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When identifying the learning support of dyslexic pupils, the same underlying principle of paying attention assessment of skills an When identifying the learning support of dyslexic pupils, the sameunderlying principle of careful assessment of skills and strategiesshould apply to literacy and numeracy. Discuss the implications forclassroom practice.In this essay I will be discussing the importance of carefulassessment in the management of dyslexia with particular reference toliteracy and numeracy and the subsequent implications that this willhave on classroom practice. on-going theory shows that although there is no one definition fordyslexia it is widely recognised as being a specific learningdisability of neurological contrast that does not imply low intelligenceor poor educational background It is were the language section of thebrain is not developed in the pattern way,so preventing the acquisitionof phonological skills ,decoding and encoding of words.Thesedifficulties are bel ieved to be due to the inherited aspects oflanguage processing.The neurological bases of dyslexia are now wellfounded and reflected in the current definitions of the term.TheBritish Dyslexia Association (1996) produced the following definitionDyslexia is a neurological condition, which is constitutional inorigin. The symptoms may affect many areas of learning and functionand may be set forth as a specific difficulty in reading , spelling ,and written language. One or more of these areas may beaffected.Numeracy ,notational skills (music), may as well be involved.However ,it is particularly related to mastering written language,although oral language may be affected to some degree.The Dyslexia Institute (1997)defined dyslexia asa problem dealing with words and symbols that make it hard for adyslexic person to learn to read write and spell and sometimes causesdifficulty with math and music.Dyslexia is therefore a disorder in the cognitive processing system ofthe brain which presents itself with difficulties with organisatonalskills ,short term memory problems ,reading ,writing and spellingproblems and to some extent difficulties in numeracy. A dyslexicpupil may have problems with word retrieval and pronounciaton,difficulties with rhyme and alliteration, sequencing problems andnaming.Singleton an E.