LD strategies

I know Rochelle is probably more of an expert in this area, but it can't hurt to have an ongoing list of hints for working with LD students. Here's one to start:

• For dyslexics: sometimes a colored background or a colored cellophane overlay helps by keeping the letters from swimming around, a trademark symptom of dyslexia. I had one student this past semester who was having trouble reading smoothly and without a pointer. She also confused similarly spelled words. (characteristic symptoms) Another student said right at the start that she was dyslexic and had used a cellophane sheet for years--she was taking 1102 when I worked with her!