphasize on the
ability of phonological awareness, phonological memory, reading accuracy, reading
comprehension and reading rate. The significance of the formal assessment lie in the fact that
it can help in assessing the knowledge of K in relation to High Frequency Words and it can
be useful in decoding the words. The Neale Analysis of the Reading ability ( I) can help in
understanding the ability of the children suffering from the brunt of dyslexia in understanding
about structure along with meaning of the texts. Neale Analysis of the Reading Ability (II)
can help in gauging the ability of the children pertaining to reading rate. The importance of
Elision subtest lies in the fact that it can help in measuring the extent to which an individual
can say the word and then say whatever would be left after dropping out the designated
sounds (Farrell 2010). Blending Words Test can prove to be useful in measuring extent to

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which a person can combine the sounds for the formation of words. Comprehensive Test of
Phonological Processing comprises of subtests that can be used for the investigation of
phonological processing sound.
Suitability of recommendations
The significance of curriculum assessment lies in the fact that it can prove to be useful
in the modification of the curriculum that can cater to the needs of the students having
differing abilities. The Comprehensive Test of Phonological Processing can help in
understanding the difficulties that K face pertaining to phonological processing (Hodkinson
2015). The curriculum assessment with the help of spelling and the writing test can help in
bringing to light the difficulties that K face and the way that these problems can be solved.
The recommendation can be said to be relevant for K as it can help in providing K with 1: 1
support that can prove to be useful in developing the literary skills of K. The combination of
that of teacher training along with LSA support that can prove to be of great use in helping K
deal with the aspect of learning disability (Hornby 2016). The personal support that K gets
can help him in solving that difficulties that K face pertaining to phonological awareness
along with verbal memory.
The dyslexia friendly classroom can help in the implementation of strategies that can
help him in increasing the reading fluency. It can greatly be of help for K in dealing with the
aspect of decoding along with spelling. The phonological awareness of K can be improved by
taking recourse to dyslexia friendly classroom. The multisensory approach in relation to
learning can be useful in improving the speed of verbal processing. The concentration of K
can be improved with the help of the multi-sensory approach undertaken. The intellectual
abilities of K can be sharpened by taking recourse to that of multisensory approach (Imray
and Colley 2017). The eye contact being established with K can help in helping K get over
the aspect of nervousness that can help in assimilating with the people of the wider society.