About Dyslexia

• Dyslexia concerns information processing and often display difficulties with reading, spelling, writing and word pronunciation.
• It can impact other areas such as organisational skills and memorising facts.
• Dyslexia has many strengths including visual thinking, creativity, problem solving, communication, storytelling, resilience and determination. 
• Dyslexic thinkers skills match the most important skills need in todays workplace. (Andrea Shleicher, OCED & EY report)
• Notable historical and public figures with dyslexia include: Richard Branson, Andy Warhol, Ludwig van Beethoven. The light bulb, telephone and car and were all invented by individuals with dyslexia.

 Identifying dyslexia is beneficial to supporting learners:

• It helps parents and schools to respond and support the specific type of difficulty they are experiencing. 
• Supports with learners confidence. Understanding why their learning might be slower or trickier can support with self-esteem.

To find out more about the signs of dyslexia visit the British Dyslexia Association’s relevant pages:

• Signs of dyslexia (Early Years)
• Signs of dyslexia (Primary school age)
• Signs of dyslexia (Secondary school age)

Screening:

A cost effective and quick method of identifying whether a learner may have dyslexia and their strengths and weaknesses. This is not a diagnosis. A full diagnostics assessment would be required. Providers include:

• British Dyslexia Association
• Talamo

Full diagnosis assessments:

• Helen Arkell Dyslexia Centre
• PATOSS
• British Dyslexia Association

•  Websites:
• Made by Dyslexia
• The Dyslexia Resource
• Understood.org
• British Dyslexia Association
• Helen Arkell Dyslexia Centre
• The Dyslexia Association
• The Dyslexia SpLD Trust
• https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z6mts4j

Podcasts

• Dyslexia, Word of Mouth, Michael Rosen, BBC
• Demystifying Dyslexia with Jamie Wace, Talamo

Short Video Clips:

• The Creative Brilliance of Dyslexia, Kate Griggs, TEDx

Books on Dyslexia:

• The Dyslexia Advantage, Brock L. Eide and Fernadette F. Eide
• The Gift of Dyslexia, Ronald David
• Proust and the Squid, Maryanne Wolf
• This is Dyslexia, Kate Griggs

Supporting your child with a dyslexia diagnosis books:

• Dyslexia is my Superpower, Margret Rooke
• XtraordianaryPeople , Kate Griggs
• Wonderfully Wired Brains, Louise Gooding
• Dyslexia. Wrestling with an Octopus: 10 Tips to Help Your Child, Beth Beamish
• Fish in a Tree, Lynda Mullaly Hunt