A Mother’s Path to Discovery
Book Review: Reversed, a memoir, by Lois Letchford. A mother’s quest to help her dyslexic son.
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Author: Abigail Marshall
Book Review: Reversed, a memoir, by Lois Letchford. A mother’s quest to help her dyslexic son.
Continue readingA recent article in “The Guardian” profiled the views of British psychologist Julian Elliot. He criticizes the lack of a uniform standard for dyslexia diagnosis, but is mistaken to question the existence of dyslexia.
Continue readingEducators use the term “orthographic mapping” to describe the way that written words are etched into long-term memory. Once a person has “mapped” a word, they will be able to recognize the word instantly by sight
Continue readingRecent research studies cast doubt on the role of phonological processing difficulties in dyslexia. One study, from the UK, suggests
Continue readingAll I wanted was for my son to become a reader. I wanted him to be able to read easily and automatically, without effort.
Continue readingResearchers know that dyslexics learn to read differently, but schools continue to focus on children’s weaknesses rather than their strengths.
Continue readingThis is a time of change. Schools have shut down, families are told to stay at home, household routines are
Continue readingDavis 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
Continue readingParents seeking help for their dyslexic kids usually have one question uppermost in their minds: will it work?
Continue readingA parent asks how to include Davis techniques within a school-based IEP.
Continue readingWhat happens when a child cannot learn to read through phonics? Educational researchers have a word for those children: they
Continue readingA parent of a second-grader writes: My son had a big gain in reading after completing his Davis program week,
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