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Home Page | Payne Education Center. Payne Education Center was founded by Ann and John Henry in 1984 to help the 1 in every 5 children who have a "specific reading disability," also known as dyslexia. Since that time, hundreds of dedicated teachers have participated in Payne Education Center’s therapist training in Alphabetic Phonics, a curriculum proven to be effective for teaching dyslexic individuals to read, write and spell. The center is named for Katheryne B. Payne, in recognition of her generous gift to operating funds in 1984. In 1995, Payne Education Center began expanding its training offerings to include a number of Alphabetic Phonics-based curricula appropriate for use in a variety of teaching situations.

Currently, the center provides training in a full-range of language arts programs for use in Kindergarten classes to adult literacy programs. Payne Education Center serves teachers across Oklahoma by regularly offering training in Oklahoma City, Tulsa and Ardmore. The International Dyslexia Association Promoting literacy through research, education and advocacy. Our Products : Orton Gillingham Method : Orton Gillingham Materials : Help for Dyslexia : JWor.com. Visual and Auditory Processing Disorders. By: National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD) Introduction Visual and auditory processing are the processes of recognizing and interpreting information taken in through the senses of sight and sound. The terms, "visual and auditory processing" and "visual and auditory perception", are often used interchangeably. Although there are many types of perception, the two most common areas of difficulty involved with a learning disability are visual and auditory perception.

Since so much information in the classroom and at home is presented visually and/or verbally, the child with an auditory or visual perceptual disorder can be at a disadvantage in certain situations. The following information describes these two types of disorders, their educational implications, some basic interventions and what to do if there is a suspected problem. For the sake of consistency, the terms used in this packet are visual processing disorder and auditory processing disorder. Visual processing disorder. Dyslexia and writing. A teacher's attention is often drawn to a dyslexic child or student by their 'messy' work - short words spelt wrongly, poor handwriting, words crossed out, lack of paragraphs, and incomplete work.

Unfortunately, teachers too frequently come to the conclusion that the child cannot be bothered to make an effort, or is simply stupid. It can come as a surprise to discover that the child is actually quite intelligent, and teachers often conclude that the child must, therefore, be lazy. This is far from the truth. Dyslexic children, teenagers and adults suffer from a range of difficulties which, even with the greatest effort, make writing the most difficult activity they are asked to perform.

There are four main challenges for a dyslexic child: 1. 2. 3. 4. Visual memory weaknesses present particular challenges. Dyslexic children can learn to work out the spellings of words that follow a logical pattern of letter sounds (like 'c-a-t' and 's-i-n-g'). La mia madre desidera andare all'isola. decided. Working with Your Child: Steps to Building Reading Success * The Yale Center For Dyslexia & Creativity. Working with Your Child: Steps to Building Reading Success Modified from Overcoming Dyslexia, by Sally Shaywitz, M.D.

Early good practices enrich learning and develop a foundation for later reading. Try these reading-readiness steps to engage with your child. They're fun to do! Speak directly to your child. Speak slowly and clearly, pronouncing each sound very carefully; you want him to notice each word or word part you say. Exaggerate sounds—for example, mmmman—and have him do the same when he repeats back to you.

Read to your child daily. These games will enrich and help your child develop the foundation for later reading. How to Teach People with Dyslexia. Here's what three experts say: Susan Hall, coauthor of Straight Talk About Reading Question: How do parents know if their child's reading delay is a real problem or simply a "developmental lag? " How long should parents wait before seeking help in their child is struggling with reading?

Answer: Beware of the developmental lag excuse for several reasons. First, I have listened to parent after parent tell me about feeling there was a problem early on, yet being persuaded to discount their intuition and wait to seek help for their child. Later, when they learned time is of the essence in developing reading skills, the parents regretted the lost months or years. Second, research shows that the crucial window of opportunity to deliver help is during the first couple of years of school. Reading researchers say the ideal window of opportunity for addressing reading difficulties is during kindergarten and first grade. Patricia Vail, author of 9 books on Learning Disabilities Dr. Yes. To read Dr. Listen up: Abnormality in auditory processing underlies dyslexia. People with dyslexia often struggle with the ability to accurately decode and identify what they read.

Although disrupted processing of speech sounds has been implicated in the underlying pathology of dyslexia, the basis of this disruption and how it interferes with reading comprehension has not been fully explained. Now, new research published by Cell Press in the December 22 issue of the journal Neuron finds that a specific abnormality in the processing of auditory signals accounts for the main symptoms of dyslexia. "It is widely agreed that for a majority of dyslexic children, the main cause is related to a deficit in the processing of speech sounds," explains senior study author, Dr. Anne-Lise Giraud and Franck Ramus from the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris, France. Dr.