Phonemic Awareness: A different take
Updated: Are dyslexic kids better at hearing the discrete sounds of language than others?
Why it’s tough to learn to read through phonics:
This engaging video from top educators explains why so many kids are confused when taught to "sound out" English words.
Wider letter spacing helps dyslexic children read
Updated: A study shows that wider spacing between the letters in reading materials can help dyslexic children read faster and better.
5 Steps for Active Reading with your Child (Part 2)
Five ways that you can help improve your child's comprehension and encourage critical thinking as you read aloud.
Reading Actively to your Dyslexic Child
Read ACTIVELY and aloud to your children for at least 30 minutes each night until their homework load and extracurricular activities no longer allow time for it, which generally occurs sometime in middle school.
Research shows greater improvement from strength-based teaching
A recently published study from Canada shows that dyslexic students improve with spelling at a significantly higher rate when taught…
Making Progress is Not Enough
The phrase "making progress" is misleading. Children with dyslexia need to close the gap to catch up to their peers.
The nonsense of teaching nonsense words
Dyslexic children often experience difficulty with phonetic decoding. Researchers and educators use nonsense words - also called nonwords or psuedowords…
“Flecks You’re Mined” – A different way to read
Millions of children and adults on this planet have difficulty reading. One of those people is my wonderful Wife. She…
How VR Can Help Dyslexic Students
VR developers are collaborating with institutions to explore the use of virtual reality as an effective educational tool. They are looking at how it can enhance learning, especially for students facing challenges like dyslexia.
5 Creative Writing Tools for Dyslexic Kids
5 Creative writing tools for dyslexic kids A couple of months ago I finished my year-long teaching course at a…
A Broader Legal Definition of Dyslexia
There is a bill currently under consideration in the New York legislature that would add a new definition of dyslexia…
Research Update: Morphemes, Meaning, and Dyslexia
In recent years, several separate teams of researchers have issued a series of groundbreaking studies, focused on the reading strategies…
7 Tips for eLearning for Dyslexic Students
Throughout the past decade, we’ve witnessed an incredible improvement of people’s understanding of dyslexia. It is one of the most…
“Evidence Based” — But does it work?
Parents who are seeking help for their dyslexic kids usually have one question uppermost in their minds: will it work?…
5 Tips for Teaching Writing Skills to Dyslexic Students
Dyslexic students often struggle with writing. Often what a dyslexic student writes is not what they are trying to say.…
Why Tyrannosaurus but Not If?
"I don’t understand it: he can read tyrannosaurus, but he gets stuck on if!" This question from the mother of…
Test Prep Strategies for Dyslexic Students
Making the academic leap from high school to higher education can be challenging for any student. For students with dyslexia,…
9 Free Apps and Online Resources for Dyslexic Students
Here is a quick overview of some free apps and online tools that can help dyslexic students work more effectively…
How to manage dyslexia on the SAT and ACT
Explore the three main considerations for dealing with dyslexia and the SAT or ACT.
Deep Dive into Self-Compassion
In a nutshell, self-compassion is being kind and understanding when confronted with personal failings rather than judging and self-criticizing for inadequacies…
An Interview on Special Education with Pamela Guest, Chief Editor at IEP Magazine
Pamela Guest is the Founder and Chief Editor at IEP Magazine. More importantly, she is one of us, a parent…
Reading Fluency in Dyslexic Brain: Low Level/ High Content Books
Practice makes perfect. Better said, practice makes progress. Learning a new skill requires repetition to automate it. Similarly, every beginner…
Signs of Dyslexia: Have a Hunch & Need a Quick Check List?
October is Dyslexia Awareness Month. Here is a quick checklist for those who feel they need to know what to look…
Teaching Japanese to dyslexic students
While in Western countries the dyslexia phenomenon has been closely explored, in the Japanese education community problems of dyslexics has been silenced for a long time, and only with the book "読めなくても、書けなくても、勉強したい" (I can't read or write but I want to learn) by Satoru Inoue, the matter started to receive public attention.
US Education Department OK’s the Word “Dyslexia”….. sort of
In an artfully and elusively worded missive, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) has issued a formal letter "clarifying" standards…
Phonological dyslexia? Not so much….
Two new research studies cast doubt on the role of phonological processing difficulties in dyslexia. One study, from the UK,…
Fish Don’t Climb Trees – A different take on dyslexia
Davis Facilitator Sue Hall has written a new 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
Educating a Child with Autism
Neither parenting nor teaching a child with autism is an easy task. Success in both areas relies on a collaborative…
Two New Books from a Davis Facilitator
Davis Facilitator Barbara Hoi of Sydney, Australia has recently published two books sure to delight parents and teachers. The…
Why some kids can’t spell and why spelling tests won’t help
By Misty Adoniou, University of Canberra A couple of years ago, early one morning, I received an SMS advising “resadents…
A Davis Facilitator Responds
The Ottawa Community News has recently published a response from Davis Facilitator Marcia Code to a series on dyslexia published…
Extra time? Choose wisely….
A great article at Headstrong Nation provides a cautionary note about the common classroom accommodation of extra time being extended…
New Research: Small screen E-readers and dyslexia
A new study support the use of tablets and other e-reading devices for dyslexic high school students. Researchers found that the…
A Font for Dyslexia: To Pay, or Not to Pay?
I've been seeing some buzz in social media about a specialized font for dyslexics, called Dyslexie. I am 100% in…
Study supports Davis Symbol Mastery
A recently published case study documents the progress of a fourth grade special education student who successfully used a modified…
Klaire de Lys raises funds for Davis programs
(Cross posted from http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/klaire-de-lys-dyslexia-bursary-fund) On 1 August 2013, dyslexic singer, artist and make-up artist Klaire de Lys will shave her…
Parents need help, too
A researcher in England recently reported on the experiences of parents of school-age children who had been identified as dyslexic…
The Ultimate Guide to Conquering Distractions
School is difficult, simple as that. For someone with dyslexia, it can be even harder, especially at an online college.…
Learning Inclusion
I’m on a plane today headed to Alberta, Canada to give a talk at an inclusion conference. Nothing new—been speaking…