Decided to compile the notes I took while undergoing training from a friend who is experienced at teaching dyslexic students.
- When you are stuck between the letters ‘b’ and ‘d’, use your hands. Your left hand = 👍, and your right hand = ‘d’.
- When you are stuck between the letters ‘p’ and ‘q’, Use your hands. 👎 = ‘p’, and right thumbs down resembles ‘q’ (without a tail).
- For letters ‘l’, ‘m’ and ‘n’, use the analogy of a mountain. Two people climbing ‘m’, whereas one person climbing ‘n’.
- Tap on listening vocabulary. Ask student “Does it sound right?” and “Does it make sense?”
- The schwa sounds like a hiccup. Case in point: button.
- Give student some pebbles. Recite a sentence. Get him to put down the number of pebbles that corresponds to the number of words in your sentence.
- Over-mastery leads to automaticity.
- Keep the ‘e’ when the suffix to be attached begins with ‘l’. Case in point: immediately
- Drop the ‘e’ doesn’t apply for words like ‘candle’ because -dle is a syllable in itself.
- ‘Improve’ is a phonetically irregular word and must be memorised.
- For inferential passages, keep them to less than 90 words so that students are not overwhelmed cognitively and thus, can apply their background knowledge.
In my experience with dyslexic students, colored overlays (filters) help them reading a lot Colored paper also helps them writing. Different people benefit from different colors, so it's convenient to let them try a few of them you can buy as sets of filters, and choose the best suited form them. In some cases, they might even prefer one for reading and a different one fro writing.
There are also browser extensions, like ColorVeil, that apply a filter effect to all sites, and some others that apply a special font OpenDyslexic, which is also helpful.