News & Views from Davis Dyslexia Association International
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
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We typically think in 2 ways: word thinking and picture thinking. Word thinking is simply thinking with the sounds of words in your mind.
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The British Dyslexia Association says that dyslexic children cannot learn to read from phonics teaching alone.
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A parent of a second-grader writes: My son had a big gain in reading after completing his Davis program week,
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A recently published study from Canada shows that dyslexic students improve with spelling at a significantly higher rate when taught
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Millions of children and adults on this planet have difficulty reading. One of those people is my wonderful Wife. She
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By Misty Adoniou, University of Canberra A couple of years ago, early one morning, I received an SMS advising “resadents
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A recently published case study documents the progress of a fourth grade special education student who successfully used a modified
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One More Thing to Try
Frustration. Irritation. Tears. And not just your child’s. Learning difficulties affect the whole family– especially the dedicated parents who are trying so hard to help.
Dyslexia’s Ongoing Impact in Adulthood
Explaining dyslexia is often done by focusing only on the dyslexic person. But understanding the role of the social environment is important because it makes us realize that we are not the problem.
Constructive Feedback
Receiving comments, advice, pointers and feedback is an immensely important part of human learning and development.
Sam’s Davis Program
Sam is nearly thirteen, and despite having been in an intensive, structured literacy programme twice a week for over six years, he only had 10-15 sight words. I was desperate and couldn’t think how to help him.
The “Science of Reading” and Davis Methods
When something is backed by science, it implies “proof“. There are various ways this is done but in the areas of social science, evidence-based methods are used .and hence the term “Science of Reading” has emerged.
