News & Views from Davis Dyslexia Association International
Author: Abigail Marshall
Davis Facilitator Sue Hall has updated her book: “Fish Don’t Climb Trees: A Whole New Look at Dyslexia”. Sue understands dyslexia from the inside out – as a dyslexic person with vivid recollections of frustrations experienced in elementary school, as a parent who searched for and found a solution
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Parents seeking help for their dyslexic kids usually have one question uppermost in their minds: will it work?
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A parent asks how to include Davis techniques within a school-based IEP.
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What happens when a child cannot learn to read through phonics? Educational researchers have a word for those children: they
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A parent of a second-grader writes: My son had a big gain in reading after completing his Davis program week,
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[Updated] Reading story books to small children is fun, but did you know that the way you read can make a big difference in preparing your child to become a reader?
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A meta-analysis of long-term effects of school-based reading interventions shows teaching comprehension strategies is more effective than teaching phonics.
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Study shows that dyslexic university students have better reading comprehension of longer texts when reading from a printed book rather than an ebook.
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The dictionary defines facilitate as “to make easier or less difficult: help foward”. How this approach differs from teaching or tutoring.
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It’s natural to confuse b and d — it is the unlearning of “mirror generalization” that’s hard. Here’s what scientists have discovered.
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Updated: Research shows differences in dyslexic brain function that are tied to dyslexic strengths, not a mental dysfunction.
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Updated: Are dyslexic kids better at hearing the discrete sounds of language than others?
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The Benefits of Humour
Laughter is infectious. Sometimes I don’t even know what a person is laughing at, yet it makes me burst out sniggering
I want to Unlearn Dyslexia
This is the program objective that my young client gave herself: unlearn dyslexia.” Her answer is relevant and lucid: yes, dyslexia is the result of learning.
Fish Don’t Climb Trees – A different take on dyslexia
Davis Facilitator Sue Hall has updated her book: “Fish Don’t Climb Trees: A Whole New Look at Dyslexia”. Sue understands dyslexia from the inside out – as a dyslexic person with vivid recollections of frustrations experienced in elementary school, as a parent who searched for and found a solution
The Sociology of Dyslexia
Dyslexia is often considered purely in a medical or biological sense. The social model also explores social, cultural and political concerns.
How does your child think?
A short video about the differences between word-based and visual thinking, produced by Davis Facilitator Brenda Baird.