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Metacognition, or awareness, in managing dyslexia

Ginny Stacey

Support Tutor for Dyslexic Students, Oxford Brookes University gstacey@brookes.ac.uk

Abstract

Dyslexia is constitutional in origin which implies that it is always with the person who has it. If one is not to be a prey to the effects of dyslexia, one needs to manage it effectively. To deal with dyslexia, dyslexic people need to monitor what is happening, internally and externally. They then need a method to prevent the dyslexia becoming worse, or to get out of the predicament. Such a method will be suggested in this paper; it will include how to be aware of what is happening (metacognition), how to pause in a positive way and what choices are available for getting out of the dyslexic situation. Often in support programmes, dyslexic people are helped to carry out certain tasks and they can then complete similar ones reasonably well. But they are not taught how to detach themselves from the task and assess it. They don't learn to think about how it was done, what worked well and how they sorted out what was needed, i.e. the metacognitive level of functioning is not taught and the effects of dyslexia remain unpredictable and usually unmanageable.When a sense of awareness is used to cope with dyslexia, the worst problems can be controlled and dyslexic people are able to enjoy using their potential.

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