Category: Education & Career

Diagnosing Dyslexia: New Criteria, New Dyslexics?

Posted on April 16, 2021March 18, 2021 by Arije-Aike de Haas

In the mid-19th century, we defined dyslexia as an unexpected underachievement in otherwise intelligent individuals. The disagnosic statistic manual for

Test Taking Anxiety

Posted on April 2, 2021April 2, 2021 by Elizabeth Bertran

The sweaty palms…the flip-flopping stomach… the brain-fog… reading questions repeatedly. I wonder how many of you can identify with test-taking

Finding Your Special Kind of Smart

Posted on March 19, 2021March 23, 2021 by Abigail Marshall

Book Review: Cartwheels, by Tracy Peterson with Sloane LaFrance. Parents often ask for help in explaining a diagnosis of dyslexia to very young children.

The New NOIT – For Everyone

Posted on January 29, 2021January 29, 2021 by Elizabeth Shier

NOIT stands for natural orientation inducing tool. It’s a simple, wearable device that helps maintain a state of calm and focus.

Is Dyslexia A Disability? Why Not to Trust the Label

Posted on January 22, 2021December 22, 2020 by Arije-Aike de Haas

Is dyslexia a disability?” Yes, officially dyslexics carry the label “disabled.” Dyslexia is explicitly mentioned as a disability in the

Picture Grammar App for Visual Learners

Posted on December 25, 2020December 25, 2020 by DDAI

The Picture Grammer app is a handy, image-based reference for dyslexics, visual thinkers, and those learning English as a foreign language.

Stress, the student’s companion

Posted on December 11, 2020December 9, 2020 by Patrick Courtois

What student or former student has never felt a moment of stress when hearing their teacher announce a pop quiz,

A Mother’s Path to Discovery

Posted on November 27, 2020November 26, 2020 by Abigail Marshall

Book Review: Reversed, a memoir, by Lois Letchford. A mother’s quest to help her dyslexic son.

The Dyslexic Statistic

Posted on November 6, 2020August 25, 2020 by Hayley Butcher

Dyslexia is a common neurodiversity that is ever or omnipresent across all cultures, ages, and societies. Worldwide statistics emphasise than

Miseducation and Dyslexia

Posted on October 23, 2020October 18, 2020 by Abigail Marshall

A 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.

Orthographic Mapping and Dyslexia

Posted on September 25, 2020September 25, 2020 by Abigail Marshall

Educators 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

A Key to Learning: Connecting

Posted on September 18, 2020September 18, 2020 by Patrick Courtois

In addition to my Davis® Dyslexia Correction practice, I regularly teach supportive math lessons to students between sixth and 12th