Dyslexic Kids Show Brain Changes at an Early Age

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Young children at risk for developing dyslexia showed abnormalities on functional MRI (fMRI) brain scans even before they began learning to read, researchers found.

Children who have a family history of developmental dyslexia showed significantly lower activation of the bilateral occipitotemporal and left temporoparietal regions (P<0.005) on fMRI than controls, according to Nadine Gaab, MD, of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., and colleagues.

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Pain, skin protection and dyslexia

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Dyslexia is a developmental disability which can hinder a child’s learning to read and write, and sometimes speak.

The severity can be mild or severe, but the sooner its diagnosed, the better a child can develop.

Now researchers say brain MRI’s can spot dyslexia before a child starts school.

Thirty-six preschool-age children were studied. Those with a family history of dyslexia had reduced brain activity when compared with the control group children.

Since developmental dyslexia responds to early intervention, diagnosing children at risk before or during kindergarten could head off difficulties and frustration in school.

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Participants Needed for NYC Dyslexia Research

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Are you interested in participating in research about DYSLEXIA?

Language researchers at Brooklyn College and The Graduate Center are looking for:
• People who ONLY HAVE dyslexia
• People who HAVE dyslexia as well as another learning disability or multiple learning disabilities (ADD/ADHD, dyscalculia, dysgraphia, etc.)
• People who DO NOT have dyslexia, but have a PARENT, SIBLING, or CHILD with dyslexia

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Computer Game to Test Vision in Children

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Researchers from the University of Tennessee Space Institute are developing a device which should make eye exams in children a whole lot simpler. The device is called the Dynamic Ocular Evaluation System (DOES) and it can screen the eyes for abnormalities, while the children watch a cartoon or play a computer game.

Good vision screening in children can detect all kinds of vision disorders. If unnoticed, these disorders can lead to learning disabilities, such as dyslexia. Currently the researchers are testing how the results of DOES compare against traditional eye exams. In any case, they already have the industry interested in taking the device to market.

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Coronado special education teacher receives state innovator award

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Multiple circumstances in Gail Douglas’ life led her to become a special education teacher.

She had been diagnosed with dyslexia. Her mother was a speech pathologist, and her father was a social worker.

For the past 16 years, she taught job skills and life skills to her Coronado High School special education students while making them a part of the school environment.

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Dyslexia caught, treated early can give a child success

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Dyslexia affects one out of every five children. Despite the prevalence of this learning disability, the word dyslexia is still a cause of confusion.

A common misconception is that dyslexia is a problem with flipping letters. To add to the confusion, the education systems in the U.S. take different approaches to this reading and spelling disorder. For example, Texas, screens all struggling readers for dyslexia, while in Idaho, dyslexia is not a term commonly used. Teachers and specialists in Idaho use the term Specific Learning Disability to define a child with reading and spelling deficits despite adequate intelligence and adequate instruction.

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