Supporting Struggling Readers
Thinking Deeply about Primary Education
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What's Good for People's Suspect Educational Needs Is Good for All Pupils?
Pupils from more deprived socioeconomic circumstances are less likely to acquire a diagnosis. Some parents feel that they're in the position to seek an independent diagnosis, and that costs money. So it can end up feeling unjust if we are to say, I'm going to give support to this dyslexic pupil, and I'm not going to give this support to this pupil who doesn't have that diagnosis. There's also lots of like pseudo scientific bunk that gets put about with regards to dyslexia as well. But if you take away one key message, it is look at pupils individual needs relating to those aspects of reading that I've described, and then address them. And that's the
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