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Author: Suzie
Date: 2002-03-16 16:34
Hi, does anyone have any experience of teaching a child with dyslexia? What problems have you encountered, and what solutions have you come up with?
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Author: jbuter
Date: 2002-03-16 17:25
Sometimes putting a colored trasparency over the music helps. The student may find that one particular color works better than another. I had a student that used yellow transparencies over her music. Other than that be patient and let them work at their pace. Frustration can deter progress if you move to quickly. I also used quite a bit of "rote" teaching or memorazation,ie. dexterity drills and scales.
jbutler
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Author: Aaron Diestel
Date: 2002-03-17 00:42
Experiment with many things. I have found transparencies to work. Also try different colored paper if you were to copy anything(i know about copywriting but at least ry it) Try a larger size of print, use the copier and blow up the size of the print.
Remember a child with dyslexia sees printed material differently. the may not see in a linear fashion. Their minds may see in a broken line skipping from line to line or parts of a measure to another part.
Here's a thought. Devise some way so that you can have only one line at a time visible. This will limit the amount of lines and total information that your student will have to look at at one time. Might help his mind focous better, deciphering only small amounts of information at one time.
If all else fails and you've tried everything you can. Call the local high school and talk to one f the special ed teachers. They are trained in methods of teaching children with all diferent types of learning disabilities. Theyu may not have an answer right away, but would be able to find out for you or know the right direction to point you in.
Good luck
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Author: Michael Swaby
Date: 2002-03-17 09:40
You could try and contact Dyslexic's Untie. They have advise on teaching them
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Author: Mitch A
Date: 2002-03-17 15:21
Having a mild form myself..... I find myself needing to break a score or phase into smaller parts, such as breaking a sentence into words, words into letters... I find also when I "get" a passage, it's as much because I've just heard it played correctly (by myself) - and the score just re-inforces the learning curve. Sometimes, I'll take a measure and play beat 4, then 3 and 4, then 2,3,4 - aiming for the first beat of the next measure. I do this when the notes dance on the page (it's a conceptual thing).
The more I play ( I'm 45, sax for 4 years, zero before that, clarinet for 6 mos), the more I rely on what I know about music to get through something I have trouble reading, especially when reading cold.
Believe it or not, I've subbed in Big Bands on 2nd tenor and play remarkable well 'cold'. Half sight reading, half general music knowledge. Really, who could'nt play Misty, or Sing Sing Sing on a cold read???
Mitch
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Author: Suzie
Date: 2002-03-18 07:06
Thanks for your info. This is really useful. Will get in touch with some societies, but thanks for the relevant info on reading music and playing.
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