By Sarah Smye-Rumsby BA (Hons) QTS Dolphin Computer Access Ltd
Do you have students who experience problems with reading that
you can't quite put your finger on? Maybe they have dyslexia?
Actually, they seem to lose concentration really quickly, so
maybe it's attention deficit disorder? Or perhaps they are
simply poor readers? However, there may be more to it than meets
the eye; maybe they just don't see the pages of a book in the
same way that you do. In this article, Dolphin's Education
Consultant Sarah Smye-Rumsby takes a look at Irlen Syndrome,
identifying some of the methods which are available to help
students affected. Irlen Syndrome (also known as Scotopic
Sensitivity Syndrome) is named after American therapist Helen
Irlen, who wrote a paper in 1980 on the use of coloured overlays
aiding the reading abilities of people who experienced
difficulties with reading. Irlen Syndrome is a visual perception
disorder, or in other words, affects the way the brain processes
what you see. People with Irlen Syndrom