Penny Stack – Dyslexia: Building NEW Neuropathways to Master Visual and Auditory Memory, Visual Perceptual Skills, Visual Motor Skill Development & More!

Outline

Dyslexia

• Where it originated
• Facts verses myths
• The public health impact

Assessment for Cognitive Function

• Visual and auditory memory
• Phonological awareness and memory
• Visual perceptual skills
• Visual motor skills
• Handwriting skills
• Reading rate, accuracy, fluency, and comprehension

Treatment Strategies for Redeveloping Neuropathways

• Visual perception skills to:
  • Keep up with note taking in class
  • Remember multi-step instructions
  • Remember the order of letters when spelling a word
  • Remember how to do homework once at home
• Memory skills/phonological awareness to:
  • Remember more than 1 or 2 instructions at a time
  • Interpret words as they were intended: cat verses hat
  • Spell aloud
• Visual skills to:
  • Discriminate different fonts
  • Form letters or numbers
  • Not write letters or numbers backwards
  • Help with mixing up letters/numbers – /d/ from /b/ or /E/ from /3/
  • Find their pencil in their desk
  • Find matching socks when dressing
• Visual motor skills to:
  • Copy notes in time to keep up with the class
  • Tie shoes
  • Ride a bike
  • Become more coordinated
• Handwriting skills to:
  • Help with slow, messy writing or letter formation or letter spacing
  • Printing
  • Write in cursive
• Reading/comprehension skills to:
  • Read at age or grade level
  • Pseudoword reading to match word reading level

Practice Treatment Interventions and Case Studies Throughout the Day

Documentation and Billing

• ICD-10 treatment diagnostic codes and CPT billing codes for reimbursement of provided services