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November 22, 2012
Category Archive: Testing & Diagnosis
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Oct 20 2012
Research Update: “Nonresponders” and dyslexia
A new study confirms that the children who fail to progress with traditional, phonics-based interventions are highly likely to be dyslexic: Following the recommendation of Rose (2006), many primary schools in England implemented a systematic phonics approach to the teaching of reading. A large body of evidence suggests that such an approach is very effective for …
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Jul 21 2012
Breaking a myth: Dyslexics can become readers!
A mom writing in the New York Times expresses grief: her first grade daughter has been diagnosed with dyslexia. The mom is in despair, fearing that her daughter will never share and embrace her love of words. The mom appears ready to embrace her daughter’s other gifts — an already expressed knack for visual-spatial reasoning, the …
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Jun 25 2012
The Dyslexia Quandary – Continued
About two weeks ago, I wrote about a proposed revision to the DSM-V that retreats from an earlier draft proposal by eliminating use of the word dyslexia. I expressed concerns about the difficulties faced by dyslexic students and parents of dyslexic children in getting a formal diagnosis, generally required as a first step toward receiving special services or …
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Jun 16 2012
Dyslexia Study Seeks Participants
Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York are seeking participants for a research study on dyslexia. They are examining the ways that 8-12 year-old children with dyslexia attend to and integrate sensory information (sight, hearing). To do this, To do this, they will conduct brain imaging studies and genetic testing. Parents will be provided with full diagnostic reports, at no charge.
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Jun 16 2012
Just another label!
Since starting nearly 5 years ago, I have been amazed at the number of labels we invent for the same thing, particularly when it comes to dyslexia. I have got used to Specific Learning Disability, non-Specific Learning Difficulty, Auditory Processing Disorder, Central Processing Disorder, but the other day I was totally blown away. A parent …
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Jun 09 2012
The Dyslexia Quandary
A comment on the current proposed DSM 5 criteria: New visitors usually discover our web site via a search for “signs of dyslexia” or “test for dyslexia.” Our incoming email comes from teenagers and adults who want to know if their academic or workplace problems can be explained by dyslexia. Parents express frustration with the …
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Dec 02 2012
The Dyslexia Quandary – Update
Dyslexia Research, Testing & Diagnosis
by Abigail Marshall
December 2, 2012
On December 1, the APA (American Psychiatric Association) approved the recommendations for the forthcoming DSM-5. I am not exactly sure what they approved, because they haven’t released the exact text — but as far as I can tell, they have approved the language that I described in general terms in my initial post on this …
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