After a period of peer review, the draft Dyslexia Delphi Study papers released last year, have now been finalised. The researchers have undertaken some minor changes and the completed papers have now been published in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and the Dyslexia Journal.
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A new bill under consideration in the Illinois Statehouse would require students to be screened for dyslexia to attend a public school.
Senate Bill 1672 would require students to be tested for dyslexia as early as kindergarten through third grade, beginning with the 2025-2026 school year.
The bill was introduced in February by Sen. Christopher Belt (D-E. St. Louis) and is currently being processed by the committee.
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ADHD, dyslexia, and dyscalculia often co-occur, and the underlying continuous traits are correlated (ADHD symptoms, reading, spelling, and math skills). This may be explained by trait-to-trait causal effects, shared genetic and environmental factors, or both. We studied a sample of ≤ 19,125 twin children and 2,150 siblings from the Netherlands Twin Register, assessed at ages 7 and 10. Children with a condition, compared to those without that condition, were 2.1 to 3.1 times more likely to have a second condition. Still, most children (77.3%) with ADHD, dyslexia, or dyscalculia had just one condition. Cross-lagged modeling suggested that reading causally influences spelling (β = 0.44). For all other trait combinations, cross-lagged modeling suggested that the trait correlations are attributable to genetic influences common to all traits, rather than causal influences. Thus, ADHD, dyslexia, and dyscalculia seem to co-occur because of correlated genetic risks, rather than causality.
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A new documentary is out that spotlights a group of mothers in their journey to help their children with dyslexia get a proper education.
The film, ‘Left Behind,’ was made with the goal to open a New York City-based school specifically focused on helping children with dyslexia.
It worked, which led to the South Bronx Literacy Academy opening in 2023.
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Only 1 in 5 Dyslexics believe their workplace understands their strengths: how leaders can better understand Dyslexic Thinking skills – and how to leverage them
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