Here are my tips for helping a dyslexic in a classroom:- When using the white board, use coloured ink pens rather than black. This will help the dyslexic to read more easily from the board and reduce eye fatigue When you start a lesson, give students a list of bullet point on the subject they are learning (great [...]

Dyslexics are intelligence students but they are taught by non-dyslexics so they are taught to learn in a non-dyslexic style which causes them to struggle. So as a teacher you need to have dyslexic students to learn in dyslexic styles of learning. When you ask students to do a piece of work, give student example [...]

One of the biggest problems dyslexic students have is the lack of knowledge of how to study and what techniques are available. As a teacher it is important that you keep reminding your students techniques to learn, so giving your students notes on how to. So if you ask your students to write a report [...]

Use colour pens when using the white pen Don't give student pages with lots of text to read When giving out notes to the class, have the notes on bullet points Use videos in class, dyslexic will remember more Don't ask students to read out aloud in class Its the content in a dyslexic work [...]

Try reading on ipad or computer if you can, this will reduce the glear from the text that you normally get from paper. When picking a book to read or paper on text, try and find pages that have larger text and spread out more. If your eye are stressed from reading, take your time. [...]

Read the question 5 times before answering it Have a spare peice of paper to write down some notes Take your time, its better to get the question rights Look at the paper and answer the questions you know first and then answer the questions you will have difficult with after When you have an [...]

Plan out your report before you start Think of an report or essay as introduction, findings and conclusion Take your time and plan your work and then research it When writing your work do, write it first and then read through it and re-edit your grammar Try and use a computer to do your work [...]

User bullet points for notes Have 3 books for each class, classwork, homework and revision notes When researching a topic, read books that have pictures and alot of spacing in book. So not much text on the pages, this will help you to read more easily Ask your teachers for topics to research in your [...]

Dyslexic students struggle to put information on paper but here are my ideas to help dyslexics write and organise their notes.   Notes should be written in 2 books for class:- Classwork book Note book (how to and bullet point facts)   Organising work is extremely important because students need to easily read and remember [...]

Its content that matters, not spelling & grammar   We get this everyday, either in school or work but spelling and grammar is seen as very important and dyslexics get told this. But in my own opinion we should be saying something more about the information, its the content that is important. As long as [...]