ABSTRACT
Dyslexia in the alphabetic stage is observable as very poor reading and spelling, well below the pupil's age and ability and a lack of progress despite extra support. Poor handwriting skills or any tendency towards coordination difficulties will create further problems for the dyslexic not only in acquisition in the logographic stage but also later. This chapter indicates that in the remedial process the intact right hemisphere areas are activated and support or take on the functions of the left in the alphabetic phase. It has shown which aspects of the APSL programmes are central to addressing the dyslexics' needs to move them into and beyond the alphabetic phase rather than become stuck in it. The critical elements are the 'cracking of the alphabetic code' and the use of 'phones' in Reception reading and writing and then the use of this knowledge in word-building in synthetic phonics.
