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Subject: Reading about myself!

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Date Posted: 08:26:32 07/01/11 Fri

I am a qualified teacher and I am doing the dyslexia teacher's course. Reading about dyslexia is a bit of an uncanny experience for me- I feel like I am reading about myself..! I am a bit overwhelmed. It's quite challenging because less was known about dyslexia when I was at school (up until the mid 90s) and I did not want to be tested because I did not understand it. I was able to carry on for quite a while as some studies say until Secondary. Now I am in the position of trying to think how I can help and I realise a bit more of what the 2 teachers were going through who tried to help me.

The thing is I do not have problems with phonics and I am average-above average at spelling! This is where my experience does not fit in with what I read. However I later found that although I could read and pronounce words accurately, at times I missed the point of what a text was "getting at" in semantic terms. Sometimes I would get very high grades and other times keep failing, at uni for example, leading to both myself and teachers/tutors being frustrated and disappointed as if i could do better bust just didn't try hard enough and nearly being thrown off my teaching course. I knew that I had tried very hard. Sometimes I still feel like I am trying to hold back a dam of papers, belongings, tasks and requirements in order to stop them going out of control and at times exhausted myself. I received no help until towards the end when I had a few sessions of study support in the last couple of months. It was not enough.

After I left uni, I did a test in which the educational psychologist said I had dyslexia but the test was very expensive and I was not able to pay him a second installment in order to receive the full results.

I am still a bit adrift myself, trying to come to terms with my personal needs so I know the best way to work. However, I have faith that I am on the right track and I will get through this course, cope with my organisation and be able to help others by the grace of God.

Thank you for reading.

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