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Recently, I discovered the math activities of Ronit Bird. Ronit Bird is the author of several books about Dyscalculia. She has helpful tips for parents and teachers about concrete manipulatives and building up a sense of number through activities more than worksheets. I confess, I wish I had had this more when I was a kid. The tricky thing…
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One way to teach to students’ strengths is to build on nonverbal reasoning and experimential – multisensory learning strengths in math. What does that mean? It means not being in a hurry to have students work through math problems before a strong foundational understanding and technical math meanings are established, and building on math reasoning before diving into math problem-solving…
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…will present a greater problem in adulthood than reading. ACCOMMODATIONS AND REMEDIATION In the early years, be prepared to educate your student about dysgraphia and self-advocacy. Dysgraphia can cause a lot of existential angst even in the early grades and teachers may not understand that they need to dramatically adjust their work expectations for students with moderate to severe…
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…you a heads up that he has an IEP with accommodations. He has been professionally diagnosed by licensed psychologists as intellectually gifted, with dyslexia and dysgraphia. Dyslexia is often referred to as an invisible disability, and ____ has in the past had either his intelligence or his disabilities underestimated, as they can camouflage each other. He is an extremely hard…
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…memory overload and typically dysgraphia. Learn more (including some norms) here. SENTENCE AND SYMBOL COPY Watching a student copy a sentence can be enlightening. Students with dyspraxia or fine motor difficulties will struggle with this, but also those who cannot visualize letters (sometimes referred to eidetic dysgraphia). Those in the latter group may copy sentences well, but struggle with…
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…be more consistent with dyslexia than ADD / ADHD? https://www.dyslexicadvantage.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/whats-adhd-dyslexia.mp3 Could these problems all be due to dysgraphia alone or could some of these issues be due to dyslexia? https://www.dyslexicadvantage.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dx-dysgraphia-not-dyslexia.mp3 What do you think about being diagnosed with mild dyslexia, but also receptive and expressive language disorder? https://www.dyslexicadvantage.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dyslexia-dyslexia-plus.mp3 Is there an association with late talking and dyslexia? https://www.dyslexicadvantage.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/late-talkers.mp3 Is there…
…and trade examinations – accommodations should be provided in a timely manner – individuals receiving accommodations should not be ‘flagged’ The new regulation guide and letter to school districts address problematic policies which have required students and their families to undergo repeated costly testing for documentation of dyslexia, dysgraphia,dyscalculia, and other LDs. The new regulations also address the issue of…
…of notes from a friend. Many dyslexic students also have dysgraphia (writing disability dysgraphic and dyscalculic, so knowing how the of writing) and dyscalculia (math disability), which may also affect writing-heavy courses, science, and math. With the pandemic disruptions, dyslexic students may have had even more disruptions to their learning progress. Writing can be a strong indicator of dyslexia if…
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…of write by hand?” If a teacher asks, “Why do you need to do that?” they can say, ” I have dysgraphia” or “I have dysgraphia and that makes it harder to write.” They don’t have to go into a long explanation. Just make sure the student knows absolutely no checking questions on the Internet during a test unless permission…
…Laynie, doesn’t have dysgraphia and what is helpful about how Laynie uses technology is that she is allowed to take notes through dictation, but still learns the correct spellings by recopying notes in her own writing. Dictation is really helpful in this case because if she were required to write out all her answers at once, she might get lost…
