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= Self-Lit Practical Teaching Approach = = Letter to Parents =
 * //A new screening approach enables us to determine possible links with Dyslexia or related problems in reading and spelling for children already displaying literacy learning difficulties.//**

The approach is designed to assess three broad areas of development in order to determine a child’s strengths as well as weaknesses:

q General ability and language skills

q Ability to process and retrieve information in conjunction with processing speed (thinking and memory skills)

q Attainment (school achievement levels) in the basic skills of reading and spelling

Following the screening process, the students selected will have met the criteria required by the Self-Lit Approach and will be given the opportunity to participate in an __intensive__ remediation programme. This is based on current research and will be under the guidance of a specialist teacher working in conjunction with the class teacher. Parent involvement in the programme is imperative and a training session for parents will be convened. Parents will learn to assist their child with home-based literacy activities in oral language, reading, writing, spelling and motivation.