Help for struggling readers

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Joan Brennan maintains a blog that provides you with help and resources to work on getting Dyslexia under control or at least have the school districts offer classroom accommodations to your struggling reader. A wonderful initiatives. We have not tested her invented focus reading card yet but we support anyone who raises awareness about Dyslexia.

Read all about it HERE

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Technology for Dyslexia

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Technology can help with fighting your Dyslexia condition. Here is the story from a 16 year old high school student who uses two programs to work through high school.

They are the Kurzweil 3000, a text to speak program, and Bookshare, a free online library of ebooks for people with print disabilities.

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Dyslexia training for teachers needed

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Almost two thirds of parents of dyslexic children (61%) said their child had to wait a year for help after being diagnosed, a report suggests.

Of 450 parents surveyed for the charity Dyslexia Action, 90% said teachers lacked awareness of the condition.

The charity wants dyslexia training for all teachers and a national dyslexia and literacy strategy included in the government’s special needs reforms

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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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