supporting students with dyslexia

What is an accepted definition of dyslexia?

• A difficulty in reading long words

• a difficulty which causes people to write letters backward

• A learning difference affecting accurate, fluent word reading

• A difficulty where the words appear to move around on the page

What can be a cause of dyslexia?

• Poor teaching

• Laziness

• A neurological difference

• Low intelligence level

Which of the following are types of dyslexia?

• Double deficit dyslexia

• Verbal dyslexia

• Surface dyslexia

• Rapid naming deficit

• Deficit dyslexia

In phonological dyslexia...

• individuals cannot remember how a word looks like.

• individual cannot isolate sounds of letters and numbers and cannot name them.

• individuals have unusual vision.

• individuals has problems breaking down words and match sound to their letters.

Which mode would be more helpful when giving instructions to a Dyslexic student?

• Writing

• Verbal

• Visual Representation

• Any of these

What should you do for students who are struggling with reading?

• Give them time to catch up

• Provide more independent reading time

• Provide leveled readers

• Begin intensive interventions

Which of these famous people have dyslexia?

• Jennifer Aniston

• Thomas Edison

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Tom Cruise

• All of them

Dyslexia may happen because of

• Visual issues

• Hearing concern

• Lack of reading

• Neurobiological issue

Which of the followings are symptoms of dyslexia?

• Read/write slowly

• Talkative and lack of listening skills

• Find it hard to concentrate when there are distractions

• Confuse visually similar words

• Not being able to compete tasks on time

Individuals with dyslexia most often have difficulty with phonemic awareness

• True

• False