dyslexia News

iansyst Ltd is to host a Disability Advice and Information Hub at the CIPD's Annual Conference & Exhibition 2010 to help every organisation to become disability-friendly.

ADHD stands for “Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder”, the disorder is common in children below the age of 7. School going children are especially the ones most effected.

Saturday, September 11th the 2010 Educational Strategies Conference for teacher or parents that work with children with dyslexia, ADHD, slow processing, memory problems or similar Learning Disabilities, will be taking place.

Fostering Achievement, a Government funded scheme which provides resources and support for young people in care purchased Read&Write GOLD to provide individual support with literacy, in particular for young people with dyslexia.

Craig Stephan overcomes dyslexia and shares wisdom gained through his choice of therapy to deal with his mother’s death from cancer—a Grand Canyon motorcycle tour.

A new facility for Brain Balance Achievement Centers is now open on the north side of Indianapolis at 9510 N. Meridian Street, Suite D.

NHS Education for Scotland (NES) helps to provide better patient care by designing, commissioning, quality assuring and, where appropriate, providing education, training and lifelong learning for the NHS workforce in Scotland.

Preliminary results of a controlled study prove that a new brain therapy builds dramatic improvements in learning skills. Brain Fitness Strategies worked with fifth-grade students, improving their reading speed by 46% using only physical movement.

In order to reach more visitors and inform them about the online services available, leading housing association Sanctuary Group has added BrowseAloud, a text-to-speech solution from Texthelp Systems Ltd.

This is a continuation of my discussion with Dr.Selznick the author of Shut- Down Learner. If children are taught phonics and whole words simultaneously in a proper manner illiteracy level can be reduced to vanishing point.

This is the continuation of the discussion on the "Shut Down Learner" between the Author of the book, Dr. Selznick and Luqman Michel.

Having read the "Shut Down Learner" I had a few questions to ask the author. This is the first of a series of e-mail exchanges between the author and myself.

Edinburgh Libraries ‘Journey For Learning’ project aims to make its services more accessible and relevant to learners and encourages adults to discover and re-discover the joy of reading.

The Access to Work scheme is an overlooked resource for employers and employees. It can provide support for employees in terms of equipment such as a digital voice recorder; software such as Texthelp's Read&Write GOLD or specialist tuition/mentoring.

If your child keeps complaining about school work, gets poor results in reading subjects, does not like writing and dislikes going to school the possibility is that he is a shut down learner and this book is a must read.

Retention should not be encouraged and should be rarely used. However, if parents and teachers feel that retention is the best option than the child should be retained and ensure that the child's reading standard improves.

If you notice that a child is perfectly lucid and intelligible when communicating with you but unable to perform as well with English, language and maths, it is possible that they are dyslexic.

San Francisco’s only middle and high school for learning disabled students changes the lives of young people with dyslexia, ADD, and nonverbal learning challenges.

My Dog Nick is the first of a new series of creative and interactive learning books aimed at inspiring young children with dyslexia to read and write.

Under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (DDA), legal obligations for website providers to make their websites accessible to the disabled have existed since 1999, supplemented by industry standards and best practice. ROKTalk has the solution.

Brunel University are using the many features of Texthelp’s Read&Write GOLD award winning assistive software to support students with literacy difficulties and ensure they fulfil their potential.

Lecturers within Newcastle Colleges’ Information Learning Technology Unit (ILT) are innovatively using Read&Write GOLD assistive software to convert lecture notes to MP3 files, which are downloaded by students to aid their studies.

Another borough in London have made their website accessible with BrowseAloud. BrowseAloud helps people with literacy difficulties, dyslexia and mild visual impairments to read online content of accessible websites.

Dyslexic children have a big problem in learning abstract concepts like sequencing and time.

There are many concepts that a dyslexic find difficult to grasp. Sequencing, days of the week and many other abstract terms.

World illiteracy level can be reduced drastically if dyslexic children are taught in an appropriate way. Accent marks too can help dyslexic children read more effectively.

