Cornwall Dyslexia Support
Assessing, Screening and Tutoring
Cornwall Dyslexia Support
Assessing, Screening and Tutoring
Useful Information
As Part of our support for Dyslexia and SpLDs it may be useful to consider various contacts
some national and some local.
For many the option of an overlay may help with visual processing.
We have also selected various reading material that offer advice and understanding with dyslexia and barriers to learning.
This page offers a very brief guide. Please contact us for any further advice.
"Everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a
tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid". Albert Einstein
Specific Learning Difficulties (SpLD's)
Specific Learning Difficulties (SpLD's)
Common Characteristics of SpLD’s
- Memory Difficulties
- Organisational Difficulties
- Writing Difficulties
- Visual Processing Difficulties
- Reading Difficulties
- Auditory Processing Difficulties
- Time Management Difficulties
- Sensory Distraction – inability to filter out background noise or movement
- Sensory Overload –Sensations of mental overload/switching off
OVERLAY
Reasons for Using a Coloured Overlay
It has been estimated that at least half of people with SpLD and dyslexic readers have subtle visual problems.
Symptoms can include the following:
- Eye Strain
- Headaches
- Missing out bits of text
- Losing place on the page
- Experiencing blurred or double vision
- Tiring quickly when reading
- Seeing visual perceptual distortions:
- Text appearing to change, move or swim on page
- Bright-coloured text or images ‘flashing’
- Seeing shapes or patterns on page
- White paper ‘glaring’
CONTACTS
CONTACTS
Useful Contacts
British Dyslexia Association
Dyslexia Cornwall Helpline number:
0845 251 902
Helpline number: 01872 274827
The Irlen Method (Overlays for Visual Stress)
Helpline number: 01242 539810
Computer Screen Overlay –
Bradley's Opticians, Penzance
(Visual Stress Test)
Tel no 01736 363339
USEFUL READING
USEFUL READING
- Gift of Dyslexia by Ron Davis
- Mind Maps for Kids by Tony Buzan
- Brain Gym by Paul E Dennison & Gail Dennison
- ‘Get Better Grades’ by Margie Agnew, Steve Barlow, Lee Pascal and Steve Skidmore
- Dyslexia: A Complete Guide for Parents and Those Who Help Them by Gavin Reid
- ‘Books for Dyslexic Readers’ is a catalogue which lists books which are easy to read but with interesting content published by Dyslexia Action.
- So You Think You’ve Got Problems? By Rosalind Birkett
- Dyslexia – How Would I Cope? By Michael Ryden
- Dyslexia friendly fiction books – Barrington Stoke publisher
