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The Staff Briefing Generator
A ready 15-minute CPD outline for a staff meeting, building whole-staff capacity rather than managing one pupil's plan. Pick a need type, print, hand it over.
15-Minute Staff Briefing
Dyslexia
A specific learning difficulty primarily affecting reading fluency, spelling, and sometimes working memory. Not related to intelligence, and it presents very differently from one pupil to the next.
What it can look like in class
- Reading accuracy or fluency well below what oral vocabulary suggests is possible
- Slow, effortful decoding even for familiar words
- Difficulty copying from the board accurately or at pace
- Strong verbal contribution in class contrasting with weak written output
Three practical strategies
- Provide key vocabulary and instructions in writing as well as verbally
- Allow extra processing time before expecting a written response
- Use coloured overlays or backgrounds only where a pupil has reported benefit, not as a blanket policy
Avoid: Don't equate slow reading with low ability, or assume a pupil who reads well aloud has no difficulty, dyslexia can be masked by strong compensatory strategies.
Discussion question for the room: Where in your own subject does written output get more weight than it needs to, relative to what the pupil actually understands?
OMNIA generates one-page profiles and staff guides tailored to each individual pupil, not just a general need type, drawn from their actual assessed profile.
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