Teachers attitude, personal reaction and proposal for effective treatment in developmental dyslexia. Comparisons between General and Special Education Teachers

The primary aim of the research was to explore teachers" attitude toward developmental dyslexia, to record their opinion about the effective strategies in order to treat developmental dyslexia and to capture teachers reaction to students with developmental dyslexia. A quantitative research was conducted in 204 primary and secondary education teachers using an appropriate questionnaire. Special Education teachers were more confident in their ability to teach children with special needs and considered that they were adequately trained to meet the needs of children with disabilities. Also, Special Education teachers agree to a greater degree that academic progress is possible in children with special needs and students with special needs should be included in regular education classrooms. In contrast, General Education teachers become more anxious when they learn that a student with special needs will be in their classroom.