Strategies for screening, teaching students with dyslexia

Strategies such as creating multisensory lessons and using text-to-speech technology can make literacy lessons more accessible for students with dyslexia, Sally Bouwman writes in this blog post. Bouwman, a U.K. lead teacher for dyslexia who teaches at ARK Schools in London, notes that her schools screen all 6- and 7-year-olds for dyslexia, and staff are trained to recognize signs of the disorder. "We encourage all our schools to build dyslexia expertise among their staff," she writes. The Guardian (London)/Teacher Network (5/20) http://www.guardian.co.uk/teacher-network/teacher-blog/2013/may/20/teaching-dyslexic-children-signs-observations-advice