Instead of giving written handouts of information or instructions why not type them and allow the child to use the speech facility to read them for him/her. Pupils who need the text enlarged or the background colour changed can easily do this. The auto-correct facility within some word processing packages allows learners to enter their …
Read More ICT and SLD (Dyslexia)

In the past pupils with severe learning difficulties or complex needs would have been placed in special schools. This is not always the case now and increasingly pupils with severe physical disabilities are joining mainstream classes. It might be reasonable to suggest that the SENDA legislation will make this much more possible in many cases. …
Read More Severe or Complex Learning Difficulties

Three times as many males as females affected Three types of dyslexia; motor, visual and auditory Dyslexia is usually diagnosed by a psychologist based on data gathered by teachers and parents. In order to decide whether a child has SLD/dyslexia a picture of the whole child needs to be developed. It is likely that there …
Read More Specific Literacy Difficulties (Dyslexia)

This is likely to be the most common difficulty present in the pupils in your class.  Pupils with this problem are usually performing at a significantly lower level than their peers in reading, writing, spelling and sometimes numeracy.  A learner with MLD is likely to be struggling with both the content and the presentation of …
Read More Moderate Learning Difficulties (MLD)

Often known as ‘clumsy child syndrome’ May be mild to severe Can affect speech Can cause child to have low self-esteem and later mental problems. This condition is a lack of development in planning of physical movement and organization.  The affected motor problems result in difficulties in academic learning and also in daily life skills.  …
Read More Dyspraxia

A very specific difficulty in mathematics, often with numeracy, but no accompanying difficulty with literacy. What to look for: pupils may have difficulty in remembering and carrying out sequenced instructions, they can confuse telephone numbers.  They might have problems with word sums or in problems following procedures in problem-solving.  They might have difficulty recognizing patterns …
Read More Dyscalculia