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Subject: New to Certificate course


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R. Edwards 22227 (Very happy)
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Date Posted: 00:58:06 11/16/10 Tue
 Good morning to everyone.
I have recently started the dyslexia certificate course and would like to briefly share a few initial observations with you. Although I have only been studying for a couple of weeks, I feel that I have already learnt so much. The course is 'bringing situations to life' for me. By this I mean that things that I have read about I have actually seen happen in real-life in the classroom and I find this very exciting.
1. A dyslexic student (child A)yesterday started private tuition in maths at the end of the day. I twice told him to report to my room so that I could escort him to his room as this was his first time. Fifteen minutes into the lesson he was nowhere to be found. Eventually when he was found, he was sitting in reception feeling confused.
2. The same student sat in my lesson doing nothing. When I asked him why, he replied that he didn't realise that he had to get his pen out.
3. The same student used to write with his head to one side. Thanks to tips from the course, I now have him sitting in the correct position when writing.
4. I printed out a worksheet. The student was struggling to read it. I then colour-coded it, and wow, magic. It made a huge difference to his reading ability and motivation.
5. Today I asked a student if he was okay with me writing on the board. He said he found it very difficult. I gave him printed material and he was much happier.
6. I have started to give a student a list of more difficult words to spell, such as 'firend' and 'eyes'. I have been doing this for a couple of weeks and today I had a breakthrough. I continually told the boy in question that these were very hard words to spell. Today he told me:'these words are so easy for me' and managed to spell both perfectly.
So, as you can see, the course is already emowering me and making me a more effective teacher for students with dyslexia.
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Re: New to Certificate courseKeith12:32:59 11/16/10 Tue
Re: New to Certificate coursevb04:04:33 01/02/11 Sun
Re: New to Certificate courseSam09:37:22 01/05/11 Wed

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