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DYSLEXIA AND IRLEN SYNDROME A blog that shares information and resources about Dyslexia and Irlen Syndrome, reading difficulties and learning to read.
Saturday, March 9, 2013
Saturday, October 6, 2012
Dyslexia and Irlen Syndrome: How wearing Irlen Lenses Can Change Your World
Dyslexia and Irlen Syndrome: How wearing Irlen Lenses Can Change Your World: View the clip here I have posted a great clip of an artist talking about how her life has changed for the better once she got her Irlen l...
How wearing Irlen Lenses Can Change Your World
View the clip here
I have posted a great clip of an artist talking about how her life has changed for the better once she got her Irlen lenses. It is worth noting, that she takes the glasses off toward the end of the clip and holds them up to the camera. For us, everything has a shade of purple, but for the person with the tinted lenses, in this case, Debra the artist, sees the world as normal- not purple as we do. Cheers
christine
I have posted a great clip of an artist talking about how her life has changed for the better once she got her Irlen lenses. It is worth noting, that she takes the glasses off toward the end of the clip and holds them up to the camera. For us, everything has a shade of purple, but for the person with the tinted lenses, in this case, Debra the artist, sees the world as normal- not purple as we do. Cheers
christine
Friday, July 13, 2012
Dyslexia, Hyperlexia and Perceptual Dyslexia
So what is the difference between Dyslexia, Hyperlexia and Perceptual Dyslexia? Dr Whiting explains in the YouTube clip.
Saturday, June 16, 2012
Thousands wearing coloured filters for SSS
Did you know that more than 25,000 people are wearing coloured filters around the world as a specific treatment for Irlen Syndrome, otherwise known as SSS? And many thousands more people are using coloured overlays to reduce the impact of SSS.
Saturday, June 9, 2012
Wider-Spaced Text May Boost Reading Skills in Children with Dyslexia
Thanks once again to the Irlen Institute for the latest research on Dyslexia. Let's do everything we can to help our students/adults read!
"Widening the space between letters in words increased the reading speed and average accuracy of 74 Italian and French children with dyslexia, according to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Researchers said the strategy is not a cure for dyslexia, which causes the brain to process information differently, but the spaced-out text may assist some children with dyslexia to read more easily." (Irlen Institute Newsletter 2012)
I know that when I'm doing the review sessions with our Year 3/4 students for the ERIK program, many of them choose to read the texts with the larger, more spaced out font. Interesting. I think I will be more mindful of this from now on with all students.
Let's try it and see what happens.
Have a great day everyone,
Christine
"Widening the space between letters in words increased the reading speed and average accuracy of 74 Italian and French children with dyslexia, according to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Researchers said the strategy is not a cure for dyslexia, which causes the brain to process information differently, but the spaced-out text may assist some children with dyslexia to read more easily." (Irlen Institute Newsletter 2012)
I know that when I'm doing the review sessions with our Year 3/4 students for the ERIK program, many of them choose to read the texts with the larger, more spaced out font. Interesting. I think I will be more mindful of this from now on with all students.
Let's try it and see what happens.
Have a great day everyone,
Christine
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Teaching our students to become web literate
On his blog 'The November Learning Blog, Alan November wrote about
Web Literacy.
He says, that just teaching students how to search for information is not enough.
He proposes that schools should start teaching students about web literacy.
What is web literacy? It's basically becoming more Internet savvy.
For example, understanding the importance of punctuation in the domain name.
To view this article go to
http://novemberlearning.com/blog/
Cheers,
Chris
Web Literacy.
He says, that just teaching students how to search for information is not enough.
He proposes that schools should start teaching students about web literacy.
What is web literacy? It's basically becoming more Internet savvy.
For example, understanding the importance of punctuation in the domain name.
To view this article go to
http://novemberlearning.com/blog/
Cheers,
Chris
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