News & Views from Davis Dyslexia Association International
While in Western countries the dyslexia phenomenon has been closely explored, in the Japanese education community problems of dyslexics has been silenced for a long time, and only with the book “読めなくても、書けなくても、勉強したい” (I can’t read or write but I want to learn) by Satoru Inoue, the matter started to receive public attention.
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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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Davis Symbol Mastery — the modeling of words in clay – is based on the principle that each word has
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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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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 call
Spelling Help after a Davis Program
A parent of a second-grader writes: My son had a big gain in reading after completing his Davis program week, but
Dyslexic Strengths, from Made By Dyslexia
Made by Dyslexia is a global charity led by successful dyslexics. They work to help the world understand dyslexia by developing
Advice from a Literacy Problem Solver
In this 30 minute interview, author and educator Lois Letchford shares her insights and unique approach to helping dyslexic schoolchildren of
The Illusion of Reading
A girl told me a few days ago: “It’s strange, when I read in my classes or I listen to my