Dyslexia Support in the General Classroom

Explore dyslexia intervention in general classrooms through practical strategies for identification, screening, and assessment, guided by an expert with international experience in applied linguistics and inclusion.

Explore theoretical foundations and practical strategies to help students with dyslexia in general classrooms, empowering teachers and parents across primary to secondary levels in reading, writing, memory, and spelling.

Explore the social versus medical models of dyslexia, arguing against pulling students out of music, P.E., or art, and address underlying cognitive needs through in-class differentiation and learning through play.

embrace an integrated curriculum to support dyslexia by sharing learning objectives across English, math, art, and pe, teaching literacy through music and movement.

Identify and optimize the classroom environment to support students with dyslexia by adjusting light, sound, temperature, layout, and grouping to boost focus and learning.

Explore observation through the interactive observational framework, examining emotional, physical, social, and cognitive factors to tailor dyslexia support in the general classroom.

Explore how classroom layout shapes learning by trying rows, u-shaped, horseshoe shaped, or group configurations; adjust seating to support students with dyslexia and boost attention and inclusion.

Adopt diverse teaching styles with dyslexia-friendly practices: warm-ups, chunked new information, repetition, one-by-one questioning, and summaries to support processing, memory, and multisensory learning.

Explore how learning styles shape how students process visual, auditory, tactile, and kinesthetic information, and apply diverse, multisensory, and differentiated instruction within the zone of proximal development.

Subject teachers support dyslexic students by using diverse resources, group work, and visuals; integrate audiobooks, videos, graphic organizers, and practical activities across language, geography, history, and drama.

Assistive technology personalizes learning, simplifies the written word, improves memory and organization, and provides audio capture and skill screening to support dyslexic students.

Use mind mapping as a visual thinking tool to display connected thoughts around a single idea, using keywords, colors, and images to organize information and scaffold learning.

Use graphic organizers to structure ideas and provide dyslexia-friendly writing strategies, and allow alternatives to handwriting such as portfolios, mind maps, or typed submissions to level the playing field.

Support dyslexia learners by marking spelling on the spot with focused feedback, using miscue analysis and targeted one-to-two skill goals, plus S.O.S and LaCava look-cover-write-check strategies.

Teach prediction and checking strategies to boost reading, including high-frequency and sight words. Use paired reading, word lists, and journals; preview the title and questions before reading.