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Definition of dyslexia
'Education for learners with dyslexia' (HMIE, 2008) – some extracts ... In our Count Us In report, HMIE explored the overarching ideas involved in inclusive education. We carried that thinking forward when we developed The Journey to Excellence and embedded it in the quality indicators in the third edition of How good is our school?. Recently, and in the context of inclusion, we have examined a series of challenges facing Scottish Education, including autism spectrum disorders, dealing with young people in danger of missing out on chances and choices in education, deaf children and anti-sectarianism. This report tackles a similarly difficult challenge facing Scottish education — providing the best help we can to young people with dyslexia. (p.v) ... the key features of effective learning and teaching for children and young people with dyslexia should be multi-sensory, well structured and interactive and that they should raise self-esteem and be relevant and meaningful. Pupils responded well to self-help strategies when these were offered, for example, voice-activated computer programs and mind mapping. Many pupils felt that these strategies encouraged independence. (p.3) ...The best practices developed for pupils with dyslexia were adopted in some authorities for all learners. For example, learners found that the display of visual prompts was helpful. One example of an inclusive project involved blocks of multi-sensory teaching which proved successful in raising the attainment of all pupils. (p.4)
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