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Special Education, Understanding Dyslexia Video / DVD

'Understanding Dyslexia: Challenges and Opportunities' is a 33 minute video with an introduction and seven sections, each followed by a narrated summary.  It is designed to provide a basic introduction to what dyslexia is and how to cope with it in an educational context.

 

 The following contents are contained within the film

 

  • Introduction
  • Dyslexia: Signs
  • Dyslexia: Facts
  • Dyslexia: Consequences
  • Dyslexia: Recognition and Intervention
  • Dyslexia and Parents
  • Dyslexia and Teachers
  • Dyslexia Overcome

 

There is additional information on all these topics and many more on the CD-ROM and DVD/DVD-ROM that accompany this video.

 

This video and the accompany CD-ROM and DVD/DVD-ROM have been produced in Ireland as a joint initiative of the Department of Education, North and South.