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We would like to acknowledge the Pambalong Clan of the Awabakal people and the Darkinyung people, who are the traditional custodians of the land upon which the Callaghan Campus and Ourimbah Campus of the University of Newcastle is situated. We pay our respects to ancestors Past, Present and Emerging.

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Learning is naturally difficult. It is our jobs as teachers to help make education as simple and effective as possible for all students. Students with Dyslexia have many challenges within classrooms that can make this learning even more strenuous. Imagine you’re learning something completely out of your comfort zone, trying to understand concepts you have never heard of before, your teacher provides you with lots of worksheets and information designed to help you.

Now imagine that the words on the worksheets disappear,
rearrange, become blurry, etc.

Dyslexia looks different for every person, but no matter
what, Teachers have the responsibility to ensure we provide inclusive learning for everyone. This Padlet will help provide information regarding Dyslexia and ways in which strategies can be applied to help improve learning for students living with Dyslexia.

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Created by Tia Collison
Voice Over by Kristen Squires and Tayte Brown.

This PowerPoint has been created to help Teacher's identify the characteristics of students with Dyslexia.

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Let's have a look and see how these characteristics present in everyday life. 

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Let's have a look and see how these characteristics present in everyday life. 

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Please note, that while the information in this video is accurate, the language used is not to be repeated. When referring to people living with Dyslexia, we must always use person first language.

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Now let's look at how we can use students with Dyslexia's strengths within the classroom. 

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Now let's look at how we can use students with Dyslexia's strengths within the classroom. 

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Please note, that while the information in this video is accurate, the language used is not to be repeated. When referring to people living with Dyslexia, we must always use person first language.

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Module 1 Dyslexic Strengths: 1 C Assessing Using Dyslexic Strenghts

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Understanding what it is like to live with Dyslexia. 

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Understanding what it is like to live with Dyslexia. 

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Interview by Tia Collison - from a student's perspective.

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Understanding what it is like to learn with Dyslexia

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Understanding what it is like to learn with Dyslexia

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Click the link above to engage in a simulation emulating what some students' living with Dyslexia experience.

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Experience Dyslexia Now! Make it Stop!

Contrary to popular belief, not every person with dyslexia will reverse letters while reading and writing. In fact, such reversals are very common while children, both those with dyslexia and those without, are first learning to write. After two years of explicit handwriting instruction, children should no longer struggle with reversals. If they do, this may be a sign of dyslexia. However, the erroneous belief that all people with dyslexia will reverse letters and even words while reading and writing may in fact be delaying diagnosis and intervention for many individuals.

Despite its clear impact on how many individuals with dyslexia experience visual information, like text, dyslexia is not a vision problem. That is why dyslexia cannot be successfully remediated through vision therapy programs, no matter how intensive. Instead, individuals with dyslexia, a language-based disorder, must be explicitly instructed in all levels of language, from phonemic awareness to morphology, in order to "break the code" and successfully learn to read.

Dyslexia is a lifelong condition. An individual with dyslexia will always have a unique brain when compared with a non-dyslexic individual. Additionally, reading will always be a far more focus- and labor-intensive activity for a dyslexic individual when compared to a "typical" reader. Still, a diagnosis of dyslexia does not mean that an individual will be forever barred from experiencing the joy of reading, or left out of opportunities that require one to read well. When they are taught language skills with a different, more tailored approach that works to engage all pathways in learning, many individuals with dyslexia can experience success with text for the first time.

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Experience Dyslexia Now! Make it Stop! Contrary to popular belief, not every person with dyslexia will reverse letters while reading and writing. In fact, such reversals are very common while children, both those with dyslexia and those without, are first learning to write. After two years of explicit handwriting instruction, children should no longer struggle [...]

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Use this quiz to reflect on your current understanding on Dyslexia. If you get some questions incorrect, use this as a chance to go back through some of the content and improve your knowledge.

Quiz created by Tayte Brown.

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Now that we have looked at what Dyslexia is and the ways in which this Learning Difficulty impacts on our students. Let's take a look at the statistics surrounding Dyslexia and teaching strategies we can embed into our classrooms to help create inclusive learning environments and opportunities.

