Stephen McCrocklin, Director of Langsford Learning Acceleration Centers in Louisville, gave a presentation last week called Dyslexia: Beyond Reversals. Many people still believe that letter reversals (b-d confusion) and word reversals (was for saw) are the primary signs of dyslexia. This presentation shattered that long held belief!
The large group of professional educators that attended the presentation learned what the converging evidence says about dyslexia and how to identify it. This presentation was so well received that we're sure to schedule it again, so if you are reading this and interested in attending the next one, just let us know and we will place you on the list to be notified when another one is scheduled.
2 comments:
Letter reversals were never a good indication of dyslexia. Language processing and auditory problems are better indications of dyslexia but there are still about 10% of dyslexics whose major problem is caused by visual problems.
Visual dyslexic problems vary for individuals but include vibrating print and having problems seeing everything on the page because of visual noise.
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Thanks for your comment John. We have also experienced anecdotally that there is a small percentage of dyslexic readers who also have some visual component complicating their success.
And you're right that the research appears to back this up. Here's just one recent scientific article that mentions the visual component:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080805124056.htm
What we have found is that there are some people who have had the phonological component addressed, yet fluency remains a concern. Some of these clients are experimenting with options such as specially made glasses for dyslexia and report back to us with mixed success.
The jury is still out as to how effective options such as glasses are and we hope that people like you do find ways to help those who do seem to have an additional visual complication that affects their ability to read fluently.
We would love to be updated on any research you may conduct in the future, so be sure to let us know how your work is proceeding.
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