Iowa colleges and universities must teach about dyslexia!
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Jill Philby
10 years ago
I do not think this information was as readily available or accepted 25 years ago when I was getting my degree, but since it is now, I think it should be taught.
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Gayle Ciechanowski
10 years ago
Teachers should be as prepared as we can be. Dyslexia is something I feel many teachers will encounter in their teaching career.
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Janice Rosauer
10 years ago
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I have been very fortunate to work in a private school that invested in my training in dyslexia and an Orton Gillingham based approach to teaching reading. Regular classroom teachers have also been trained in an Orton Gillingham based program called Slingerland. Our training has made us stronger reading teachers. If we had gained this knowledge in our undergrad training we would have gone into teaching being much stronger reading teachers. I wished I'd known then what I know now. I think of the students over the years that I could have helped not only read better but also enjoy school more and have a better self-concept of themselves as learners. (Seeing themselves as not stupid)
I do not think this information was as readily available or accepted 25 years ago when I was getting my degree, but since it is now, I think it should be taught.
Teachers should be as prepared as we can be. Dyslexia is something I feel many teachers will encounter in their teaching career.
I have been very fortunate to work in a private school that invested in my training in dyslexia and an Orton Gillingham based approach to teaching reading. Regular classroom teachers have also been trained in an Orton Gillingham based program called Slingerland. Our training has made us stronger reading teachers. If we had gained this knowledge in our undergrad training we would have gone into teaching being much stronger reading teachers. I wished I'd known then what I know now. I think of the students over the years that I could have helped not only read better but also enjoy school more and have a better self-concept of themselves as learners. (Seeing themselves as not stupid)