Awareness of Primary School Personnel Regarding Dyslexia Among Primary Students in Alexandria

Background: Dyslexia represents a major educational issue. Students with dyslexia can go through multiple psychological and educational problems. Aim: Assess the awareness of primary school personnel regarding dyslexia among primary students in Alexandria. Settings: governmental primary schools affiliated to Ministry of Education in Alexandria Governorate, Egypt. Subjects: 1200 randomly selected school personnel including 120 administrators, 840 teachers, 120 social workers /psychologist and 120 nurses. Tools: one tool was used. part one:” Socio-demographic characteristics of the school personnel”. part two: “Structured school personnel' knowledge questionnaires on dyslexia”. part three: “Structured school personnel' attitude”. Results: Less than two thirds of school personnel had a fair level of knowledge. Less than three quarters of them had neutral attitude toward dyslexia. A Statistically correlation was noticed between school personnel’s levels of knowledge and their attitudes towards dyslexia (X42=14.928, P=0.005). Conclusion: The current study revealed that there is lack of awareness among school personnel about dyslexia. Recommendations: An intensive program should be planned periodically, executed, and monitored to improve knowledge, and practice of the school personnel in schools and local education authorities training centers to allow them to develop their skills regarding dyslexia.