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In Australia, 1 in 5 people live with some form of disability. Within this group Intellectual and developmental disabilities are the second most common disability, affecting 6.3% of individuals (Caskey et al., 2018).

Moreover, as suggested by the Australian Dyslexia Association, nearly 20% of the Australian population have some form of Dyslexia (Caskey et al., 2018)

Students with Dyslexia may experience high levels of anxiety, negative attitudes towards learning and substandard overall wellbeing (Yang et al, 2022).

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Click the link to view the poster which highlights different teaching strategies to use within classrooms. These strategies reflect the characteristics of Dyslexia as discussed in Part 1.

Created by Kristen Squires.

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The games and activities listed below can be utilised within classrooms. Take a look through and see if any of them can be used within your lessons.

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Games requiring recognition of images, shapes and colours and well as short term memory are great activities for students with Dyslexia, both Primary and Highschool. This is because some Students with Dyslexia have trouble with recognition of images as well as organisation and memory. Click on the Link above to check out this fun game.

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Pair the images on the cards in this memory game. Fun brain training for both children and adults!

Instructions to play memory

Test your memory with this memory game. First select the difficulty level. The higher the number, the more cards are in the memo game. On the game board, there are always two identical images. Start the game by flipping a card. Then try to find another card that has the same image as the first. If you can't find a pair, the flipped cards will be flipped back with the face down. Try to remember these images as it becomes easier to find pairs the longer you play. When you find a pair they are removed from the board and when you find all the pairs in this memory, you have completed the level.

Memory and children

Children should periodically return to this memory until they are easily capable of solving at least the most basic levels. It is common that the child will make significant progress by developing memory strategies. In order for children to remember the strategies in this memory game, it is good if the children are encouraged to go back here on several occasions and not only played once. Appropriate moments can be on weekends and school holidays!

Calculation of knowledge points

Each completed game level gives 2 knowledge point in Memory. The maximum number of points (12 knowledge points) is achieved when you pass all 6 levels. You'll get a bronze medal when you complete a level 2 times and a silver medal after 5 completed rounds. A gold medal will be received after 10 completed rounds. In Memory, the maximum number of collectable gold medals is 6. You only earn knowledge points for levels that has not been cleared before. A cleared level has a green background above. Even when you have completed a level, you can continue practicing at that level, but it gives you no more knowledge points.

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Memory: Play Free Online * Brain training - Helpful Games

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Level up your memory for free with this online memory card game. Flip the cards and match the tiles together in pairs. This knowledge game for the brain has 6 difficulty levels.

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Scramble is a fun and interactive game the whole class can enjoy. This game is inclusive for all students and will simultaneously help to improve reading and writing. As students with Dyslexia often misspell common words, Scramble is a fantastic game to help correct spelling. This game can be used within both Primary and Highschool classrooms.

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Word Scramble - Play Word Scramble Game Online for Free

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Scramble Words is a Scramble-like game that’s sure to become your new favorite! Instantly play online for free, no downloads or installs needed.

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British Dyslexia Association. (2018, February 12). See Dyslexia differently. [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11r7CFlK2sc&t=111s

Caskey, J., Innes, P., Lovell, G.P. (2018). Making a Difference: Dyslexia and Social Identity in Educational Contexts. Dyslexia and Social Identity in Educational Contexts, 33(1), 1-17.
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9604.12192. Making a Difference: Dyslexia and Social Identity in Educational Contexts.: EBSCOhost (newcastle.edu.au)

Made By Dyslexia. (2021, June 8). Module 1 Dyslexia strengths: 1 C assessing using Dyslexia strengths. [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPtrW5Dab8s

Yang, Liping: Li, Chunbo: Li, Xiumei;Zhai, Manman; An, Qingping (2022). Prevalence of Development Dyslexia in primary school children: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Brain Sciences, 12(2). DOI: 10.3390/brainsci1202024. Prevalence of Developmental Dyslexia in Primary School Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis - ProQuest