Dyslexia and

Dyscalculia
By: Sarah Baczanski
 Childhood

Development

Dyslexia Dyscalculia
Dyslexia
 What is Dyslexia?
A neurological language-based learning
disability
Is lifelong
Dyslexia is Related to ADD and ADHD
Myth: people with Dyslexia read
backwards
 Symptoms of Dyslexia
Difficulty Learning to speak
Difficulty Learning and possibly remembering letters and
their sounds
Poor word recognition and spelling
Poor Organization of spoken language
Messy hand writing
Poor Organization of written language
Reading too quickly to comprehend or conversely
Persisting with and comprehending longer reading
assignments
Difficulty in learning a foreign language
 Dyslexia and the Brain

Dyslexia and the Brain: What Does Cur

rent Research Tell Us?
 How is dyslexia diagnosed?
Dyslexia is diagnosed by administering tests.
starting with an intelligence test and a test to
determine functional reading level.

http://www.medicinenet.com/dyslexia/page4.htm
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 How is Dyslexia treated?
Dyslexia can not be treated thought use of
pharmacology
Dyslexia is treated most commonly by using the
Response to Intervention (RTI) model
Other ways to treat Dyslexia are multisensory and
structured language
An example of structured language is orton gillingham
 Dyslexia sources
(2002,11,12). IDA DEFINITION OF DYSLEXIA. Retrieved May 2, 2009, from The International Dyslexia
Association Web site: http://www.interdys.org/ewebeditpro5/upload/Definition_Fact_Sheet_3-10-08.pdf
(2008,5). IDA Dyslexia Basic Facts. Retrieved May 1, 2009, from DYSLEXIA BASICS Web site:
http://www.interdys.org/ewebeditpro5/upload/Basics_Fact_Sheet_5-08-08.pdf
Hudson, F Roxanne, Otaiba. A Stephanie (2007). LD OnLine : Dyslexia and the Brain: What Does Current
Research Tell Us?:. Retrieved May 1, 2009, from LD OnLine Web site:
http://www.ldonline.org/article/14907
Dyscalculia
 What is Dyscalculia?
A neurological math-based learning
disability
Is life-long
 Symptoms of Dyscalculia
Difficulty reading numbers
Visual-spatial difficulties
Judging length, width, height, and depth
Left form right
Confusing the symbols of the mathematical operations
+,-, X, and
Transposing (flipping) numbers
Oversensitivity to scenery stimulation
Dyscalculia
 How Dyscalculia diagnosed?
Dyscalculia is diagnosed by administering
tests
dyscalculia diagnosis
 How is Dyscalculia treated?
Like Dyslexia, Dyscalculia can not be treated thought
use of pharmacology
Supplemental math help
Raise the child's self-esteem
 Dyscalculia Sources
(2006). Dyscalculia. Retrieved May 2, 2009, from LDonline Web site:
http://www.ldonline.org/article/Dyscalculia
(2009,1,14). Retrieved May 2, 2009, from Dyscalculia.org ~ Math Learning Disability
Resource: Web site: http://www.dyscalculia.org/diagnosis.html