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How Dyslexia Changes at Different Ages [Premium]

by Fernette Eide | | Assessment, Being Dyslexic, Education, Memory, Premium, Premium Content, Reading, Stealth Dyslexia, Writing

With all of the advances in our understanding of early intervention, dyslexia in older students and young adults often gets short shrift. The paper by Dr. Kathleen Niesen and colleagues has some interesting findings that have important points for identification,...

Breaking Research : Dyslexia in Adolescents and Adults [Premium]

by Fernette Eide | | Accommodations, Assessment, Being Dyslexic, Dyslexic Advantages, Education, N Strengths, Premium, Premium Content, Professionals, Psychology, Reading, Stealth Dyslexia

An important paper was published this month from the University of Washington, entitled “Evidence-Based Reading and Writing Assessment for Dyslexia in Adolescents and Young Adults.” The paper is especially important guiding testing professionals who assess teens and...

Response to Intervention RTI Hurts Students with Dyslexia

by Fernette Eide | | Advocacy, Assessment, Dyslexia Laws, Parents, Professionals, Psychology, RTI, School, Teachers

RTI or Response To Intervention is currently the dominant approach to reading instruction in public schools across the United States (over 70% of school districts), but in a just-released progress report funded by the Department of Education from the Institute of...

Dyslexic Master Montessori Teacher ALISON AWES [Premium]

by Dyslexic Advantage Team | | Accommodations, Advocacy, Assessment, Attention, creativity, Curriculum, dyslexia, Education, Premium, Premium Content, School, Teachers, Teaching

I recently had a chance to talk with Master Montessori Teacher Alison Awes who is based at the Montessori Training Center of Minnesota. Alison is dyslexic herself and she has written about how Montessori instruction can support dyslexic students. Alison is also...

All 50 States Approved Assessment Tools for Schools

by Fernette Eide | | Assessment

Here is a list of state-approved educational assessment tools (from March 2016). You can check whether specific early reading or dyslexia screeners are listed for your state. Because policies change rapidly, check with your local school district for the latest...

WHAT YOU CAN LEARN FROM A CHILD’S WRITING [Premium]

by Sarah from Dyslexic Advantage | | Accommodations, Apps, Assessment, Dysgraphia, Premium, Premium Content, Strategies, Writing

There are many skills that are required to write by hand. Besides having an idea and being able to organize it into words, there’s remembering the motor, kinesthetic, and visual sequences of letters and words and being able to discern similar and dissimilar sounds...