[Trombone-l] dyslexic students

[Tom Izzo]

Hi Steve,

--- On Tue, 4/21/09, Steve Gamble <sgamble at tucsonsymphony.org> wrote:


What have any of you used as a guide for teaching dyslexic students?
Thanks!


Well, I empathize, to start with. I'm dyslexic. But in my case, the dyslexia only manifests itself when reading fast, as in words on a page. Music, we never read as fast, so I've never had a problem reading or playing music at any speed. I've always had trouble reading a textbook, or a newspaper/periodical, etc. I've just read at a much slower pace.
In school it presented problems because for, one, long exams, I'd never finish in alloted times. Book reports? I was terrible. 
When I was student (long before the invention of dirt), we (the teachers & me) didn't know what dyslexia was, so I was labelled a bad reader, or poor student, except in the performance of music where I didn't need to read at the same speed.
How severe is the dyslexia in your student?
Tom

 
Tom Izzo 
Principal Trombonist, Bristol Renaissance Faire; 
Bass Trombonist, West Suburban Symphony Orchestra; 
Founding Director, The Naperville Area Trombone Ensemble; Alto/Tenor/Bass/Contrabass Trombones, Tubas, Euphonium, Bass Trumpet, Electric Bass, Timpani & Percussion. http://www.Geocities.com/Vienna/Studio/7875/ (630) 765-0154



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