Educational Interventions
- Instruction and study techniques should be multisensory.
- The student should sit near the teacher.
- Instruction should be well organized with clear objectives.
- Extra response time may be needed.
- The alphabet, number line, calendar and other sequencing aids should be posted.
- Directions should be restated and paraphrased, as well as posted visually.
- Daily and long-range calendars should be available to help with organization.
- Assignments may be broken into parts with due dates for each part.
- Students should use highlighters and Post-It notes to stress key points in texts.
- Students should be allowed to tape-record classes and test directions.
- Taped texts that provide for simultaneous reading and listening may be appropriate.
- Students should be allowed to photocopy teachers transparencies/notes.
- Students should be informed about oral reading assignments and questions ahead of time so they may practice.
- Extra time will be needed for tasks requiring reading and/or writing
- Length of tasks or number of items may need to be reduced.
- Students should not be penalized for spelling in content areas (spell checkers and personal spelling charts are beneficial).
- Frequent reviews are often necessary.
- Word processors may be useful.
- Students need abundant praise and encouragement.
- Coping with dyslexia is very tiring, so students may need extra rest breaks.
(from What Parents Need to Know About Dyslexia by Elizabeth Wadlington, 1996. Association for Childhood Education International.)
