Dyslexia before you are born?

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New research from the University of Helsinki suggests that humans begin to distinguish between sounds before they are even born. Eino Partanen and colleagues explored how prenatal experiences influence learning. “We wanted to find out what kind of material foetuses can learn in the womb, what kind of neural representations they form,” he said.

Can this be developed into any kind of therapy or intervention for infants? Partanen thinks so. Problems such as dyslexia, he thinks, could be approached at a much earlier level. Although there is no way of knowing whether a baby is going to develop dyslexia, with some degree there are factors that you can look into to see whether or not they are at risk. Dyslexia is partly genetic, for example. In this case, prenatal therapy could be developed for risk groups in order to facilitate learning.

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A new Dyslexia Documentary

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Embracing Dyslexia is a documentary film that will help educators and parents understand what dyslexia is, explain why it is important for students struggling with reading, writing, and spelling to be screened for dyslexia as early as possible, and show the effect proper tutoring and classroom accommodations can have on the ability for these students to have a chance at being successful in school.

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Dyslexia 101

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“Parents need to be concerned when children are not making adequate educational progress,” says Michael Assel, PhD, associate professor of pediatrics and a staff psychologist for the Children’s Learning Institute at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth). “Essentially, we are talking about a child who is struggling in a content area important for school, typically reading, math or written language.”

Before jumping to conclusions, Assel cautions parents to consider an important issue when thinking about learning differences in their child. “One of the first things that must be considered is the educational environment,” he says. “We want to ensure that a child has had appropriate exposure to quality teaching. For example, it would be unfair to describe a child as having a disability in the area of reading unless that child has been provided with appropriate instruction in [that subject].”

When parents become certain the educational environment is not the problem, then it’s time to confront the possibility that their child might have a learning disability.

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School with a separate wing for children with Dyslexia

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Here is a school that opens a whole wing for children with Dyslexia. The good news is that they apparently recognize the enormous need there is for qualified support for children with Dyslexia. The question I’m raising, without knowing the school program at all, is that a separate wing may put too much emphasis on the learning disability and not recognize that the children should grow up among their peers without Dyslexia.

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LearningAbledKids helping kids with Dyslexia

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A new website has been launched with someone eager to help you figure how to help your child educationally, to figure out how meet his specific needs, and to help you create an educational synergy that will enable your child to learn successfully.  Whether you homeschool, doubt you can  homeschool, or really, really want to continue working with the school, you’ll need to make a plan for properly meeting your child’s educational needs.

They are developing a step-by-step guide for how to homeschool and/or help your child overcome learning disabilities. Thus, the site is not yet fully ready to provide you with the upcoming step-by-step guide.  However, updates are under way.

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