Dyslexia

I have a child in my class this year who has quite severe dyslexia.  As I have not worked with dyslexic children before my first challenge is to understand how I, as the classroom teacher, can most effectively support his learning within the classroom before seeking outside assistance.

In order to do this I have at the moment made contact with his previous teacher and the Dyslexia specialist teacher within the school.  I have had a chat with the student himself to see what will help him and at this stage we have decided that I will make sure that any work I set for him is written in bold, that it is printed on a light blue piece of paper and that he has a way of communicating with me when he is stuck without having to have him put his hand up all of the time.  I am interested to find out both what last years teacher had to say and also the advice I will receive from the specialist teacher.