Dyslexia

Dyslexia afflicts about 40 million adults and children in the US. some cases, the condition is not easily detected until screening is conducted. Surprisingly, adults at work aren't aware they have dyslexia, and if they do, they keep it a well-guarded secret. It is hard to figure out if the employee who's behind his job in the workplace has dyslexia. No assistance can be forthcoming until the individual undergoes screening for dyslexia. Online screening and support offered by service providers can assist dyslexic adults cope at work. Management should provide programs to help potential dyslexics with their jobs and reach their full potential. Helping ... Read Full Story

Dyslexia has been little understood or noted for most of recorded history. Almost all of the recorded history of dyslexia has been in the last 25 years. Dyslexics learn differently. Their eyes see the same but their brains interpret the signals from the eyes differently than those of non-dyslexics. It’s O.K., many famous people have been dyslexic. But to reach full potential they need to be taught differently, according to their needs. In the last 15 years elementary school procedure has been to routinely screen for learning disabilities dyslexia . Practically all who had problems with reading were selected to go through a full-scale ... Read Full Story

Dyslexia is a neurological condition that prevents the signals that are received from the eyes to be clearly interpreted by the brain. As a result, dyslexics (people with dyslexia) see things differently. Dyslexics need special training to be able to interpret what they see in ways that let them extract the necessary info to be able to interpret them correctly. Dyslexia usually shows up first in reading problems. When someone reads, they are interpreting symbols on paper into words or thoughts. If they read aloud, they are converting symbols on paper into spoken words with their appropriate and correct sounds. Reading silently, they are ... Read Full Story

www.lindamoodbell.com offer on-site learning centers, professional development for schools and other educational programs. Collectively, these programs are designed to address reading comprehension problems and to improve reading phonics , reading skills and writing skills in our students, and to enhance reading instruction, reading process and writing strategies at the professional level. Our reading programs are designed to enhance reading fluency, reading process, reading phonics and overall reading skills. Entertaining reading activities are employed to help children with reading difficulties. Our reading specialists and reading strategies help solve reading difficulties and can even prevent reading difficulties in young children. They ultimately provide a foundation for ... Read Full Story

As Published: Ld-Online.org Washington Parent Magazine Imagery The Sensory-Cognitive Connection for Math Nanci Bell and Kimberly TuleY http://www.lindamoodbell.com/ Why can’t everyone think with numbers? Why do some children learn math readily, handle money and time concepts with ease, retain information from year to year, and think with numbers effortlessly? What cognitive processes do some have that others do not? Mathematics is cognitive process-thinking-that requires the dual coding of imagery and language. Imagery is fundamental to the process of thinking with numbers. Albert Einstein, whose theories of relativity helped explain our universe, used imagery as the base for his mental processing and problem solving. Perhaps he summarized the importance of ... Read Full Story