Teacher Competencies for Dyslexia Students

Purpose: This study aims to identify the competencies that teachers have in dealing with dyslexic students. Method: The type of research used is quantitative which uses a research design survey that is strengthened by the results of interviews to support the results of quantitative data. Where the total number of samples from this study were 91 teachers taken based on the total sampling technique. Data were then analyzed with the help of the SPSS 21 application to look for descriptive statistics in the form of mean, median, min, max, and category. Findings: From the results of the analysis conducted, it is found that there is a teacheru0027s ability to handle dyslexic students in the good category, which is indicated by a good category of 64.8% (59 of 91) students. Implications and Recommendations: For this reason, it is recommended that teachers need to have good competence in order to help dyslexic students. Students need to be given the opportunity to develop direct experiences and thoughts in learning activities.