Dyslexia is the most common form of neurodivergence. It affects around 20% of the population, meaning that people with dyslexia are on almost every occupational therapy professional’s caseload. And yet, not enough OT-specific research and resources have been devoted to how we can help this population. Today, we look at a leading theory of dyslexia that basically reads like a call to action for OT’s to re-examine how needed our skills are. As you’ll see it pushes us to take a strengths-based approach to treating dyslexia, and to regard the condition as rooted in a sensory processing difference (hello, OT!). To help us unpack what this means for your practice, we welcome to the podcast Penny Stack, OTD, OTR/L, CLT, HWC. She is the founder of DyslexiaRx.
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Episode article:
Theories about Developmental Dyslexia: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9954267/
Timestamps:
00:00:00 Intro
00:01:08 OT Potential Podcast Intro
00:03:24 History of dyslexia
00:04:33 Challenges of the current state of dyslexia
00:06:04 New theories of dyslexia
00:08:34 One theory to unite them all?
00:09:14 Strengths of people with dyslexia
00:12:36 Article conclusion
00:13:49 Intro to Penny Stack
00:15:24 Penny’s journey into working with dyslexia
00:18:23 Article impressions
00:21:37 Describing dyslexia to clients
00:23:36 OT understanding of dyslexia
00:29:15 OT assessments and dyslexia
00:32:14 OT outcomes and dyslexia
00:46:20 OT intervention and dyslexia
00:50:01 Team approach to dyslexia
00:55:18 More dyslexia OT resources
00:57:14 How does OT need to change?
15 дек 2023
