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This document provides resources and information about dyslexia and dyscalculia. It lists books, websites, and tests that can help identify these conditions. Dyslexia is described as an issue with literacy that can affect memory and processing. Dyscalculia affects acquiring math skills and understanding numbers. Common signs of each are outlined, like difficulty with reading, writing, and number sense. Famous people who overcame dyslexia are mentioned to show it's not a limitation.

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Dyslexia Brochure

This document provides resources and information about dyslexia and dyscalculia. It lists books, websites, and tests that can help identify these conditions. Dyslexia is described as an issue with literacy that can affect memory and processing. Dyscalculia affects acquiring math skills and understanding numbers. Common signs of each are outlined, like difficulty with reading, writing, and number sense. Famous people who overcame dyslexia are mentioned to show it's not a limitation.

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  • Additional Resources and Assistance
  • Understanding Dyslexia/Dyscalculia

Additional

Resources
to help you along the way
Books
 Dyscalculia Guidance
 Understanding Dyscalculia for
Teaching
 100 Ideas for Supporting Pupils with
Dyslexia
 Understanding Dyslexia
Obtaining
Websites Assistance
 [Link] Dyslexia
 Teachers can use checklists to
 [Link]/learning/Dyslexia record early signs of dyslexia
 [Link] (Int’l Dyslexia Assoc)  Dyslexia Portfolio – eight short

Learning with
Books for Students tests that assess reading, spelling,
phonology and digit span
 My Name is Brian Brian  Wechsler Intelligence Scale
 Lily & the Mixed Up Letters
 6th Grade Can Really Kill You
Dyscalculia
 Piagetian test of conservation of
Dyslexia &
Dyscalculia
 Niagara Falls, Or Does It? number, classification, and
seriation
 Rey-Osterrieh’ Complex Figure
Test – assesses attentive
analytical and perceptual-
organizational skills and the
degree of precision.

It’s not just seeing


College of Charleston things backwards
Created in Conjunction with An informational resource for
EDEE 409/Meeting the Needs of Diverse Learners parents, students, and teachers.
Spring 2011
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What is Dyslexia/Dyscalculia?
Dyslexia is a processing difference experienced by people of all ages. Often characterized
by difficulties in literacy, it can affect other cognitive areas such as memory, speed of
processing, time management, coordination and directional aspects” (Reid & Green, 2007).

Developmental dyscalculia is a condition that affects the ability to acquire arithmetical


skills. Dyscalculic learners may have difficulty understanding simple number concepts, lack
an intuitive grasp of numbers, and have problems learning number facts and procedures.
Even if they procedure a correct answer or use a correct
method, they may do so mechanically and without
confidence” (Butterworth & Yeo, 2004).

“It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s


just that I stay with problems
longer.”
-Albert Einstein, overcame Dyslexia
The condition characteristics of
Dyscalculia may include:
Condition characteristics of Dyslexia • Weakness in working memory
• Lack the basic capacity for
include, but are not limited to: • Weakness in visual memory
understanding numbers
• Depend on “immature strategies” • Unusually slow to write and to
(ex: counting on fingers to solve copy information
problems) • Cannot easily remember verbal Remember, you aren’t alone! It is
• Can sometimes be associated with instruction estimated that 1 out of 5 students
dyslexia, attention-deficit • Shows little interest in reading struggle with Dyslexia. Including
hypertension disorder (ADHD), • Becomes embarrassed if asked to some of these famous names:
poor hand-eye coordination, and read in public Albert Einstein, Thomas Edison,
poor memory for non-verbal • Demonstrates a lack of Winston Churchill, Walt Disney,
material confidence in own ability Orlando Bloom, Tom Cruise, Jay
• Anxiety with numbers • Often reverses the order of words Leno, Whoopi Goldberg, Vince
• Lacks the “starter kit” for or letters when speaking Vaughn, Kiera Knightley,
developing understanding of • Confuses the order of sounds and many more…
number and number operations

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