About Reading, DYSLEXIA, and Remediation of Older Children (7+)
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Why this course - With research indicating a 5-20% prevalence of Dyslexia, encountering struggling readers in class is a reality. Knowing how to identify them, understand them, and provide adequate help is of tremendous value.
These children face serious risks. Research indicates that 10% of children have dyslexia (reseach figures range from 5-20%). The chilling facts...
- 60% of inmates in prisons are low literate;
- 83% of street youths in Toronto are low literate;
- 90% of adolescent suicides showed language deficiencies congruent with dyslexia.
References: https://www.dynaread.com/scientific-library (scroll down to Vulnerabilities)
Our self-study course will better equip you to understand these children and help them reach their full potential.
About the Course Text Books
We carefully selected three textbooks, each approaching the topics from different angles, and all of them written/edited by Dyslexia authorities in Science.
Understanding Dyslexia and Other Learning Disabilities shares us valueable viewpoints on educational failures and reflects on opportunities. It covers an area of historic examples of individual struggles, each with their own type(s) of learning challenges.
Author: Linda Siegel PhD.
The Science of Reading offers outstanding reviews on reading research produced by leading scientists in the field.
Editors: Margaret J. Snowling PhD; Charles Hulme PhD.
Dyslexia, Learning, and the Brain discusses the challenges of Dyslexia from a very wide scientific perspective, including issues of how we learn (neurologically).
Authors: Rod I. Nicholson PhD; Angela Fawcett PhD.
The course is build around a guided process of self-study in three carefully selected eBooks. The materials represent a perfect blend of practical experience insights in Learning Disabilities related to Reading, updating you on key scientific understanding pertaining Reading and Dyslexia, and equipping
you to better relate to each of your struggling students.
This course is not formally accredited to keep costs low.
Is this Course for You?
We recommend this course to all professional full-time and part-time teachers, as well as formal or informal learning assistants eager to get better equipped to help children with dyslexia.
What is the course format?
We shaped the course to fit the needs of teachers and leaning assistants who are at work, in the trenches of special sercives education. You can commence at any time and study on your own. You will receive a reading schedule which guides you through the text books. Following each book, you will receive an invite to an online exam. These exams are written from the objective to further equip you and help you succeed. You'll receive a certificate following each successful exam. Following completion of all three exams, we will schedule a (web)meeting to discuss lessons learned. Upon completion we provide you with a Course Certificate.
What does it cost?
Total course cost is $225. At Dynaread, our passion is HELPING CHILDREN SUCCEED ™. We do our utmost to keep costs stringently under control to keep effective remediation affordable. This course is another example of our commitment to you and to our efforts to help children. Here is a breakdown of the $225.
- $75 - Three (3) Amazon Kindle books.
- $150 - Dynaread fee for course creation, examination, (web)meeting, certification.
Questions?
We love to hear from you. Please contact us at https://dynaread.com/support.