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What Belongs in a Dyslexia Binder Besides the School Paperwork?
School paperwork fills a dyslexia binder fast. The pages that tell you the most are your own. Keep three dated work samples, from the start, middle…
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A Brain Scan Won’t Tell You If a Dyslexia Program Works. Your Child’s Reading Will.
Reading programs love a before-and-after brain scan. The imaging science is narrower than the pitch. The better evidence sits at your kitchen table. Is your child…
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Sounding Out Words Is Step One. Fluency Is the Step That Makes a Reader.
Progress in sounding out feels like the finish line. It is not. Fluent reading has three parts. One short listen at home shows you where your…
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Why More Reading Help Misses, and What Targeted Dyslexia Teaching Aims At
The school added more reading time, and nothing changed. A panel of reading specialists explains why broad help misses. Across 22 randomized trials, one kind of…
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Dyslexia Isn’t an Eye Problem. So What Is the Infinity Walk For?
Four pediatric and eye-care groups agree that vision problems do not cause dyslexia. So what is a figure-eight walk for? Movement builds movement. One moment in…
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Why Is My Child Stuck in Math While the Class Moves On?
Some children learn a math idea in two tries. Others need far more practice than a daily page gives. When the class moves on anyway, it…
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Dyslexia at College: Is Assistive Tech a Crutch? One Question Tells You.
The crutch fear misses the real risk. A tool that reads the chapter aloud leaves the thinking with your child. A tool that writes the essay…
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It Looked Like No NDIS Funding for Dyslexia. It Was a Paperwork Fight.
Two rejections, one phone hearing, and a file with every date in it. Forums said reading trouble alone would never get NDIS funding. One mom in…
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Forgets Directions Halfway Through? 4 Ways to Lighten Your Child’s Working Memory
Three steps given, one step done, and a blank look. The answer is not a bigger memory. It is carrying less. Here are four ways to…
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Stop Buying a Summer to Get Your Child Taught to Read
Specialized camps for kids who learn differently sell the lake, the cabins, the friendships. The part that rebuilds a struggling reader is quieter: one hour a…
