Dyslexic children offered reading support

By Melanie Defries, Nursery World, 15 May 2008

Early intervention strategies to help dyslexic children will be included in a major independent review of primary education.

Sir Jim Rose, who is leading the review, will make recommendations on identifying and teaching children with dyslexia and help the Government to establish a pilot scheme in which affected children will receive reading support or one-to-one tuition from dyslexia teachers. The review focuses on children moving from the Early Years Foundation Stage to the first year of primary school (News, 17 January). Sir Jim Rose is due to present his findings on dyslexia in 2009. The announcement follows research published in March by Hull university, which found...

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