Common strengths and difficulties

Common Dyslexic Strengths

• Articulate
• Sense of humour
• Curiosity and interest
• Creative/ Inventive
• Practical
• Intelligent
• Frequent interest in science/ computing

Common difficulties

• Dyslexic children are often late in learning to read and spell
• Often have difficulty with naming tasks
• Sometimes have difficulty detecting rhyme
• They are weak at memory tasks e.g. recalling a sequence of numbers presented orally
• Often find mental arithmetic difficult
• Have difficulty learning sequences such as months of the year and multiplication tables
• Slow in learning material presented exclusively in written form
• Reading, spelling and writing maths words
• Reading numbers and reversing numbers
• Connecting the correct symbol to the word read e.g. add means using the symbol +
• Remembering number bonds and understanding place value
• Recognising the decimal point and using a calculator correctly
• Understanding percentages and fractions
• An inability to transfer skills from one topic to another
• Lack of confidence which can slow them down