Category: Education & Career

Using Clay to Learn Subject-Specific Vocabulary

Posted on July 16, 2021June 23, 2021 by Shweta Soni

For students, subject vocabulary is hard and there is a lot to consume over a short space of time. Students may be introduced to 12-15 new words in a single day.

A Different Approach to Reading Cursive Writing

Posted on June 18, 2021July 16, 2021 by Kate Gladstone

Many children and adults find it especially difficult to read cursive writing. One problem is that the shapes of cursive letters are often inconsistent from word to word, in ways that can make words very hard to recognize.

When the “Different” Learner meets Cursive Writing

Posted on May 21, 2021May 26, 2021 by Kate Gladstone

Most folks today don’t write in cursive. Some people never even pick up a pen or pencil. Writing in cursive has become rare — yet reading cursive remains an important life skill.

Dyslexia: Enable the Learning Difference

Posted on May 14, 2021April 21, 2021 by DDAI

A talk by Sue Blyth Hall (Davis Facilitator, author, and founder of the Whole Dyslexic Society). Everyone is learning-able, however,

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, 2021May 6, 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 anxiety. Even years after being in school, some of us still have nightmares about taking tests in school.

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.

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