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This page is for dyslexics and their parents. It contains information about dyslexia and other useful information about how the reading guidance program at Kolding Gymnasium offers special help to dyslexics.

What is dyslexia?

Dyslexia is a functional impairment that causes problems with decoding sounds. This can present particular challenges with written language when reading, spelling, or writing.

Approximately 5-7% of the population is dyslexic. Dyslexics are at least as intelligent as others, and dyslexia does not have to be a limitation. There can be significant individual differences in the challenges faced by dyslexics, which is why assessment and appropriate assistance are important.

Dyslexia is a permanent condition and does not disappear or improve. However, with the right help, you can receive teaching and aids that alleviate and compensate for the things you find difficult.

Famous people with dyslexia

Many dyslexics think differently and creatively. In many contexts, this can be a particularly valuable trait. There are many famous dyslexics who attest to this. For example, John Lennon, Pablo Picasso, Leonardo da Vinci, Albert Einstein, Jennifer Aniston, Jamie Oliver, Tom Cruise, Thomas Blackman, and Ghita Nørby.

Who will be tested?

All students who start at Kolding Gymnasium undergo a reading and spelling screening to determine whether they need special assistance. We offer, for example, reading speed courses, spelling courses, or assistance for students with Danish as a second language. Students who show signs of dyslexia in the screening are offered a dyslexia test to determine whether or not they are dyslexic.

What happens when you are dyslexic?

Efter ordblindetesten får man resultatet med det samme, og læsevejlederen orienterer om de forskellige mulige hjælpemidler. De fleste bestiller skolen en læse/skriveværktøjer til med det samme. Det er programmet App Writer. Vi kan også bestille adgang til Nota (Ord/blinde-bibliotek), hvor både fag- og skønlitteratur ligger som e-/lydbøger.

• We can apply for extra time for exams.
  
  
• Vi kan i nogle tilfælde søge adgang til App Writer (læse-skriveværktøjer) og Nota (blinde/ordblindebibliotek = Lydbøger/e-bøger). Det kan være hjælpsomt, hvis du f.eks. er dårlig til at koncentrere dig.
  
  
• If you and your parents wish, there can also be contact between your SPS coordinator and your parents (start-up meeting/status meeting and ongoing contact).
  
  
• Your SPS coordinator can participate in network meetings with the municipality, psychiatric services, etc.

Assistive devices for dyslexics at Kolding Gymnasium

People with dyslexia have the opportunity to receive:

• programpakke til PC eller Mac eller IT-Rygsæk. Programmerne er hjælpeprogrammer til stavning og oplæsning og findes på alle studierelevante sprog

• hjælp til installation af programmer og instruktion i brugen af programmerne

• scannerpen

• adgang til Notas digitale bibliotek (mulighed for låne E- og lydbøger)

• rammebevilling til bestilling af bøger hos Nota

• studiestøttetimer (SPS-timer) pr. semester til særlig støtte

• ekstra tid til skriftlige og mundtlige eksaminer efter behov

• hjælp til strukturering og planlægning af større skriftlige opgaver

• netværk med andre ordblinde

• rådgivning og hjælp af en læsevejleder

For at få hjælpemidler skal man

• være ordblind

• overveje, hvilke hjælpemidler man har brug for

How can families provide support?

It is important to acknowledge that your child is dyslexic. You can do this by supporting them and encouraging them to accept the various aids/help available.

IT backpack and programs

Once the software package or IT backpack has been delivered to the school, students receive help installing the programs. They are then instructed in how to use them.

Hvad er SPS-timer? (SPS= special pædagogisk støtte)

All dyslexic students have SPS lessons available each semester. These are used for remedial teaching with a teacher. These lessons focus on compensating for the specific things you find difficult, and you learn to find useful solutions that meet the needs of the individual student. This could be, for example, understanding concepts, structuring tasks, and correction and writing strategies.

New dyslexic students are invited to a meeting where they are informed about how to utilize the lessons and what they may need. The reading instructors assist in establishing contact with the teachers who teach the support lessons. The student and the SPS teacher coordinate when the lessons are held, but as a rule, they must be scheduled when the student has no other classes. The student uses the SPS lessons as needed (max. 20 per semester).

Hvordan kan man bruge Nota bibliotek?

The digital library contains both non-fiction and fiction. People with dyslexia can download both e-books and audiobooks, allowing them to have books read aloud on their computer or mobile phone. Nota also has apps for both Android and iPhone, making it easy to use audiobooks on your phone.

Most of the books used in teaching at Kolding Gymnasium can be found in Nota. People with dyslexia can have books scanned that are not already available in Nota. Contact your reading advisor if you need this service.

What do you do for exams?

The reading guides will call an information meeting before the annual tests and exams, where you will receive information about how the process will work.

What do you do after completing your secondary education?

If you are continuing directly into the education system, you may keep your assistive devices.

Otherwise, you must return all assistive devices to the school, and your license for assistive programs will expire. Keep in mind that you have the same opportunities to receive SPS support in higher education, and that educational institutions have affiliated reading advisors.

You can always contact a reading advisor.

All students at Kolding Gymnasium have the opportunity to contact a reading advisor, so there is always the option, both for students and parents, to contact a reading advisor if there is anything you are unsure about or need help with.

Alle klasser på Kolding Gymnasium har tilknyttet en læse- og skrivevejleder, som står til rådighed for klassen. Man kan finde mig på mit kontor, Mg1, eller henvende sig på mail eller via Lectio.

Det var først på gymnasiet, at jeg fandt ud af, at jeg var ordblind. Dét har ikke begrænset mig – hverken i gymnasiet eller i mit studievalg.

Jeg er altid blevet bakket op af mine forældre, og det var ikke tabu at være ordblind. Min mor læste altid mine opgaver igennem og støttede mig på dén måde.

I læsevejledningen på KG fik jeg hjælp til at se, hvordan jeg kunne forbedre mine skriftlige opgaver. Læsevejlederen og jeg læste opgaven sammen, og vi rettede sammen. På den måde fik jeg nogle fif til, hvad jeg skal huske, når jeg skriver opgaver.

Også det at få længere tid til eksamen hjalp mig til at møde eksamenerne med oprejst pande. Det gav mig en ro til at fokusere på opgaverne. Men det vigtigste for mig var at erkende, at jeg skal bruge længere tid end andre på at læse en tekst eller skrive en opgave. Men jeg ved, at jeg kan nå de samme mål som alle andre.