Learning to pay attention early leads to long-term academic success » Dyslexia the Gift Blog. Young children who are able to pay attention and persist with a task have a 50 percent greater chance of completing college, according to a new study from Oregon State University. The study tracked educational outcomes of a group of 430 children over two decades, beginning at age 4.
Analysis of the data collected showed that social and behavioral skills, such as paying attention, following directions and completing a task may be more crucial than academic abilities. Lead author Megan McClelland explained, “Our study shows that the biggest predictor of college completion wasn’t math or reading skills, but whether or not they were able to pay attention and finish tasks at age 4.” Parents of preschool children were asked to rate their children on items such as “plays with a single toy for long periods of time” or “child gives up easily when difficulties are encountered.” Reading and math skills were assessed at age 7 using standardized assessments. More information about this study: Sally Gardner: Dyslexia is not a disease. It always struck me as strange that as a child I should be saddled with a word that I could neither pronounce or spell. I look back at my education with a sense of bewildered frustration, I had no idea why I should be shown a picture of a boat and when the picture was taken away I was, as if by magic, supposed to know what the picture spelt.
It didn't matter how many phonic nutcases shouted at me saying B-O-A-T. Even now I have no idea whether o goes before a or a goes before o. And does it matter? In those days it was called word blindness. I wasn't diagnosed with dyslexia until I was 11. It was of no value in school that I was visually or emotionally intelligent. The word associated with dyslexia in schools, that I absolutely hate, is special needs. The first book I ever read, at the ripe old age of 14, was Wuthering Heights. I am often asked how I write. That's what I do, write. Sally Gardner is an award-winning novelist from London. Even A Few Years Of Music Training Benefits The Brain | Science Sushi. Music has a remarkable ability to affect and manipulate how we feel. Simply listening to songs we like stimulates the brain’s reward system , creating feelings of pleasure and comfort. But music goes beyond our hearts to our minds, shaping how we think. Scientific evidence suggests that even a little music training when we’re young can shape how brains develop, improving the ability to differentiate sounds and speech.
With education funding constantly on the rocks and tough economic times tightening many parents’ budgets, students often end up with only a few years of music education. Studies to date have focused on neurological benefits of sustained music training, and found many upsides. For example, researchers have found that musicians are better able to process foreign languages because of their ability to hear differences in pitch , and have incredible abilities to detect speech in noise .
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Tips from Dyslexic Students for Dyslexic Students * The Yale Center For Dyslexia & Creativity. From The Real Experts... Tips from Dyslexic Students for Dyslexic Students by Nancy Hall Nobody can fully appreciate what it’s like to be a student with dyslexia in the way that another student with dyslexia can. Tutors, teachers and parents have their advice, but here are some strategies from the real experts—kids with papers due, tests next week, and a project due on Friday. Abbie, 14, says her best homework strategy is a simple one. For dyslexics who read more slowly and who sometimes can’t even read their own handwriting, allowing enough time to do homework is a must.
Break a big project up into smaller, less intimidating pieces. Thirteen-year-old Eli, for instance, has a friend who studies by making a Power Point presentation on her computer of the material she’ll be tested on. Here are some other high-tech tips from Eli and other kids: After you complete a writing assignment, whether it’s a paragraph or a longer paper, record yourself or someone in your family reading it aloud. Our Story - Dyslexic Mother and Daughter. Twenty-five years ago when my daughter, Genevieve, was in grade two, I was called in for a meeting with her teacher.
He told me he suspected she had a reading problem and he thought it might be "Dyslexia". I had heard the term when I was in university studying to become a teacher but I didn't know anything about it. He wanted me to talk to the teacher in charge of the program for slow readers. She did some tests on Gen and told me she was setting up an appointment with a specialist for learning disabilities. More tests followed and I was told that Gen was very bright and most likely Dyslexic.
She also said there was no assistance or tutoring help in the Northern California school system for her problem. When a child is assessed to decide whether they need special testing to determine learning problems and then what program they should be enrolled in the school system their school holds an IEP(Individualized Education Program) meeting. We had terrific progress! Untitled. "The D-Word: Understanding Dyslexia" director James Redford at Sundance. Building the Alphabet One Letter at a Time | Texas Homesteader.
Jake making the letters of the alphabet. Two of my children were recently diagnosed with dyslexia. I immediately went to work researching, talking to experts, and reading on the subject. My favorite source so far is The Gift of Dyslexia by Ronald Davis. Mr. Davis gives practical step-by-step instructions for helping someone with dyslexia. One of the first things to understand is that people with dyslexia are extremely visual people. They need to create pictures in their head of things they read, stories they hear, etc. We began with the alphabet. Mr. Some lower case letters in reverse order. Building the letters out of play dough helps them remember the shape of the letter, the correct direction of the letter, etc. Next, you randomly call out a letter. You build both the capital and lowercase letters.
The whole point of the exercise is to create mental pictures of each letter. I might sound elementary, but I am already seeing results in their schoolwork. Gluten-Free Play Dough. Kids born later in the year more likely to be diagnosed with ADHD: Study | Health | Life. VANCOUVER — The youngest kids in a classroom are more likely to be medicated for deficit hyperactivity disorder than their older peers in the same grade, says a University of B.C. study released Monday. The study of almost one million B.C. schoolchildren ages six to 12 during an 11-year period found those born in December were 39% more likely to be diagnosed with ADHD and 48% more likely to be medicated than those born in January. The age gap within the same grade creates what researchers call “relative age effect.” They suggested younger students may be diagnosed with ADHD simply because they’re less mature and struggle to keep up academically and athletically. “Younger, less mature children are inappropriately being labelled and treated,” said lead author Richard Morrow of UBC’s Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology and Therapeutics.
