The Dyslexia Quandary – Update
On December 1, the APA (American Psychiatric Association) approved the recommendations for the forthcoming DSM-5. I am not exactly sure
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Three Parts to a Word – an Explanation from Brain Research
Davis Symbol Mastery — the modeling of words in clay – is based on the principle that each word has
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Research Update: “Nonresponders” and dyslexia
A new study confirms that the children who fail to progress with traditional, phonics-based interventions are highly likely to be
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Research shows exercise helps with ADHD
In yet another case of a scientific study to prove what should be obvious, researchers now report that children with
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Super Powers of Dyslexia
“Dyslexia is a super power,” my young friend and client Chase told me the other day. “Dyslexia is a good
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How the brain interprets art
CNN Health has a feature story of what neuroscience has to tell us about how our minds make sense of
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Procrastination…..
The Grammarly Blog has a wonderful article about procrastination. They start by identifying the primary reasons for procrastination: overwhelm confusion
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Just right!
The other day one of the grandsons and I were in the car. Whizzing along we sang, “HI HO, HI
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Learning to pay attention early leads to long-term academic success
Young children who are able to pay attention and persist with a task have a 50 percent greater chance of
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Can you read this?
It probably looks impossible at first. But as you scan through the page, the words seem to materialize. As you continue
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Those trigger words!
Research shows that the most common word found in English-language books is “the.” Matjaž Perc at the University of Maribor in Slovenia
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Breaking a myth: Dyslexics can become readers!
A mom writing in the New York Times expresses grief: her first-grade daughter has been diagnosed with dyslexia. The mom
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