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New app to detect dyslexia
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A great tool to develop dyslexia has been developed. Children can play the game and the app can provide insight in how they are doing and if they are at risk of having dyslexia.
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80% of dyslectic kids are not detected
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Schools in England are failing to diagnose at least 80% of pupils who have dyslexia, according to a report. So the question would be how that is different in the US.
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Early intervention is so important
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The most effective intervention is early, hopefully before the child reaches second grade. But, even before they enter school, they will exhibit some clues. They may have trouble learning to speak and doing such things as learning nursery rhymes as a result of memory and attention span difficulties. Kids with dyslexia also have difficulty recognizing letters and sounds, reading comprehension, and have poor spelling and letter recognition.
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Detecting Dyslexia Earlier
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Dyslexia makes reading a struggle for millions of people, but the learning disability is rarely diagnosed before age seven. Now, a team of educators and scientists led by UConn professors has made a game-like app that could help teachers identify younger kids at risk
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Know the signs and get tested
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Dyslexia can impact a student’s learning in every part of a classroom and it can even affect adults in the workplace in areas including:
- Writing: not being able to find the right word, difficulty getting ideas on paper.
- Listening: distracting background noises, problems taking notes.
- Spelling: similar sounds causing confusion, can’t remember what words look like.
- Reading: needing to constantly re-read, moving or overlapping text.
- Motor control: handwriting difficulties, difficulty copying.
- Memory difficulties: dates, phone numbers, alphabet.
- Spatial: left/right confusion, easily getting lost.
A child can get tested for dyslexia as young as five-years-old. The earlier it’s caught, the better their lives can be in the future.
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