Category: Learning to Read

Finding Fluency

Posted on August 7, 2020August 6, 2020 by Abigail Marshall

All I wanted was for my son to become a reader. I wanted him to be able to read easily and automatically, without effort.

Educational Bias and Dyslexic Learners

Posted on June 26, 2020August 7, 2020 by Abigail Marshall

Researchers know that dyslexics learn to read differently, but schools continue to focus on children’s weaknesses rather than their strengths.

To Know or to Master? That is the question….

Posted on June 12, 2020August 8, 2020 by Patrick Courtois

Help, I forgot everything! I regularly have children who tell me that they have “forgotten everything” about lessons they have

Parent as teacher and a dyslexic child. WHAT TO DO?

Posted on May 8, 2020May 8, 2020 by Anita Chmara

This is not an easy situation for many of us. Children in the coronavirus era still have dyslexia, but now the parent is responsible for how the child handles school duties.

I want to Unlearn Dyslexia

Posted on March 27, 2020March 23, 2020 by Patrick Courtois

This is the program objective that my young client gave herself: unlearn dyslexia.” Her answer is relevant and lucid: yes, dyslexia is the result of learning.

How does your child think?

Posted on March 6, 2020February 29, 2020 by DDAI

A short video about the differences between word-based and visual thinking, produced by Davis Facilitator Brenda Baird.

“Evidence Based” — But does it work?

Posted on February 14, 2020February 14, 2020 by Abigail Marshall

Parents seeking help for their dyslexic kids usually have one question uppermost in their minds: will it work?

I Am Dyslexia (Animated Film)

Posted on January 31, 2020January 19, 2020 by DDAI

This award-winning film by Norwegian artist and educator Mads Johan Øgaard, inspired by his own struggles and feelings as a

Is your child a “nonresponder”?

Posted on January 17, 2020June 21, 2020 by Abigail Marshall

What happens when a child cannot learn to read through phonics? Educational researchers have a word for those children: they

Advice from a Literacy Problem Solver

Posted on December 27, 2019December 10, 2019 by DDAI

In this 30 minute interview, author and educator Lois Letchford shares her insights and unique approach to helping dyslexic schoolchildren

The Illusion of Reading

Posted on December 20, 2019December 10, 2019 by Patrick Courtois

A girl told me a few days ago: “It’s strange, when I read in my classes or I listen to

How do you read to your child?

Posted on November 30, 2019November 30, 2019 by Abigail Marshall

[Updated] Reading story books to small children is fun, but did you know that the way you read can make a big difference in preparing your child to become a reader?