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Crisis Schooling: The Dyslexia Edition [Premium]

by Dyslexic Advantage Team | Nov 4, 2020 | dyslexia, Education, Premium, Premium Content, School

This older article was written during the pandemic. We’ve kept it up here in case it still has helpful information. Are you going to be homeschooling or perhaps willing to give traditional school a try under the new rules? Teacher mom blogger Heather Ann said this: “You are NOT homeschooling. You are CRISIS schooling. There is a huge difference. You may choose to homeschool after this, but this is not what homeschooling looks like, not even remotely.” I completely agree. If you are schooling, no matter what form, you are crisis schooling and not homeschooling or traditional schooling. Even with all of the protections in place, something is likely to go wrong, whether its activities that can’t be done, or unexpected quarantines because of someone […]

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How to Avoid Turning into a Zombie with Remote Learning

by Dyslexic Advantage Team | Sep 29, 2020 | dyslexia, Education, Parents, School, Teaching

If you are finding that you or your students are remote learning, not out of choice, but because of the school changes or the pandemic in general, it's still possible to resist having your upcoming school year turn into zombie learning. When our son took an online...

The Writing Process From a University Tutor [Premium]

by Dyslexic Advantage Team | Sep 7, 2020 | ADD / ADHD, College, dyslexia, Education, Premium, Premium Content, Writing

I recently came across a helpful account from a university-based tutor who worked with a fellow college student at Reed. There are many points that are helpful to consider if you are working with a student in the area of writing. For some, writing is the most frustrating task they are likely to encounter in school. It is often the gateway to higher education and most common way their knowledge and ideas are assessed as they progress through education. The full article is HERE. She begins with a disclaimer, recognizing that she is “no expert,” but I think she is an expert of sorts, having worked through many difficult challenges with her student and helping him to reach a higher level of proficiency. “As my […]

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Schooling From Home, Can You Do It?

by Dyslexic Advantage Team | Aug 7, 2020 | ADD / ADHD, College, Curriculum, Dyscalculia, Dysgraphia, dyslexia, Education, Parents, School, Strategies, Teaching

Like it or not, when Fall rolls around, many of us may need to school from home whether it's our first choice or not. What if your student is dyslexic? Can it possibly work? There are a lot of people who can't see schooling from home working for their student, but...

COVID: The Chaos of College and Beyond

by Dyslexic Advantage Team | Jul 15, 2020 | College, dyslexia, Education, Teaching

Colleges and universities are in crisis, as they hastily cancelled in-person classes and the pandemic drags on. They face huge budget losses with refunds for student fees for housing and food, plus the prospect of students choosing not to enroll for the fall semester...

Typing for Students with Dyslexia and/or Dysgraphia

by Dyslexic Advantage Team | Jul 2, 2020 | Dysgraphia, dyslexia, Education, Technology

Typing is one of those tasks that every dyslexic person should master, but some students have difficulty fitting it into their already busy stressed-filled days. Some parents sign up their middle or early high school students for courses over the summer, but as almost...

Dancing with Dyslexia

by Dyslexic Advantage Team | Jun 25, 2020 | creativity, dyslexia, Education

"Life is short, so go for things you enjoy..." - Dame Darcey Bussell Q: Do you have any helpful strategies for dance? There can be a number of extra challenges that come with dyslexia when learning dance. SUGGESTIONS FOR LEARNING STEPS Some of the issues have...

CLUES FOR UNRECOGNIZED DYSLEXIA (Middle School and High School)

by Dyslexic Advantage Team | Jun 16, 2020 | Assessment, dyslexia, Education

Based on what we know about the incidence of dyslexia and the number of students that are formally identified, for every 1 person who is told of their dyslexia, there are 3 who are missed. Recent legislation is focused on the early years of education...K-2 especially....

How an SLP Helped a Dyslexic College Student Fulfill Her Foreign Language Requirement [Premium]

by Dyslexic Advantage Team | Mar 24, 2020 | College, dyslexia, Education, Foreign Language, Premium, Premium Content

“Kay’s German language instructor referred her for a reading disabilities evaluation because of numerous difficulties that Kay experienced in spite of her high level of motivation to succeed…” – The Role of the SLP in Assisting College Students with Dyslexia in Fulfilling Foreign Language Requirements: A Case Study For many dyslexic students in higher education, unforeseen roadblocks like having to pass two semesters of a foreign language can cause costly delays in the awarding of their degrees. While some institutions grant waivers, others do not, and universities and colleges vary widely regarding their disability support. From the case report of what seems to be a gifted dyslexic student at the University of Florida, there are several helpful practices that I thought would be helpful to […]

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Reversals and How to Help [Premium]

by Dyslexic Advantage Team | Feb 26, 2020 | Dysgraphia, dyslexia, Education, Strategies, Teachers, Teaching

"The ability to recognize objects from various view-points has advantages in perceiving one's environment, allowing one to identify a potential threat from many different views...(however) this trait of the object recognition system is disadvantageous for reading...."...

HOW DID I NOT KNOW?

by Dyslexic Advantage Team | Feb 25, 2020 | Being Dyslexic, dyslexia, Education, Parents, Teachers

"I'm a teacher. I'm his mother. How did I not know? " - Maggie Harr Maggie just wrote a wonderful post at Love What Matters. “Smart. This was the first word that people would use when they met my son Aiden. He was precocious and funny, assertive and confident,...

MAKE GOOGLE DOCS WORK FOR YOU

by Dyslexic Advantage Team | Feb 20, 2020 | Books, dyslexia, Education, Strategies, Technology

Every operating system has its text to speech, but many people like Google Docs' Voice Typing system for its simplicity. Like many text to speech programs, you still need to speak the punctuation, like saying, "comma', or "period." Some errors do occur, but the system...