Good News about Bright Children Who Struggle with Reading and Spelling by Karin Merkle I have great news to share with you about bright children (and adults) who struggle with reading and spelling.
Source: Good News about Bright Children Who Struggle with Reading and Spelling | Karin Merkle | LinkedIn
One Note was voted a Best App 2016 for the Dyslexic Advantage Online Magazine along with Voice Dream Reader.
Ah, spring time is here! The warmer air and budding flowers can only mean one thing – standardized testing season is upon us. LAA 1, ELDA, NAEP, DSC, DIBELS, LEAP, EOC, EXPLORE, PLAN, ACT, SAT, WORKKEYS, CLEP, AP, LAA2… If you have a school-age child, you have likely heard of at least one of these […]
Source: How to Help Your Child Cope with Test Anxiety | New Orleans Moms Blog
I thought this was an article definitely worth sharing. My husband sent me this simulation when it was going around facebook.
On March 3, an item was published on the Internet that compelled me to step forward. You may have seen it, a post claiming to simulate what it is like to read with dyslexia. I admit that I am not a fan of dyslexia simulations. At best, they seem overly simplistic. At worst, they distort. But the technical ingenuity of this recent dyslexia simulation coupled with the dynamism of the Internet makes this one compelling, powerful, and deeply troubling…
Source: Online Dyslexia Simulation Is Compelling, Powerful, and Wrong – International Dyslexia Association
The research on the advantages and disadvantages of exposing children to digital technology has been a mixed picture. Our work is an effort to bring clarity to this field and to identify strategies for increasing the efficacy of this approach.
This article shares preliminary results of a literacy intervention using mobile devices for children who either do not have access to school or attend a vastly under-resourced school (Breazeal et al., 2016). The effort, led by the nonprofit Curious Learning, began as a research collaboration between MIT, Tufts University, and Georgia State University. Curious…
Listening skills are critical for language development and reading. Children learn new vocabulary and expand their sentences and grammar—all thanks to listening. Poor listening skills might result in difficulty following directions and difficulty learning new words and constructing grammatically correct sentences.
Source: 20 Listening Games and Activities for Preschoolers – Speech Therapy Apps
E-readers and tablets are becoming more popular as such technologies improve, but research suggests that reading on paper still boasts unique advantages
Source: The Reading Brain in the Digital Age: The Science of Paper versus Screens
Dyslexie is a font designed by graphic designer Christian Boer to help people with dyslexia. Rather than the letters being crowded and often similar in form, Dyslexie spaces the letters out more and gives each a unique shape so the reader recognizes the letter more readily…
Source: Dyslexie: What Every Parent Should Know – International Dyslexia Association
President Barack Obama signed the READ Act into law in February. To get a full understanding on what this means for parents of children with dyslexia, we spoke with Representative Lamar Smith, Chairman of the Science Committee…
Source: The Top 5 Things Parents Should Know about the READ Act – International Dyslexia Association
The fact that reading depends on the integrity of the visual system does not imply that visual impairments are a common cause of reading difficulties. Indeed, reading might start in the retina and the visual cortex, but successful decoding of even a single written word requires the participation of multiple brain systems including regions of the brain that are specialized for processing language, spatial attention, programming eye movements, and more…
Source: What is the Role of the Visual System in Reading and Dyslexia? – International Dyslexia Association