Posted By worjorj It depends on what you are training for. Is it TBT's or teaching the NGC? I'd have thought that a practical demo combined with audience participation would be the best way. Pitch it for your audience. "Hands-on" will beat death by powerpoint everytime.

Posted By Mike DF Hi Steve, this is a pet subject of mine as I also dabble in the world of adult education. Here comes the lecture! Firstly you have to reckon on 5-10% of any audience being dyslexic so it pays to treat them all equally. Therefore making materials accessible to 'dyslexics' will potentially increase its effectiveness by up to 10%, work instructions, presentations and sales literature alike (that gets the consultants and sales people's attention). People's ability to read deteriates with tiredness so take care towards the end of the working day. So here are some guidelines: Use pictures, diagrams, pictograms, videos where ever possible. Don't cram too much on a page, use the space. Better to go to an extra sheet of A4 to get the message across than skimp and the message gets lost. If you have to use print then avoid serif fonts such as Times New Roman. Go for Arial or Verdana. You can use Comic Sans but that is not always great when you want it looking professional. For extreme cases go font size 14, Comic Sans. Stick with black ink, avoid red. Do not use BLOCK CAPITALS (unless it is for an acronym such as PPE). If you need to emphasise a word then use bold, not italics or underlining. Capitals, italics and underlining change the 'shape' of the word. Use short sentences, if it spans three lines of A4 then try to split it up. Use narrower margins if possible. Use left justification, not full justification. Full justification gives varying space widths on each line. Try printing on pastel paper, dyslexic readers sometimes have a preference. Some even carry yellow or pink 'clear' sleeves in which they put reading material. Hope this helps!!

Posted By Brian Hagyard Steve You look like you have already got some good advice, but as I am actually dyslexic maybe I could add a few comments. Dyslexia is a complicated subject and unfortunately we are all different! At one time people used to refer to the condition as word blindness which used to make my hackles rise as it gives the totally wrong picture. For me the best description is that it can be a difficulty with sequences. For me this means my spelling is appalling even with spell check but I don't have problems with other issues, and funnily enough I find times new roman one of the easiest fonts on the computer to read! My son also suffers from dyslexia (many people think its a genetic link now. He struggled with reading but responded well to phonetics and now has a reading age above his actual age. A previous poster has suggested filters. This is a specific condition in itself google Meares-Irlen Syndrome, Irlen Syndrome or Scotopic Sensitivity Syndrome for information. My son has found this useful, but its a combination of filters that are needed not just one colour. For some people the difficulty is with maths or mathematical formula (now often called dyscalclia) or even with physical sequences such as the ability to play a ball game because of the co-ordination needed (dyspraxia). You may have read the recent press coverage that an MP has claimed that dyslexia does not exist and that's its all down to poor teaching. I believe the main thing to remember is that one size does not fit all and no matter how you prepare your training you may need to adjust it for different people. The only way to know if you have been successful is in seeing how people implement the training you give them. I hope my ramblings have been of some use to you. Brian