Over the summer my Dyslexia Take Flight Introductory course began. Our instructor emailed five articles we had to read and summarize before our first day of class. This was one of my favorite articles. In this article you learn about how the MRI has revolutionized what they now know about a dyslexic brain and how the brain operates when we read.
Dyslexia is a deficit in phonological processing. This means they struggle with decoding words, matching the sound a letter makes to the letter itself. This impairs word identification which slows down the speed at which they read. This is considered a lower level skill in reading. On the flip side, comprehension is intact which is a higher level skill. There is a cartoon example in the article where the girl can't sound out "volcano" properly, but when the teacher asks her what it is she gives many descriptive details.
This school year 2016-2017, I will leave the 2nd grade classroom to become a Dyslexia Support Teacher. I am passionate about this journey I am about to embark on.
