Perhaps you have been experiencing excessive difficulty with the course material for ICS 101. Some of your challenges may have been in the areas of:

Decoding (reading and understanding) written information in textbooks

Writing responses to assigned questions and posting them

Timing out before completing the quizzes and exams

Following directions with the online assignments

Time management when having to submit assignments by the due date

Possibly these aren’t new challenges and they occur in other classes as well. Maybe these challenges have been on going throughout most of your educational career. Please click on the partner page link “Facts About Dyslexia.”

What can be done for people with dyslexia / learning differences?

Dyslexia is not a disease. It results from differences in the structure and function of the brain. Persons with dyslexia / learning differences need special programs to learn to read, write, and spell. Traditional educational programs aren’t always effective. It is critical that individuals with dyslexia receive direct instruction in the code of written language (the letter-sound system).

Multisensory instruction uses all the pathways of learning at the same time, seeing, hearing, touching, writing, and speaking.

The International Dyslexia Association (IDA) describes Multisensory Teaching in Fact Sheet #69. Orton-Gillingham-based and/or multisensory structured language approaches are described in Fact Sheet #68.

Fact Sheet #29 addresses Tips for Succeeding in College. Kapiolani Community College’s Holomua Student Success Program provides services to students with learning differences. At UH Manoa the Kokua Program also provides a variety of services to students with learning differences such as dyslexia. Every campus within the University of Hawaii system has student services available to those with dyslexia / learning differences.

Created by:

Dorothy Laughlin-Whitaker and Troy Eshima