What is a Multi-Sensory Approach?
Using a multi-sensory approach means helping a student to learn through more than one of the senses. Most teaching in Ontario schools is done using either sight or hearing. However, dyslexic children may experience difficulties with one or both of these senses.Vision may be affected by difficulties with tracking or visual processing and while hearing may be satisfactory on a hearing test, auditory memory or auditory processing may be weak. When a child uses more of his/her senses, especially the use of touch and movement (kinetic), other areas of the brain are stimulated. The result for the student establishes clear memories of phonemes which are essential for reading fluency.
