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Baboons can recognize scores of written words, distinguishing them from non-words, a feat that raises intriguing questions about how we learn to read, scientists reported. The experiment points to visual-attention shortfalls, rather than problems in the brain with speaking or hearing, as an explanation for dyslexia in children.
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These days, it’s not uncommon to hear about dyslexia or other learning disabilities.
But when The Reading Group began its work to help children with dyslexia and other challenges, people tended to think of it as a disease for a doctor to treat, said Marilyn Kay, the organization’s founder and its former executive director.
Research and common knowledge about the subject have come a long way in the last 40 years, she said, and so has The Reading Group.
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Oscar winning Filmmakers Alan and Susan Raymond examine the complexities of the dyslexic brain, showing how it is structured differently, and debunk myths and misperceptions about dyslexia in the HBO2 documentary JOURNEY INTO DYSLEXIA. Dr. Margie Gillis will speak following the presentation of the film. She received her Doctorate of Education from the University of Louisville in Special Education, where she began her work training teachers of reading. She is President of Literacy How, Inc. and Director of Haskins Literacy Initiative, which promotes the science of teaching reading through professional development and classroom support for teachers. There will be a Q&A following the talk.
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A school which helps children with dyslexia and associated conditions back into mainstream education has been rated outstanding.
The Unicorn School, in Abingdon, is the latest special school in Oxfordshire to be given Ofsted’s highest accolade.
Following a recent inspection, the independent school was given an outstanding rating in every category.
At least eight special schools in Oxfordshire now have Ofsted’s highest rating, including Northern House School, in Summertown, Oxford, where pupils have behavioural, emotional and social difficulties, Swalcliffe Park School, near Banbury, which looks after children with autism, and Penhurst School, in Chipping Norton, where many of the children have complex medical needs on top of profound learning difficulties.
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Today\’s Presentation. 1. Providing a Conceptual, Research-Based Model for Diagnosis and Treatment of 4 specific learning disabilities2. Diagnostic Flow Charts for each specific learning disability3. Treatment Implications4. Problem Solving Consultation with Teachers5. Building Trusting, Caring, Culturally Sensitive Home-School Connections.
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CHURCHFIELDS Academy is celebrating being awarded a Dyslexia Friendly Quality Mark.
The award is given only to those schools that can demonstrate their total commitment to making sure that the whole school is welcoming and supportive to all pupils with dyslexia, and has built in dyslexia-friendly systems and teaching right across the school.
It is awarded by the British Dyslexia Association, and the award to Churchfields Academy is one of the first to a mainstream school in Swindon.
Headteacher Steve Flavin said: “I’m delighted we have been awarded the Dyslexia Friendly Quality Mark.
“Churchfields is striving to become the best school in Swindon, as demonstrated by school league tables showing that our pupils make better progress than any other school in the town, and we are pleased that our efforts are being recognised by national bodies such as the British Dyslexia Association.
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