Please remember a learning difficulty is never black and white. Your young child is an individual, different to you and every other child. They may be displaying some, many or all of the following traits. Here’s what you can look for. Place a marker in the box if you believe...
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Touch Type Read Spell for Adults Case Study – Brian Playford Brian has now read over 120 books since using Touch-type Read and Spell. Two years ago, on his 70th birthday, Brian Playford’s wife gave him a computer, and his TTRS journey began. An accomplished and award winning engineer, Brian...
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Physical Abuse and Dyslexia One third of adults with dyslexia report they were physically abused during their childhood A recent news and media article from Toronto, Ontario, Canada – Adults who have dyslexia are much more likely to report they were physically abused before they turned 18 than their peers without...
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Having a formal diagnosis of your child’s learning disability is a must if you want to ensure your child has access to all the educational considerations that are available to them. As parents this is an important part of ensuring your child is provided with the best possible opportunity to...
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This article was provided courtesy of Prof. John Stein and the Dyslexia Research Trust Can Dyslexia Be Cured? It makes no sense to talk of ‘cure’ when dyslexia is not a disease. Dyslexics simply have different brains that find reading difficult, just as some of us find piano playing difficult....
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The day you were bord I marvelled at how perfect you were. You had 10 toes, 10 fingers, deep indigo eyes, a round button nose and the miracle is……. you were part of me....
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A Question From A Parent Question Our young son has been diagnosed with ‘Dyslexia’ and is struggling at school. The hardest thing we are having trouble with is his constant ‘getting in trouble’ at school for bad behaviour and lying constantly. Is this also part of the dyslexic behaviour? We...
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Specialised schools for children with dyslexia – USA The Charles Armstrong School Belmont, California www.charlesarmstrong.org The Park Century School Los Angeles, California www.parkcenturyschool.org The Summit School Los Angeles, California www.thesummitschool.org The Prentice School Santa Ana,...
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Why you need to know if your child has a learning disability or not It seems to be a general worldwide trend that there is a reluctance to label children with a specific learning disability and most parents will have their own view on this. The outcome of this reluctance to...
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Dyslexia and School Getting to know a student with a learning disability A teacher is often told they have child with a learning disability in their class, but not what this means in any detail for the child or for the teacher. It is important that teachers have a complete...
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