Steps towards dyslexia teaching
Teaching dyslexia students can be a rewarding experience for teachers if they get proper dyslexia training in teaching methods. To see the child with learning difficulties finally comprehend what the teacher is saying and not feel humiliated in class is a joy in itself and a true reward of becoming a teacher. The dyslexic student can be supported in many different ways and a few guidelines are enumerated below for effective intervention by dyslexia tutors.
Multisensory teaching has been found to be most effective while teaching dyslexia students as these children respond very well to visual, auditory and kinesthetic memory teaching. It has been found to be the most productive as far as letter or word recognition is concerned.
Dyslexia teaching should incorporate the integration of reading, writing and spelling so that the skills and concepts can be understood better and retained for a longer time.
Dyslexia teachers should structure the lessons in such a way that the learning is collective and builds upon previous successful retentions.
The awareness of the different sounds in words, patterns, rhyming, syllabus should be paid particular attention to as lack of phonological awareness is where dyslexics have problems.
These skills can be taught in the forms of games from early years so that the child does not associate them with feelings of failure or tension and will develop the self-confidence to use these skills.
Dyslexic pupils should be involved in monitoring their own progress as much as possible so that their motivation is enhanced.
