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Learning Difficulties examined

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After a brief explanation of learning difficulties, among which Dyslexia, the blog goes on to find that Psychotherapy may be useful in helping people with Learning difficulties.

The argument is that both the person who faces learning difficulties and their family members will need to learn coping skills for the difficulty as well as emotionally.

Learning difficulties are most often present over an entire lifetime, so learning effective and appropriate methods of coping are essential to successful management.

Psychotherapy and the teaching of behavioural strategies or techniques, often work best for individuals who struggle with learning difficulties.

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Dyslexic helps dyslexics

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A University of Derby student inspired by her own experience to examine the challenges dyslexic students face at University, was surprised and delighted to see her research published in a top psychological journal.

BSc (Hons) Psychology graduate Julianne Kinder, 41, from Belper, struggled with reading and writing throughout school but was only diagnosed with  after she began an Access to Higher Education course at the University of Derby in 2006.

Although she received support throughout her studies, Julianne still faced daily challenges producing written assignments. On discovering there was a  in knowledge about this particular aspect of the condition, she embarked on a study investigating how dyslexic students approach written university assignments.

The original study, completed as her final year dissertation, was accepted into theBritish Journal of Educational Psychology and published this month (June 2012).

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Forget memory training

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New research shows that training of the short term memory to aid problems like Dyslexia, is not working. The only thing it will do is help with the specific task that was trained but it will not improve verbal skills, attention, reading or arithmetic.

So much for all the newly developed computer programs that claim to train short term memory to help Dyslexia. The research was done by researchers from the University of Oslo and University College London and examined 23 different peer reviewed studies that support these new findings.

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Dyslectics read better on mobile screens?

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A new study shows that people with Dyslexia can read better when they read content on a small screen from a mobile device.

Already in the 1980s there was research from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.on a related issue. The MIT cognitive scientists found dyslexics tend to have a broader visual span or peripheral vision than non-dyslexics. Participants in the 1980s study who read through a “window” cut into a piece of paper reported improved comprehension because the technique focused their attention.

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Free Q&A Service, Encouraging Parents and Teachers to ask Dyslexia Related Questions

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Seeing the gap between what is known about dyslexia and remediation in Science, and what is understood about the subject by parents and teachers, Dynaread Special Education Corporation has launched a free online Q&A service. Dynaread hopes to help bridge the gap of science versus public dyslexia understanding by offering people the ability to get answers to their dyslexia related questions.

 

Dynaread has a team of reading specialists who can assist parents and teachers by providing them with answers to their reading remediation related questions. A simple to use online web form at https://dynaread.com/service/askQuestionForm is all it takes to get into contact with Dynaread?s team of reading specialists and ask a question about dyslexia.

 

With 5-10% of children struggling with reading, dyslexia is an issue facing many parents and teachers. Though a neurological issue, completely unrelated to intelligence, many people misunderstand what dyslexia is, and not being able to properly read has caused pain and embarrassment for parents and children alike.

 

Dekkers, CEO of Dynaread, states: ?At the annual IDA conference in Chicago a few months ago, I had the opportunity to personally meet one of America?s leading pioneers in dyslexia research and advocacy, Dr. Sylvia O. Richardson, MD, former President of the International Dyslexia Association . As someone who is passionate about helping struggling readers myself, I asked her what she could challenge me with. She stated: ?In spite of all the efforts of the International Dyslexia Association, all the advancements in reading sciences, and all our current understanding in reading disorders, this information has not yet reached the general public, nor our educational institutions.?

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Dyslexia still a blight for kids, despite treatment advances

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Despite advances in medical treatments for dyslexia over the past five years, not enough is being done to understand the causes of the condition to help kids struggling to read, concludes a seminarpublished online in The Lancet today.

Most children are only diagnosed with dyslexia after they have experienced serious difficulties in school, at a time when it is much harder for them to master new skills, and this could be thwarting their ability to fully realise their potential, say the authors.

“Professionals should not wait until children are formally diagnosed with dyslexia or experience repeated failures before implementation of reading treatment, because remediation is less effective than early intervention”, explain Robin Peterson and Bruce Pennington from the University of Denver in Colorado, USA.

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