Dyslexia
Dyslexia
Dyslexia is a common learning difficulty that can cause problems with reading, writing and spelling. It's a specific learning difficulty, which means it causes problems with certain abilities used for learning, such as reading and writing. Unlike a learning disability, intelligence isn't affected. It's estimated up to 1 in every 10 people in the UK has some degree of dyslexia.
Dyslexia can present challenges on a daily basis, but support is available to improve reading and writing skills and help those with the problem be successful at school and work.
A person with dyslexia may:
- read and write very slowly
- confuse the order of letters in words
- put letters the wrong way round (such as writing "b" instead of "d")
- have poor or inconsistent spelling
- understand information when told verbally, but have difficulty with information that's written down
- find it hard to carry out a sequence of directions
- struggle with planning and organisation
But people with dyslexia often have good skills in other areas, such as creative thinking and problem solving.
Within school we have screening software which we can use with children from Year 1 upwards. This does not give a diagnosis of Dyslexia, but can give a possibility of demonstrating Dyslexic traits. If we complete screening we will share this information with parents and put in place some strategies and interventions to help.
If you have any concerns regarding this please speak to your class teacher or Miss Evans,