100 Ideas Supporting Pupils with Dyslexia: Ebook

Dyslexia is difficult to understand. Its basically some minor or major disability to learn even if the student has normal intelligence like difficulty in spelling, doing math, reading, pronouncing words or understanding content. Its not a medical problem and fixing it has to do with finding a method of learning that works for the student. With such a broad scope in defining dyslexia I would think any student who needs special attention can be dyslexic. If you are looking for help coping with dyslexia here is a book that is effective.

100 Ideas Supporting Pupils with Dyslexia provides a creative technique for each page which are divided into 10 sections: 1. Teaching strategies, 2. Reading and comprehension, 3. Spelling, 4. Creative writing, 5. Learning strategies, 6. Planning and learning, 7. Memory, 8. Getting the teaching right, 9. Number work and mathematics, 10. Dyslexia across the curriculum.

Here is an excerpt from the intro: Dyslexia can be a confusing condition. There are plenty of theories on its nature, from the phonological deficit hypothesis, visual deficit and dietary imbalance theories, to speculation on movement and coordination
difficulties. So often the busy classroom teacher does not have the time to read all the latest literature and develop new teaching practices. This book aims to provide classroom approaches which have all been tried and tested with dyslexic pupils of all ages. The ideas are presented in a manner that allows them to be modified by teachers for their own particular classroom and school context and are therefore relevant to teachers from all sectors, primary and secondary.

If you are a teacher or a student trying to cope with dyslexia you might just find a cure in the pages of this book.