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Educational psychologist. [ edit on Wikidata] Management of dyslexia depends on a multitude of variables; there is no one specific strategy or set of strategies that will work for all who have dyslexia. Some teaching is geared to specific reading skill areas, such as phonetic decoding; whereas other approaches are more comprehensive in scope ...
Universal Design for learning is a set of principles that provide teachers with a structure to develop instructions to meet the diverse needs of all learners. The UDL framework, first defined by David H. Rose, Ed.D. of the Harvard Graduate School of Education and the Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST) in the 1990s, [ 2] calls for ...
Kurzweil 3000 is an educational technology, or assistive technology, which provides a reading, writing and study platform aimed at people with learning disabilities or other disabilities that make reading or writing difficult. Kurzweil 3000 is used to support those with dyslexia, dysgraphia, English language learners in school, higher education ...
Nessy Learning Ltd is a publisher of educational software who developed the first online learning program for dyslexics in August, 2000. Based in Bristol , England , Nessy was founded in 1999 by Mike Jones, [ 1 ] primarily to publish the games and resources created at the Bristol Dyslexia Centre, a registered charity. [ 2 ]
Sally Shaywitz. Scholia has a profile for Sally Shaywitz (Q25884184). Sally Shaywitz (born 1942) is an American physician-scientist who is the Audrey G. Ratner Professor in Learning Development at Yale University. She is the co-founder and co-director of the Yale Center for Dyslexia & Creativity. [ 1] Her research provides the framework for ...
Dyslexia is a neurodevelopmental disorder, subcategorized in diagnostic guides as a learning disorder with impairment in reading (ICD-11 prefixes "developmental" to "learning disorder"; DSM-5 uses "specific"). [70] [71] [72] Dyslexia is not a problem with intelligence. Emotional problems often arise secondary to learning difficulties. [73]
Reading. Reading for special needs has become an area of interest as the understanding of reading has improved. Teaching children with special needs how to read was not historically pursued due to perspectives of a Reading Readiness model. [1] This model assumes that a reader must learn to read in a hierarchical manner such that one skill must ...
Decoding Dyslexia. Decoding Dyslexia is a grassroots movement focused on improving access to educational interventions for students with dyslexia in the public education system. [1] Formed in 2011, the organization's mission is to "raise dyslexia awareness, to empower families to support their children and to inform policy-makers on best ...