Ages within a classroom can vary by almost a year because children can enter Grade 1 if they turn six before Dec. 31 of the current school year. The New Way Doctors Learn. Turning a medical student into a doctor takes a whole lot of knowledge. B. Price Kerfoot, an associate professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School, was frustrated at how much knowledge his students seemed to forget over the course of their education. He suspected this was because they engaged in what he calls “binge and purge” learning: They stuffed themselves full of facts and then spewed them out at test time.
Research in cognitive science shows that this is a very poor way to retain information, as Kerfoot discovered when he went looking in the academic literature for answers. (MORE: Couch Potatoes Rejoice! The theory behind spaced repetition is simple: when we first learn a fact, our memory of it is volatile, subject to change or disappear. (MORE: The American Hopsital: The Most Dangerous Place?) How can you learn like one of Kerfoot’s Harvard Medical School residents? MORE: The Two Faces of Anxiety. Dyslexia and Perception.
The Teen Brain: It's Just Not Grown Up Yet. Multiple Forms of ADHD? By Rick Nauert PhD Senior News Editor Reviewed by John M. Grohol, Psy.D. on April 3, 2012 New research may help explain the dramatic increase in attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder cases. The answer, according to Oregon Health & Science University researchers, is that ADHD is more than one disorder. Investigators believe ADHD symptoms may actually represent an entire family of disorders, similar to the classification of various subtypes of cancer. The research, which highlights various versions of the disease, each with differing impacts, demonstrates that there is likely not going to be a “one-size-fits-all” approach to treating patients. Experts believe that new methods will be required to improve the diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of the disease.
Researchers believe scientists will need to shift their thinking when it comes to conducting research. However, in those same areas, other ADHD patients outperformed the control group. Source: Oregon State University. What Kids Should Know About Their Own Brains. Getty Neuroscience may seem like an advanced subject of study, perhaps best reserved for college or even graduate school. Two researchers from Temple University in Philadelphia propose that it be taught earlier, however—much earlier.
As in first grade. In a study published in this month’s issue of the journal Early Education and Development, psychologists Peter Marshall and Christina Comalli began by surveying children aged four to 13 to discover what they already knew about the brain. Marshall and Comalli’s questionnaire turned up the same uncertain grasp of the topic, which the researchers attributed to several factors. A 20-minute lesson about the brain was enough to improve knowledge of brain functioning. To that end, they designed a 20-minute lesson about the brain and delivered it to a group of first-grade students.
But the success of their effort opens another possibility. Dyslexia. ADD/ADHD Medications: Are ADHD Drugs Right for You or Your Child? Medication for ADD & ADHD: What you need to know Making ADD/ADHD medication decisions can be difficult, but doing your homework helps. The first thing to understand is exactly what the medications for ADD and ADHD can and can’t do. ADHD medication may help improve the ability to concentrate, control impulses, plan ahead, and follow through with tasks. However, it isn’t a magic pill that will fix all of your or your child’s problems. Medication doesn’t cure ADD/ADHD.
Generic vs. Generic drugs have the same use, dosage, side effects, risks, safety profile, and potency as the original brand-name drug. Occasionally, brand-name drugs have different coatings or color dyes to change their appearance. Stimulant medications for ADD & ADHD Stimulants are the most common type of medication prescribed for attention deficit disorder. Stimulants are believed to work by increasing dopamine levels in the brain. Short-acting vs. long-acting stimulants for ADD / ADHD ADD / ADHD Stimulant safety concerns. Dyslexia site. Drawn » Dyslexia the Gift Blog. Excerpt from an image at “Mapping Your Dyslexia” at dyslexic.org What does your dyslexia look like? This is a question that Sue Bell, an adult literacy support specialist, asked dyslexic adults who came to her center.
In order to provide picture-thinkers with an way to express their thoughts and feelings, she encouraged adult learners to draw mind maps to express their life experiences with dyslexia. She also encouraged them to take photographs to depict and explain their own thought processes. She writes, “The process of creating the mind maps was a powerful way of coming to terms with years of struggle.” “Distilling their experiences down onto one A3 sheet of paper helped people to accept their dyslexia and move on to create more positive versions of themselves. “Although there are many overlapping themes within the maps, each map is different from the others. “This shows us that each dyslexic person has a unique set of experiences” The Big Picture Movie Trailer. If you’re so smart ……. » Dyslexia the Gift Blog. Katie is the 8 year old daughter of a very smart lawyer — but when she asks for help with her spelling homework, Dad takes a pass.
She’s surprised — how can a man who is so smart not know how to spell? When her dad explains about his childhood struggles with dyslexia, Katie decides to investigate on her own with a trip to the library. With a little research she learns about many famous and accomplished dyslexics, and also gains insight about a third grade classmate. The best news about this delightfully illustrated and informative picture book is that it is currently available as a free download for Kindle from Amazon.
The book is, If You’re So Smart, How Come You Can’t Spell Mississippi? Added Note (July 22, 2012): I am thinking that my mini-book review posted above fails to do justice to the author of this excellent book series. In addition to the dyslexic father profiled above, the series includes: