Abstract
The support of pupils and students with dyslexia has a long tradition in the Czech Republic, but exclusively the attention was paid to the period of younger school age. In recent years, following the Higher Education Act 1998, we began to establish the support system also at universities. Opposite to kindergartens, primary and secondary schools support measures at tertiary education are not explicitly stated in the law, but public higher education institutions are motivated to provide specific educational needs through increased financial aid to students with special needs.
Our paper describes the system of services for students with special needs at Charles university and its use in students with dyslexia. Based on document analysis of the Academic Psychological Counseling Center of Faculty of Education clients from 2015 to 2021, we present an overview of typical study difficulties and recommended support measures for study and examination. The analysis also focuses on data regarding the length of study and early termination of studies of students with dyslexia.
Data analysis shows that exam time extensions and study modifications for foreign language courses are the most often requested recommendations. Support is also often aimed at digitizing study literature - in the form of copying study materials or working with electronically edited documents. Overall, data show that, despite the growing number of students with dyslexia entering Charles university, the numbers do not correspond to those expected according to the incidence of individuals with dyslexia in the Czech Republic.