• What is Dyslexia?

    What is Dyslexia?

    Upon completion of this section, you will

    • Understand the current definition of dyslexia
    • Identify the core components of dyslexia
    • Understand some of the common myths surrounding dyslexia
    • Know how the reading systems in the dyslexic and non-dyslexic brain differ
    • Be able to identify the indicators of dys

  • What is Dyslexia?

    What is Dyslexia?

     

  • The Role of the Speech-Language Pathologist

    This is a very exciting time to work with a speech-language pathologist (SLP) if your child has difficulties with listening, speaking, reading, spelling, and/or writing.

  • Dyslexia and Intervention

    Dyslexia and school

    Upon completion of this section, you will

    • Understand how reading affects learning in different subjects
    • Be aware of the strengths of dyslexics
    • Know to incorporate Universal Design concepts into your classroom
    • Be familiar with general classroom

  • Spelling

    Language skills play an important role in spelling.

    Upon completion of this section, you will:

    • Discover that phonemic awareness and the alphabetic principle are important skills for spelling, and may cause dyslexics to struggle
    • Understand that spelling is a multi-element language skill, not simply a visual memory task

    Like reading, we once had the misconc

  • Experts

    We are fortunate to have many individuals around the country and the globe working to answer questions about the diagnosis and treatment of dyslexia and language disabilities. We intend to reach out to these researchers and practitioners for first-hand information about the state-of-the-art in the field.

    Stay tuned to DyslexiaHelp for this development.

  • Clues to Dyslexia

    Dyslexia Checklist

    Upon completion of this section, you will:

    • Be able to identify behaviors that may indicate that you have dyslexia or a language-based learning disability
    • Understand the importance of both the presence of the behaviors, and their occurrence patterns

    Identify and understand typical behaviors of dyslexia

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  • Writing

    A child who cannot read cannot write.

    Upon completion of this section, you will:

    • Know that along with reading, dyslexics often struggle with writing because they have difficulty identifying sounds, and thus spelling words

    To write we need knowledge of our language

    Johnson & Myklebust (1967) discussed the connections between writing and oral language and no

  • What is Dyslexia?

    What is Dyslexia?

    Upon completion of this section, you will:

    • Understand the current definition of dyslexia
    • Identify the core components of dyslexia
    • Understand some of the common myths surrounding dyslexia
    • Know how the reading systems in the dyslexic and non-dyslexic brain differ
    • Be able to identify the indicators of dy

  • Reading program components