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by Fernette Eide | | Accommodations, Advocacy, IEP, Parents, Psychology, Research, School, Social and Emotional, Teachers
In one of the largest surveys of Dyslexic school children across the United States to date (Dyslexia at School Survey, Dyslexic Advantage), an overwhelming majority (76%) reported that their public school students were routinely assigned work they couldn’t possibly... ![Teaching Common Core Academic Vocabulary to Students with Dyslexia [Premium]](https://old.dyslexicadvantage.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Screen-Shot-2019-10-22-at-11.57.47-AM.png)
by Fernette Eide | | Premium, Premium Content, Teachers
Academic Vocabulary are words that usually appear in higher educational settings or advanced texts rather than everyday conversational speech. Before the Common Core, most language arts programs had little emphasis on explicit teaching of academic words, but direct... ![Executive Function: What Smart People Do Differently While Learning [Premium]](https://old.dyslexicadvantage.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/woman-thinking-our-shutterstock.jpg)
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... ![What is Dyscalculia? – Fast Facts [Premium]](https://old.dyslexicadvantage.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/unsplash-math.png)
by Fernette Eide | | Accommodations, Advocacy, Dyscalculia, Education, Math, Premium, Premium Content, Teachers
“There is nothing in the IDEA that would prohibit the use of the terms dyslexia, dyscalculia, and dysgraphia in IDEA evaluation, eligibility determinations, or IEP documents.” – Michael Yudin, Department of Education “Dyscalculia is not... 
by Dyslexic Advantage Team | | dyslexia, Teachers, Teaching
In our one of our Premium magazine issue, we wrote about the scientific basis of late blooming and why dyslexics students – and gifted dyslexic students in particular are likely to be this way. Shelley Wear, a long-time Dyslexic Advantage volunteer and teacher... 
by Dyslexic Advantage Team | | dyslexia, Spelling, Teachers
Great question. The degree of accommodations and or modifications should be individualized. SPELLCHECK Severely dyslexic students may need to dictate written work or keyboard work using spelling check. One favorite teacher of ours told us that she had a breakthrough...
