6 Facts Every Parent Of A Dyslexic Child Should Know
The Starting Point To Helping Your Dyslexic Child Is Separating Fact From Fiction Helping your dyslexic child comes down to a choice between trying to beat the dyslexia, teaching coping strategies or a bit of both. Before spending a lot of money and effort on...
How Technology Is Changing Treatments For Dyslexia
The fMRI and Computer Processors Are Opening New Windows For Struggling Learners The two most well known advances in technology related to dyslexia are coping tools -- Dragon Naturally Speaking dictation software and the Livescribe smartpen which records lectures and...
How To Find Ways To Help Your Child’s Dyslexia
Dyslexia Is Not Always Permanent, Depending On The Underlying Cause When a learning evaluation turns up dyslexia, many people stop. They recognize the dyslexia label. That is their headline. However, these evaluations often include other issues. Some of these are...
Don’t Make This Mistake With Your Dyslexic Child
Thinking Of Dyslexia As Temporary Or Permanent Influences The Dyslexia Parenting Role Whether it comes from living life as a dyslexic or from reading about dyslexia online, we believe it is a mistake for parents to accept at an early age that their child's dyslexia is...
The Dyslexia Diagnosis From All Angles
Should A Dyslexia Diagnosis be Celebrated (and Embraced) or Feared (and Treated)? Parents must be scratching their heads about a dyslexia diagnosis these days. Dyslexia used to be feared as it represented a lifetime of reading frustration and other learning...
Why Schools Are Avoiding The Dyslexia Label
Words Matter When It Comes To Dyslexia One of the most unfortunate words in the English language is "dyslexia." It is used to scare parents, to threaten schools, to label kids, all of which are problems enough. However, the bigger problem with the term dyslexia is...
How to Get Your Dyslexic Child to Love Reading
Let’s face it. Dyslexia makes reading tough on kids, parents, and teachers, and a lot of us don’t know what to do. There’s plenty of dyslexia reading strategies and resources out there, but how do you know which is best for your child? The answer is simple. Find out...
How to Tell the Difference Between Vision Problems and Dyslexia
Does your child have trouble reading? It's important that you don't assume what the problem. Dyslexia and vision issues are different, and they each require specialized treatment. Check out the symptoms of each problem to identify the one affecting your child....
More Proof That Dyslexia Is Not A Visual Problem
New Research Breaks Link Between Vision and Cause of Dyslexia An enduring myth in the world of learning is that the primary cause of dyslexia is delays in visual processing, mainly because the classic symptom of dyslexia is switching of b's and d's which on its...
How Planned Intervention for ELL and Dyslexia Students Works
Fast ForWord is mainly used as a remedial reading program in English speaking countries, helping people with reading and learning issues such as dyslexia. In countries where English is not spoken, Fast ForWord is used as an English language learners (ELL) program to...