“Evidence Based” — But does it work?
Parents seeking help for their dyslexic kids usually have one question uppermost in their minds: will it work?
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Tag: phonics
Comprehension Strategies win out
Reviews of long-term effects of school-based reading interventions show that consistent teaching of comprehension strategies is more effective than explicit teaching of phonics.
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British Dyslexia Association calls for education shift beyond phonics
The British Dyslexia Association says that dyslexic children cannot learn to read from phonics teaching alone.
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The Phonics Trap
Dyslexic children who fall behind in the early years of their schooling usually perform poorly on tests of phonemic awareness or phonetic decoding.
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My Own Experience Growing Up Dyslexic
In this video I talk about my own experience growing up dyslexic, and why I became a Davis facilitator.
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Is your child a “nonresponder”?
What happens when a child cannot learn to read through phonics? Educational researchers have a word for those children: they
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“Flecks You’re Mined” – A different way to read
Millions of children and adults on this planet have difficulty reading. One of those people is my wonderful Wife. She
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