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by Fernette Eide | | Accommodations, Education, Learning, Memory, Premium, Premium Content, Social and Emotional, Teachers, Testing
When researchers compared high IQ and average test subjects in a learning paradigm, the results were surprising. In some areas high IQ individuals work less, as might be expected by the idea that higher IQ people have more efficient brains for learning tasks, but in... ![Breaking Research : Dyslexia in Adolescents and Adults [Premium]](https://old.dyslexicadvantage.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Screen-Shot-2019-10-08-at-4.23.50-PM.jpg)
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... ![Processing Speed & Writing [PREMIUM]](https://old.dyslexicadvantage.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Screen-Shot-2019-08-30-at-10.47.06-AM.jpg)
by Dyslexic Advantage Team | | Dysgraphia, dyslexia, Premium, Premium Content, Strategies, Teaching, Writing
Question: I know my son’s processing speed is slow from his testing, but how slow should his speed on something like writing take? My son has slow processing speed, dyslexia, dysgraphia and a loose attention control system – but how long should it take him to write a... ![[PREMIUM] Gifted with ADHD: How We Asked for Extended Time & a Better Schedule](https://old.dyslexicadvantage.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Screen-Shot-2019-08-30-at-12.24.34-PM.jpg)
by Dyslexic Advantage Team | | Accommodations, ADD / ADHD, dyslexia, Education, Gifted, Premium, Premium Content, Strategies, Teaching
The road to advocacy has many twists and turns so if your student has moderate to severe difficulties with processing speed, be prepared to be nimble and responsive to challenges that arise. In our previous newsletter, we mentioned some of the advocacy that Laura and... ![Moving to learn: The UPSIDE to Fidgeting [Premium]](https://old.dyslexicadvantage.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/shutterstock_331750409.jpg)
by Sarah from Dyslexic Advantage | | ADD / ADHD, dyslexia, Learning, Premium, Premium Content, Research
Researchers from Florida presented visually dramatic evidence of the difference in ADHD student hyperactivity dependng on the task at hand. 52 boys ages 8 to 12 were studied. 32 had ADHD and 30 served as controls. 44% of ADHD students had been prescribed stimulant...
