![Rapid Automatized Naming (RAN) and Its Impact on Dyslexia [Premium]](https://www.dyslexicadvantage.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Rapid-Automatized-Naming-357x250.png)
"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...
![Dyslexia and Accelerated Reader [Premium]](https://www.dyslexicadvantage.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Accelerated-Reader-400x250.jpg)
Accelerated Reader (AR) is a popular computer-based reading program. It does not remediate students with dyslexia. It just offers books at different levels and nudges students to an "appropriate level of challenge," in addition to offering comprehension tests to check...
![The Strange Case of Reading Small Words [Premium]](https://www.dyslexicadvantage.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Strange-Case-2-400x250.jpg)
A parent may notice it first in a beginning reader or an adult who finds it exasperating when trying read aloud - why is it that the "small words" are so easy to skip or misread? It is a sign of dyslexia? The skipping or misreading of small words can be...
If dyslexic students are struggling to decode words, a program of intensive structured literacy will help - but help with phonological awareness may not be sufficient to help them become fluent readers. Why? Because reading fluency, or the ability to read with...
![Reading Fluency for College [Premium]](https://www.dyslexicadvantage.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Reading-Fluency-2-400x250.jpg)
Recently we were contacted by a student who wanted to improve his reading fluency before attending college. He had completed a full course of "Wilson and Orton-Gillingham" yet his reading was still slow and effortful. He asked, "Is there anything I can do to improve...
![White Noise Improves Reading Skills and Memory in Reading Disabilities [Premium]](https://www.dyslexicadvantage.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/White-noise-2-400x250.jpg)
Some of you may remember research in the past that showed that individuals with dyslexia have more difficulty screening out background noise (discussed in the news HERE). Students or adults with this difficulty can usually request quiet area for work or test-taking...
![Dyslexia and Social Studies [Premium]](https://www.dyslexicadvantage.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Screen-Shot-2021-09-07-at-6.15.03-PM-400x250.png)
Many dyslexic students are natural storytellers and may even have a passion for history and analyzing various aspects of society and social change. As a subject Social Studies can be difficult for dyslexic students, so the question is how to build on strengths, but bypass challenges due to extensive reading and writing demands, and rote […]
![Daydreaming While Reading [Premium]](https://www.dyslexicadvantage.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/daydream-400x250.jpg)
"There are certain half-dreaming moods of mind in which we naturally steal away from noise and glare, and seek some quiet haunt where we may indulge our reveries and build our air castles undisturbed.” - Washington Irving Daydreaming holds a curious position in...
![The Way of Resilient Readers: Vocabulary and Morphology [Premium]](https://www.dyslexicadvantage.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Morphology-400x250.jpg)
There are many informal terms that have come into literature to describe "compensated" dyslexic readers. We coined the term stealth dyslexia to call attention to their pattern on psychometric tests; stealth dyslexics often had this compensated reading pattern where...
![Learning Irregular Words: Activities and Games [Premium]](https://www.dyslexicadvantage.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Irregular-Words-e1628449891961-400x250.jpg)
Irregular words don't fit the standard sounding out convention, but because they can occur commonly in text, they need additional practice to be recognized quickly. How do you help students practice, but not be guilty of "drill and kill"? Rote memorization is...
"My mind is very visual: I can see anything in pictures, and I always visualize things. I can’t help it. It’s how I’m wired. So whatever you talk about, I’ll see pictures in my head. Very vivid, colorful, lifelike pictures. They aren’t still pictures. I can make them...
![Clever Ways To Practice Repeated Reading [Premium]](https://www.dyslexicadvantage.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Repeated-Reading-400x250.png)
It was in the late 1970's that educational researchers began to question the practice of reading aloud different tasks as a way to make children more fluent readers. With this approach, every new day saw new challenges reading aloud for struggling readers so that they...
