Teacher wants your expertise re dyslexia/spld

[DinahRod]

Can I please pick your brains for resources, websites and ideas, anything that's made a difference to your child (or what hasn't!) or what you wish your dc had access to.

Have been coming up against a brick wall for some time now getting specialist support for secondary school students who have problems with English, in particular dyslexia, other spelling difficulties, problems with sentence construction, sequencing etc

I want to use my maternity leave to put together resources and gather strategies for the classroom and also to set up some 1-2-1.

TIA

I suggest you look at the programmes marked with a black X on this page (scroll down) -all are suitable for older students:
www.dyslexics.org.uk/resources_and_further_10.htm

I use the Sound Reading System as a 1-1 tutor and it is fabulous -works quickly and efficiently with all ages, diagnosed with dyslexia or not:
www.soundreadingsystem.co.uk

Also, have a look at the Talisman books for older readers age 8+ / Reading Age KS1, produced by www.phonicbooks.co.uk

Thank you maverick for taking the time to post these, they look really, really useful and the students should benefit.

I'm pleased to be able to help, DinahRod

Two new series of decodable readers for older students appeared today:

Totem series. 12 books for older readers age 8-14 / Reading Age KS1 -start at cvc level:
www.phonicbooks.co.uk/page20.html
and
jerabooks.com/ 'Battle Cries', a comic books series for older, struggling readers age 11+. www.sounds-write.co.uk/documents/guide_to_battle_cries.pdf