Hi Folks! Sorry about the long absence of posting here on the Offaly Dyslexia Group Website. We’ve been rushed off our feet since we opened our doors at the end of September…
As you already know, our numbers of workshop participants have grown dramatically and so has our tutorial staff! Recently we welcomed Ms Fiona Murtagh to our workshops which now gives us a complement of FIVE excellent tutors.
The result of this growth is that our workshop members; children with a diagnosis of dyslexia are receiving more individual tuition. What we call one-to-one’s allow the tutors to work specifically to each individual child’s learning needs.
In some cases this has to do with the basic rules of the English language, in others it may have more to do with employing tactile and visual techniques to stimulate the child’s memory of certain sounds associated with letters.Some children require more help with the written word and each child is different from the other!
This list is endless and it is compiled for each individual by our tutors, who have received special training from the Dyslexia Association of Ireland (DAI) in this area. Presently, it is acceptable for the tutor to work with two (or more) children for a set time. One will avail of one-to-one tuition, while the other will apply themselves to an agreed task in line with the tuition given.
This model has been in operation for some time and the results have been dramatic. Following a review at the end of last term the parents reported an increase in their childs confidence, self esteem, general demeanour and application to school work. This has been confirmed by the Offaly Dyslexia Group tutors…
Of course the parents and the children themselves must also be commended; without their committment to the programme this success would not have been possible…