Lots of the top 100 most frequently used words in English have at least one irregular spelling element. These words are not only common words …
The Lexercise Dyslexia Test combines two separate assessments to pinpoint a child’s ability to read words. One of them is the San Diego Quick Assessment (SDQA); the …
Several months ago, in a post called “On Teachers and Teaching,” I talked about some of the challenges faced by classroom teachers whose students might …
In our dyslexia illustration, the visible portion of the iceberg includes the symptoms that parents and teachers most clearly observe in young readers, with the “above-the-surface” amount varying significantly among individuals. The part of the iceberg under water includes language processing difficulties not readily observable to parents and teachers – problems that can be revealed only through a language-processing evaluation.
For many parents, one of the confusing issues regarding dyslexia is understanding the importance of speech sounds. While dyslexic children have difficulty reading words, their …
There’s an alphabet soup of terms referring to children who don’t learn at the same rate as their peers: developmental disability*, learning disability, special needs, …
The new Lexercise Screener combines two separate assessments to pinpoint a child’s ability to read words. One of them is the San Diego Quick Assessment …