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This 15 page paper gives an overview of Dyslexia based on the most current research available. Also included are case studies and longitudinal studies on incorporating dyslexic students into the language arts classroom and teaching writing to the dyslexic student. Quotes cited from sources. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
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children can be highly intelligent. What this calls for, then, on the part of everyone involved with the dyslexic student is to inform and educate themselves on the best possible
ways to aid the dyslexic student in the educative process. WHAT IS DYSLEXIA? According to the National Institute of Health, Dyslexia affects one in five children in the United States(NIH,
see also, Das, et al). Dyslexia is primarily due to linguistic deficits. Researchers have proven that dyslexia is due to a difficulty processing language and is not tied to visual
problems whatsoever(Rooney). A common myth is that the dyslexic student sees words or letters backwards, but this is not so. Dyslexia, states Goldstein and Obrzut, seem to arise
from neuropsychological deficiencies. Until recently there has been little written, they state, about the potential of helping the dyslexic to overcome their deficiencies. Rather remediation and assessment have been the
focal point. And, what has perhaps compounded the problems have been the disinclination of those in the field to offer a definitive wording of the term reading disability. In other
words, children who have dyslexia have difficulty with the sound/symbol correspondences such as are utilized in most of the phonics reading approaches of the modern era(Rosner, et al, 68).
Dyslexia is THE most common and most prevalent of all known learning disabilities states the National Institute of Health(NIH). Given this then, it is likely that one in every five
people that one meets on a daily basis has or is suffering from dyslexia. Many may never have been diagnosed, while others may have grown up feeling as if they
were stupid instead of getting the help that they needed. "Children with dyslexia do not typically test low on standard IQ tests, except when the test items require reading"(Das). Most
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