Category: Standardized Testing

The nonsense of teaching nonsense words

Posted on February 12, 2019January 18, 2020 by Abigail Marshall

Dyslexic children often experience difficulty with phonetic decoding. Researchers and educators use nonsense words – also called nonwords or psuedowords

Learning to Read, Standardized Testing

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Test Prep Strategies for Dyslexic Students

Posted on May 24, 2017 by Matthew Pietrafetta

Making the academic leap from high school to higher education can be challenging for any student. For students with dyslexia,

Education & Career, Standardized Testing, Support & Acccommodations

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How to manage dyslexia on the SAT and ACT

Posted on March 28, 2017August 23, 2019 by Tom Rose

Explore the three main considerations for dealing with dyslexia and the SAT or ACT.

Education & Career, Standardized Testing, Support & Acccommodations

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The Benefits of Humour
Laughter is infectious. Sometimes I don’t even know what a person is laughing at, yet it makes me burst out sniggering
I want to Unlearn Dyslexia
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.
Fish Don’t Climb Trees – A different take on dyslexia
Davis Facilitator Sue Hall has updated her book: “Fish Don’t Climb Trees: A Whole New Look at Dyslexia”. Sue understands dyslexia from the inside out – as a dyslexic person with vivid recollections of frustrations experienced in elementary school, as a parent who searched for and found a solution
The Sociology of Dyslexia
Dyslexia is often considered purely in a medical or biological sense. The social model also explores social, cultural and political concerns.
How does your child think?
A short video about the differences between word-based and visual thinking, produced by Davis Facilitator Brenda Baird.