Supporting children with dyslexia starts with preparing their teachers

By Jeremy Law, Senior Lecturer in Education, University of Glasgow
Alexandra Boese, PhD Candidate in Education and Elementary Teacher, University of Glasgow

A child pauses at a word, tries it, then looks to the teacher for help. Telling the word to the child can get the sentence moving. Working out what to teach so the child can read similar words independently takes a different kind of expertise.

That expertise is especially important for children with dyslexia, which involves persistent difficulties with word reading and spelling. Reading may be inaccurate, slow or effortful, and the pattern varies between children.…

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