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3 Playful Tools From a Psychologist Who Grew Up With Dyslexia
Diagnosed in 1970 and sworn to secrecy, psychologist Neil Jones turned play into his survival kit. He drew his notes, explored the woods, and outsmarted the…
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469 articlesReading, spelling and the dyslexic brain: what the research says and what to do at home this week.
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Why Does My Child Forget Instructions Seconds After Hearing Them?
Forgotten names, vanished directions, errands lost between rooms: adults with dyslexia say these moments embarrass them more than spelling ever did. In a child, the same…
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Don’t Accept “Nothing More to Be Done” for a Child Who Struggles to Read
When a school runs out of ideas, the offer becomes coping tools. Brain imaging points the other way: the circuits that link print to sound respond…
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Six Letters, Not Twenty-Six: Where Reading Help for Dyslexia Starts
A specialist dyslexia teacher opens her free lesson series with six letters and a rule most parents have never heard. Say the sound, not the sound…
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Dyslexia Dropped Its IQ Rule in 2025. “Testing Too High” Should Have Retired With It.
A school refused a first grader's dyslexia evaluation because he was testing too high. The 2025 definition of dyslexia retired that idea. Parents hold more levers…
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Show Your Child What Employers Now Say About Minds Like Theirs
A trainer with 17 years inside the dyslexia world watched employers go from ticking a legal box to asking for more neurodivergent hires. Her father, an…
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Why Does a Reading Struggle Follow My Child Into Math?
Flashcards keep failing for a reason nobody names at the school meeting: math facts run on word retrieval. When reading is a fight, 7 times 8…
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How Do You Know Your Child’s Reading Program Is Working?
A weekly fluency score tells you in one number whether your child's reading help is working. Here is what to ask the school for, the growth…
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Four Advocates Explain Why a Child Makes It Through. Every Answer Was a Parent.
Four advocates describe what a holistic approach to a reading struggle actually looks like. Every one of them lands on the same variable, and it is…
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Look Beyond the Grades. A Bright Child Hides a Reading Struggle for Years.
Slow reading, dodged read-alouds, decent grades, and a child working twice as hard in secret. Stealth dyslexia hides in the bright kid who looks fine, and…