Another company has made their website accessible with BrowseAloud. BrowseAloud helps people with literacy difficulties, dyslexia and mild visual impairments to read online content of accessible websites. Visit www.browsealoud.com for more info.

Another company has made their website accessible with BrowseAloud. BrowseAloud helps people with literacy difficulties, dyslexia and mild visual impairments to read online content of accessible websites. Visit www.browsealoud.com for more info.

LearningRx, a cognitive skills brain training center located at 126 S. State St. had its official grand opening on June 6th, 2009. It’s only been 8 months and they’ve graduated several students with astounding changes and results.

Cambridgeshire Constabulary (one of the most improving police forces in England and Wales) recently purchased a Read&Write GOLD site licence to help employees cope with dyslexia.

BrowseAloud is the world leading text-to-speech solution from Texthelp Systems Ltd, which is designed to improve website accessibility for those with literacy difficulties such as dyslexia, mild visual impairments or English as a second language.

Dyslexic children can learn languages easily.Dyslexic children can even learn orthographically inconsistent languages like English if taught in a way suitable to them.

Many kindergarten and tuition centres here teach the wrong phonic sounds which compounds the problems faced by dyslexic children. Teach a dyslexic child the way he ought to be taught and he will learn to be an excellent student.

Another college has speech enabled their website with the new version of BrowseAloud which will help people with literacy difficulties, dyslexia, mild visual impairments or for those who speak English as a second language.

Dyslexia 'learning difficulty' is specific orthographically inconsistent languages like the English language. A dyslexic child has no probelm learning Malay, Italian Japanese and other languages.

Dyslexia is not a learning disability. Dyslexic children if taught the way they need to be taught will learn to read at a fast rate.

The Michigan Branch of the International Dyslexia Association is pleased to introduce two newly elected additions to its Board: Patricia Greene and Dr. Lawrence Reynolds.

Leeds College of Art has recently installed Read&Write Assistive software on the Colleges’ computer network to support the work of dyslexic students within the College.

Reading Horizons is awarding a free software package to Adam of Indiana, its latest spotlight for the Lemons for Literacy donation program.

Oaklands College have been using Read&Write GOLD for over five years to serve the needs of their dyslexic learners and ensure that learners achieve their potential.

Ascham Homes have implemented technology called BrowseAloud on its website, to ensure that online content can be easily accessed by those who find it difficult to read text on screen. Visit www.browsealoud.com for further information.

The City of Edinburgh have implemented technology called BrowseAloud on its website, to ensure that online content can be easily accessed by those who find it difficult to read text on screen. Visit www.browsealoud.com for further information.

The Public Health Information Development Unit (PIHDU) has implemented technology called BrowseAloud on its website, to ensure that online content can be easily accessed by those who find it difficult to read text on screen.

Reading Horizons at Home has redesigned the homepage of its Web site. The new homepage emphasizes how the Reading Horizons program can help dyslexics learn how to read.

The Valuation Tribunal is an independent body that hears appeals against council tax valuation, council tax liability, non-domestic rates, completion notices, penalties for failure to provide requested information and drainage rates.

Columbus, Ohio based Dyslexia Institutes of America, LLC is celebrating its third anniversary of serving the Central Ohio community as a community service provider.

To see how BrowseAloud works, simply click the BrowseAloud icon of the NAPE homepage www.napequity.org to download the product free of charge.

BrowseAloud has undergone some exciting new changes which include an on screen floating toolbar where the user can easily access all the key features of BrowseAloud. Visit www.browsealoud.com to see all the new features of BrowseAloud 6.

The newest version of BrowseAloud has been launched with lots of exciting new features. Visit www.browsealoud.com to see all the new features or email rebecca@browsealoud.com for further information.

The latest version of BrowseAloud has undergone some exciting new changes which include an on screen floating toolbar where the user can easily access all the key features of BrowseAloud.