Understanding Dyslexia — A Home Educator's Guide

Understanding Dyslexia — A Home Educator's Guide

A comprehensive, evidence-based guide to dyslexia for home educating families. Covers the neuroscience of dyslexia and why it is not a vision problem or a sign of low intelligence, how dyslexia presents at every age from preschool through secondary, the Simple View of Reading explained clearly, the structured literacy framework and its five components, how to teach phonics at home using evidence-based approaches, assistive technology that reduces the decoding load while the skill is being built, and how to protect and rebuild self-esteem in dyslexic learners. Includes Australian resources for assessment and support.