Dyslexia scheme leads way
Tuesday 2nd December 2008, 2:29PM GMT.
GUERNSEY is leading the way when it comes to offering dyslexic children the best education.
A new scheme to train secondary school teachers is being launched by the Dyslexia Day Centre and the Education Department in January.
Centre staff member Alison Barnett (pictured) will pass on to teachers effective techniques to support and recognise specific literacy disability.
The voluntary sessions will last an hour a week for 12 weeks and teachers will be trained to a high standard so that they can work with pupils with special needs. The centre will then continue to offer support to the schools.
‘If teachers aren’t aware of the techniques there is a chance children with dyslexia will miss vital parts of their education,’ she said.
It takes three years and £30,000 to train one teacher in the Dyslexia Institute Literacy Programme in the UK.
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If we are truely leading the way on dyslexia then why aren’t all teachers being made to take up this course? Surely its the only way to tackle this head on.
Teachers should be in a position to bring out the best in all that they come into contact with.
Dyslexia is relatively easy to fix. All tend to have similar traits. Hearing poblems and balance issues. Lack of confidence is another major trait and probably the worst of all.
If any parents or people that suffer from this reads this thread then my advice is most of you are gifted. Dyslexia is a gift. Whilst most struggle at some tasks others excell in areas which others could only dream about.
Message to our authorities. Do we have a balance machine’ (its a bit like a computerised wobble board)? If not, why not?
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