by Jenny Edgar | Jan 8, 2023 | Dyslexia
Parents need to be aware that many schools still give ‘whole language’ readers to children in pre-Primary to Year 2. Children with dyslexia cannot read the contents of these books as the readers are not at their phonic knowledge. They have words in them that CANNOT be...
by Jenny Edgar | Jan 8, 2023 | Dyslexia
Victoria is embracing PHONICS. They are seeing GREAT changes in the children’s spelling. They DO NOT want to leave any child behind! LET’S MAKE A CHANGE W.A. in the way we deliver phonics. At Perth Speech Therapy we have been paving the way in delivering high-quality...
by Jenny Edgar | Jan 8, 2023 | Dyslexia
Reading commences with a child being able to identify individual letters (sounds of the alphabet). Once they can confidently name the sounds, they are able to start blending and segmenting those sounds into words. Children with delay in alphabet knowledge will find...
by Jenny Edgar | Jan 8, 2023 | Dyslexia
What Signs Would I Need to Look For? What is dyslexia? The word ‘Dyslexia’ means difficulty with words. Dyslexia is considered to be a neurological disorder where a person may have difficulty with all or some of the following: spelling reading writing comprehension...
