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Subject: Mike Juggins article in course book for Dyslexia teaching certificate

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Max Ford

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Date Posted: 09:19:03 12/09/09 Wed

I've just read Mike Juggins article in the course book for the Certificate in the Teaching of Children with Dyslexia, and I found it refreshingly frank. It is also quite upbeat, which I found jarred somewhat with a couple of the items in the same chapter(3) in the course book.

In 3.1.5 there are suggestions for the type of worksheets suitable for dyslexics. On the whole I agree with all the points made, but feel not putting in more demanding material designed to stretch the intellect and ability is a mistake. We must remember that dyslexics have an intellect, have particular skills - as does any student. We do a any student a disservice if we do not extend them. What about Mike Juggins observations that many dyslexics have higher than average conceptual abilities?

Secondly, I can see the thinking behind the emphasis on non-competitive games (3.1.4). However, as Mike Juggins points out, a holistic approach is needed - and this must, surely, include, inter alia, some competition. Even, dare I say it, some experience of not winning (even if not failure) is essential in the learning process and in life. We do not need to dwell on it negatively, but it needs to be dealt with effectively. Isolation and protection will have detrimental results in the long term.

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