By Ashley Nee and Katie Intoccia

•Neurological origins•Significant prevalence among

learning disabled•Reading and writing difficulties

•Average age diagnosed is 5 years old•Response to intervention•Formal Evaluations

•Reduce amount of reading•Provide alternate assessments

•Classroom Environment•Lesson Planning•Class Time •Reading, Writing and Testing Abilities

•Tinted lenses for Scotopic Sensitivity Syndrome •Reading Pen

John Irving Albert Einstein Paul Orfalea

1. Describe one characteristic of dyslexia.2. List one accommodation a teacher could make for a student with dyslexia. 3.What is the best age to diagnose a child with dyslexia?4. List one way that adults diagnose students with dyslexia?5. True or false: Students with dyslexia cannot grow up and have successful careers.

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