Dyslexia and fishy oil

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Here is an Oxford researcher who claims that a rich Omega 3 diet is key to fighting dyslexia.

The University of Oxford conducted a pilot study, which found that it was possible to improve the reading abilities of children by giving them supplements of DHA. A larger replication study is currently underway to try to confirm this finding.

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New view on genetic origin of Dyslexia

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A study conducted by researchers from IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital and Vita-Salute San Raffaele University in Milan has shed new light on the understanding of dyslexia and cognitive disorder genetic origin in the developmental age. The study was published in the international journal Cortex.

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How your child with dyslexia works on Math

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Although closely related, not all children with dyslexia also suffer from dyscalculia and vice versa, but now researchers have found that dyslectic children use the same part of their brain for both addition and subtraction. Other children use different parts of the brain for these different operations. It explains why children with dyslexia will also have some other learning issues.

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Dyslexia tutoring, go back to basics

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For many years, dyslexia was viewed simply as a reading disorder, rather than a multi-faceted neurological condition that can combine auditory, visual and memory-based language difficulties. As a result, many of the programmes for dyslexic children were fixated on phonics and distinguishing between the smallest sounds (phonemes) that go to make up words.

 

Phonics are one side of a very complex story. It’s become increasingly apparent that dyslexia can manifest as a range of symptoms. These overlap with other disorders such as dyspraxia and dysgraphia because many of the same brain areas are involved.

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