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…common when a dyslexic student is suspected to also have high functioning autism is a student who has more significant visual or auditory processing difficulties or dyspraxia, resulting in greater difficulties with expression and trouble with quick back and forth social interactions. These students don’t have a core deficit in theory of mind or empathy. In our experience, what people…
…before kindergarten), dyslexia identification is typically quite LATE. Elementary school is still the most common time when dyslexia is formally identified (58%), with middle school made up only 7% of the total having dyslexia formally identified then. Why is dyslexia identification so low in the middle school years? It might be that schools are less focused on literacy per se…
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…when combined (Silverman, 2009).” When a gifted student is failing or failing irretrievably behind, more investigations might be necessary. The writing and spelling sections on the Woodcock Johnson are not as sensitive as the Wechsler Individual Achievement Test because the Woodcock Johnson writing sections don’t test paragraph or essay writing or spelling errors that are more commonly found among dyslexic…
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…SD over 1.5 SD, but certainly greater precision in the category of dyslexia in the APA is long overdue. This definition includes common identifiers such as pseudoword decoding, single word reading, spelling, RAN, and reading fluency, which is definitely a great start. One important addition is to include the Nelson Denny Reading Test when testing college-bound students. Common reading achievement…
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…a bit to make things more memorable. Academic Vocabulary took on greater importance in instruction with passage of Common Core legislation. In the past academic vocabulary wasn’t explicitly taught and many dyslexic students got left behind, not because they didn’t understand the principles or material that was being taught, but because the misinterpreted academic words that hadn’t been formally taught….
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“Substantial evidence shows that dyslexic readers have problems with rapid naming of visual items. Early research assumed that this was a consequence of phonological processing deficits, but recent findings suggest that non-phonological processes may lie at the root of the association between slow naming speed and poor reading. The hypothesis that rapid naming reflects an independent core deficit in dyslexia…
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If you live in a Common Core state and your student attends public school chances are they frequently are asked to “show their work”. There can be significant challenges for dyslexic students showing work because to do so requires a great deal of verbal working memory, word retrieval, executive function, and writing, all tasks that can overload each other. As…
…If the book is a reach book, then consider previewing or chatting about the general topic before the students dives in. For fiction books with long sentence lengths, consider reading the first few chapters to help with the setting and character names that can be helpful to set the context of the book, but also help with uncommon words that…
![Music And Dyslexia: Chat with Sally Daunt, Chair of the Music Committee of the BDA [Premium]](https://www.dyslexicadvantage.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Music-400x250.jpg)
…in cooperation with other singers, and personal traits of strong emotional EQ, camaraderie, and leadership. Listening to music does involve both hemispheres of the brain, but the right hemisphere seems to be especially important for melody and emotional aspects of music, which I would think would be important for choirs. It is true that lyrics are more commonly processed on…
According to the answers given, your score test is greater than 60[br] UNLIKELY MILD-TO-MODERATE MODERATE-TO-SEVERE You are showing signs consistent with moderate or severe dyslexia* Research results: all those who recorded scores of more than 60 were diagnosed as moderately or severely dyslexic. Therefore we would suggest that a score greater than 60 suggests moderate or severe dyslexia. Please note…
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…It’s not an easy journey advocating for a bright intelligent gifted student – great going Mom and thanks for sharing! https://www.dyslexicadvantage.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/AC-College.mp3 This mom has also generously offered to answer questions if you have any about the process. You can send them to her at our email: [email protected] Here is an Accommodations EZ template for common accommodations: Accommodations-EZ.pdf An Otter transcription…
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…relationship between single word reading score and inferential question score suggests that individuals with poorer decoding skills have impaired reading comprehension. The relationship is unlikely to be direct, as the dyslexic participants’ success on the literal questions indicated that they could decode the words within the passage….” It is clear from these results that despite having single word reading scores…
