THE PICTURE OF DYSLEXIA WHAT

THE PICTURE OF DYSLEXIA

&

WHAT IT IS

(All Symptoms Do Not Occur With Everyone) TED TURNER PAT TON CHURCHILL JFK POLITICAL & MILITARY TH (PH OMA ON S E OG DIS RA ON PH ) ENTREPRENEURS SCIENTISTS & INVENTORS

(All Symptoms Do Not Occur With Everyone)

(All Symptoms Do Not Occur With Everyone)

PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS

PHONEMIC AWARENESS

METALINGUISTIC WRITING SPELLING READING SYNTAX (FORM) SEMANTICS (MEANING) PHONOLOGY PRAGMATICS (FORM) (FUNCTION)

PHONEMIC REPRESENTATION

BREAKING THE CODE

PRONOUNCE THESE WORDS… blit frachet NEED PA (SOUNDS) TO HOOK TO ABSTRACT WRITTEN SYMBOLS (LETTERS)

Average Low

Average Low

Average Low

3 – LEGGED STOOL

3 – LEGGED STOOL

THE PICTURE OF DYSLEXIA WHAT DOES IT “LOOK” LIKE?

(ALL SYMPTOMS DO NOT OCCUR WITH EVERYONE)

(ALL SYMPTOMS DO NOT OCCUR WITH EVERYONE)

ASSESSMENT OF STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES

DYSLEXIA PREVENTION STUDY “BOTTOM-UP” VS “TOP-DOWN”

Standard Score 95 90 85 80 75 Normal Range of Performance

TWO YEAR FOLLOW UP READING RESULTS WRMT-R * * * N = 50 * p= <. 05

N = 50 * p= <. 05

OD WC SR LP FS RC SA

TREATMENTS EFFECTS ON BRAIN ACTIVITY Decreased activity in right hemisphere Increased activity in left hemisphere

Size of “sight vocabulary 2 nd Year follow-up Grade in School

RESPONSE TO INTERVENTION MODEL

TIER TWO LITCHFIELD SCHOOL DISTRICT PHOENIX, ARIZONA

* * * N = 63 * p= <. 05

* * N = 64 * p= <. 05

* * * N = 126 * p= <. 05

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EMS GAINS 2004 -2005 (GRADES 3 -5)

FOR THE TREATMENT RESISTERS

* * * N = 50 * p= <. 05

TYPICAL LANGUAGE ACTIVATION AREAS LEFT HEMISPHERE

WORD ANALYSIS LEFT HEMISPHERE

Strong activation pattern Weak activation pattern

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