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 a dyslexic child reflects a commonly encountered and paradoxical...
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, this transition can seem even more intimidating as it...
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 in the classroom, doing homework, or even studying for...
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 or shortcomings. It is asking yourself “Would I say...
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 of a dyslexic. She struggled throughout her son’s education,...
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 reader needs to practice reading to improve fluency. Add...
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 for. During my research on dyslexia as a mom...
5 Educational Trends for 2016
More schools are implementing promising innovations and positive approaches to help children embrace their unique learning and thinking styles.
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...
US Education Department OK’s the Word “Dyslexia”….. sort of
In an artfully and elusively worded missive, the Department of Education (ED) has issued a formal letter “clarifying” standards for usage of the labels dyslexia, dyscalculia, and dysgraphia...
Reading, Eye Movement and the Brain
4-minute mini-lecture describes how the brain creates meaning from print and eye movement during the reading process.