Dyslexia Friendly Classrooms Network Session 3

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Dyslexia Friendly Classrooms Network Session 3
Claire Ridsdale, Teaching and Learning Adviser
(Literacy) Jackie Muggleton, Inclusion
Support Coordinator
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Aims

• To increase awareness of how ICT can be used to
  
• support dyslexic pupils
• To consider the development of whole school
• approaches
• To start producing your Dyslexia Friendly
  school action
• plan

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Review

• What have you done since the last meeting?
• How did your staff training go?
• Whats going well?
• What feedback have you had from staff so far?

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Guided Work
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Guided Work

• Why Guided Work? It
• Engages pupils
• Supports at the point of need
• Provides a structured strategy that pupils can
  then
• apply independently
• Promotes communication, experimentation and
  risk
• taking in a trusted small group setting
• Enables explicit modelling of key skills
• Provides assessment and target setting
  opportunities

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Guided Work

• Supporting Success in Reading and Writing
  documents
• Identify where children are and next steps
• Skills based not content based
• Regular assessment to inform teaching and
  learning

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ICT

• I.C.T offers
• Opportunities to work independently
• Can develop their literacy skills.
• Gives opportunities to revisit, practice and
  learn skills
• Is very motivating
• No program can replace a skilled, specialist
  teacher, but many can offer support and practice
  on a regular basis

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Using ICT
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Using ICT toSupport Writing
Wordbar
Penfriend XP
NEW! WriteOnline
Subscription pupils have passwords and can
access this scaffolded word processor anywhere as
long as they are on line
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Using ICT toHelp with Planning/ Organisation
Revision

• 2connect

Inspiration/Kidspiration
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Using ICT toBuild Skills
Word Shark motivator/reward not complete
programme
Nessy complete programme, tons of resources small
group games and activities
Lexia Structured, reading spelling program
Units of Sound Structured, reading spelling
program
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Using ICT toAccess the Curriculum
Multi message voice recorder
Recording sound
Talking spell checkers
http//www.talkingproducts.co.uk/
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Using ICT toAccess the Curriculum
Recording sound
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Choosing Software

• Full speech support, so that all text on screen
  can be seen and heard
• Text that is highlighted as it is spoken or
  selected is useful
• Spoken instructions 
• Opportunities to listen again or repeat an
  activity 
• A structured progression or word lists that can
  be selected to meet the needs of the user 
• Easy navigation around the screen, help menus 
• Spellings, phonics and word lists that are
  written in lower case, not CAPITAL letters 
• An uncluttered screen with a clear focus on the
  task 
• Options to record the users progress can be
  helpful 
• Choices of screen backgrounds and colours can
  also be helpful

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• Coffee

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Action Planning
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Prioritisation Task
Action Plan
hard implementation easy
low impact high
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Action Plan
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Possible Objectives

• To ensure that a dyslexia friendly ethos is
  throughout the school
• To develop inclusive classroom environments
• To use interventions appropriately and
  effectively
• To raise the self-esteem of all pupils
• To develop parental understanding and confidence
  in our dyslexia friendly ethos
• To use multi-sensory teaching approaches
  throughout the school
• To monitor the impact of the pilot

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Action Plan
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Gap Task

• Before session 4
• 2nd April 2009
• Write your action plan
• Implement strategies throughout the school
• Monitor progress of the implementation so far in
  March
• Continue with pupil tracking
• Session 4
• Share outcomes of monitoring
• Review action plan so far
• Involving parent