Dyslexia Overview

A common characteristic of dyslexia contained within all major definitions of dyslexia is

• Reversals or "backwards" reading

• Word-reading difficulties

• Poor Comprehension

• Visual deficits

One advantage of neuroimaging is that

• It provides information about the processes readers use to recognize words, which can provide insights about the instruction that will facilitate learning to read

• It can be used by schools to reliably identify students with dyslexia

• It demonstrates that he "classical" pattern of activation in the reading brain is the same for students with and without reading disabilities; students with dyslexia just process slower

• It has resulted in novel approaches to reading

Over-activation of parts of the brain not typically involved in reading in individuals with dyslexia suggests that

• Readers with dyslexia are more likely to be gifted

• Readers with dyslexia are move likely to have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

• Readers with dyslexia may rely on other systems of the brain to read words rather than the process of mapping graphemes to phonemes

• Readers with dyslexia would benefit from medication

Research has consistently demonstrated that students with dyslexia benefit from

• Whole word instruction

• Phonologically based word-reading instruction

• A balanced literacy approach

• Using cues, such as context, in order to read words

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) defines ___________ as a "process based on the child's response to scientific, research based intervention" for the purpose of identifying students with a specific learning disability."

• CBM

• SLD

• IEP

• RTI