Project-Based Learning for Dyslexic Students [Premium]

Project-Based Learning for Dyslexic Students [Premium]

by | May 4, 2020 | , , , , ,

Related to the issue of digital portfolios is project-based learning. On the opposite page, there are quick reviews between learning through projects and true project-based learning or PBL. With PBL, the students assume a central role in the direction of the project and the end goal is to publish the project to the real world and not fill in checklists and answer to questions designed by a teacher. As it turns out, project-based learning is often a great fit for developing dyslexic MIND strengths (Material Reasoning, Interconnected Reasoning, Narrative Reasoning, Dynamic Reasoning) and as Kyle mentioned is a good fit for deep big picture thinkers who have the potential to ask good questions and see problems from multiple perspectives. Project-based learning also puts the focus […]

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Sneaky Ways to Help with the Dyslexia-Related Long Word Challenges [Premium]

Sneaky Ways to Help with the Dyslexia-Related Long Word Challenges [Premium]

by | Apr 23, 2020 | , , , , ,

It’s not your imagination – it’s much harder for most children and adults with dyslexia to learn long words – and it has nothing to do with intelligence. The sneaky reason is that for most dyslexic people, learning a random sequence of sounds puts more demands on those phonological processing pathways in the brain that once made it hard to learn to read. It’s good to be aware of this difficulty and also know that it has no relationship to things like creative insight or problem solving ability, which might be sky high. It does mean that for certain subjects – like science vocabulary, geography place names, long people and place names in literature, and foreign languages, extra care and time may be necessary to […]

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Surviving College: Gifted Dyslexic Students Share Tips [Premium]

Surviving College: Gifted Dyslexic Students Share Tips [Premium]

by | Apr 21, 2020 | , , , , , ,

When we had a clinic, some of the best study strategy advice came through talking to our gifted students…especially as we saw them over the course of years. Recently, I noticed a research paper by Reis et al. in Gifted Child Quarterly that had a number of great student insights that I thought would be fun to share. The first surprise I had reading the paper was to learn how many students had wished they had been formally taught study skills. Some were downright critical of the work they had done in LD pullouts in high school. “I will complain to this day about high school and how they don’t teach study skills…This is the first time in my freshman year that I had to […]

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Falling in Love with Film: Steven Spielberg [Premium]

Falling in Love with Film: Steven Spielberg [Premium]

by | Apr 3, 2020 | , , , ,

https://youtu.be/KB8D29S3wMc “Most of my life has been spent in the dark watching movies. Movies have been the literature of my life. The literature of Irving Thalberg’s generation was books and plays. They read the great words of great minds. And I think in our romance with technology and our excitement at exploring all the possibilities of film and video, we’ve partially lost something that we now have to reclaim. I think it’s time to renew our romance with the word… only a generation of readers will spawn a generation of writers.” It may surprise some readers to learn that so many dyslexic people fall in love with words and stories, but it’s much more common than people think -all this despite the ways that words […]

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

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

by | Mar 24, 2020 | , , , , ,

“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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Q & A: Map Testing

Q & A: Map Testing

by | Mar 3, 2020 | , ,

Across the United States, millions of K-12 school children take the NWEA MAP or Measures of Academic Progress tests. Using a computerized adaptive test it assesses math and reading in the early grades, and language usage and science for older students. By having...

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