by Bob Almack | Oct 23, 2013 | Dyslexia, General, Reading Fluency
Many of our students’ reading disabilities are described by Dr Stanislas Dehaene in his book Reading In The Brain ” …. visualspatial attention is of paramount importance to the normal development of reading. Good decoding skills do not arise from...
by Bob Almack | Oct 9, 2013 | Dyslexia, General, Reading Fluency
I received this email from Lisa in Virginia. I have posted it with her permission. As a parent of a daughter who is dyslexic, I have been researching and trying to understand what my daughter is going through. I read an autobiography of Susan Hampshire, an actress...
by Bob Almack | Oct 4, 2013 | Dyslexia, General, Reading Fluency
” Reading levels in children may be more likely to predict future income than socioeconomic status at birth, psychologists from the University of Edinburgh found. In a recent study published in Psychological Science, they compared socioeconomic and academic data...
by Bob Almack | Oct 1, 2013 | Dyslexia
This smart, right brain dominant grade three boy shows some of the gifts of dyslexia. In this case this child shows exceptional creativity and spatial awareness. This child is home schooled because his mom and dad do not believe his local school will be able help him...
