Dyslexia
PROVIDING TEACHERS, PARENTS, AND ADMINISTRATORS WITH TOOLS THAT ARE NECESSARY TO ASSIST STUDENTS WITH DYSLEXIA!
What is Dyslexia?
What is Dyslexia?
According to the World Federation of Neurology, dyslexia is defined as a disorder manifested by difficulty learning to read despite conventional instruction, adequate intelligence, and socio-cultural opportunity.
According to the World Federation of Neurology, dyslexia is defined as a disorder manifested by difficulty learning to read despite conventional instruction, adequate intelligence, and socio-cultural opportunity.
Statistics about Dyslexia
Statistics about Dyslexia
- As quoted from the National Research Council, Preventing Reading DIfficulties in Young Children (1998): "Academic success, as defined by high school graduation, can be predicted with reasonable accuracy by knowing someone's reading skill at the end of third grade. A person who is not at least a modest skilled reader by that time is unlikely to graduate from high school."
- "Children who fall behind in first grade have a 1 in 8 chance of ever catching up to grade level without extraordinary efforts." (As quoted from Learning to Read and Write in Elementary School (Juel, 1994)
- As quoted from Francis et al. (1996): "Seventy-four percent of children who are poor readers in third grade remain poor readers in ninth grade."
- When appropriate instruction and intervention are provided, most students with literacy problems in their early years do not have long-term difficulties. This is wonderful news! If we identify areas of concern early and instruct specifically and effectively, serious reading difficulties might never arise. Some research states that interventions can greatly reduce the number of children with continuing difficulties in reading, perhaps even below 2% (Torgesen, 2003; Vellutino et al., 2000).