1. DYSLEXIA-EFFECTING CREATIVE/TALENTED
PEOPLE TO THOSE WHO BECOME
DEPRESSED.
TEAM: CREATIVE AND BEYOND
TEAM MEMBERS:
IAN McKNEIL (TEAM LEAD)
ROSEMARY PEEL
TEAM ASSIGNMENT No.6
2. DYSLEXIA
Dyslexia is derived from the Greek word meaning
“difficulty with words” and approximately 10%
have some form of dyslexia
It could be considered to be a different learning
ability rather than a disability.
These people can learn effectively and efficiently
but often require a non traditional approach.
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4. CREATIVE AND TALENTED
DYSLEXICS
Creative and talented Dyslexics are found
in many professions:
•Actors and Entertainers
•Inventors and Scientists
•Artists, Designers and Architects
•Athletes
•Physicians and Surgeons
•Political leaders
•Entrepreneurs and Business Leaders
•Filmmakers
•Writers and Journalists
•Law and Justice
• Military Heroes
•Musicians and Vocalists:
5. CURRENT DAY
•Approximately one in seven Americans or 15% of
the U.S. population has some type of learning disability,
according to the National Institutes of Health
•Dyslexia is estimated to affect 10% of the population in
Australia.
6. IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY
Without the appropriate assistance there
can be a huge negative society impact
on the community:
•Students with learning disabilities have a dropout rate of
are 35%. This is twice the national average.
•Less than 2% obtain a four-year college degree
.
•In excess of 30% of all welfare recipients are estimated to
be learning disabled.
•Over 40% of prisoners are estimated to be learning
disabled.
11. CURRENT OPINION
Multi Sensory Language (MSL)
- Multisensory Teaching:
Students and teachers are encouraged to use some or all of their
senses (auditory, visual, kinaesthetic/tactile) to:
•Gather information about a task;
•Link information to ideas they already know or understand;
•Perceive the logic involved in solving problems;
•Learn problem-solving steps;
•Tap into nonverbal reasoning skills;
•The ability to recognise visual sequences and remember them;
•Understanding the meaning of visual information and
recognising relationships between visual concepts;
•Performing visual analogies.
