A school district in Texas uses the special-education learning platform, Amplio, to support students who have dyslexia, writes Samantha Crow, dyslexia coordinator. In this blog post, Crow shares five benefits of the technology, including the ability to provide students with immediate feedback.

Recent articles are shining light on the "herculean job" that teachers do to build the circuits in students' brains to help them learn to read and how delays in diagnosing dyslexia also delay needed interventions to help make those connections in the brain, writes J. Richard Gentry, an author and literacy expert.

Students tend to give up on school if they haven't developed strong reading skills by the time they reach middle or high school, respondents to a recent survey say. The respondents - which included students, teachers and parents - offered recommendations for helping boost literacy among older students, including additional training for teachers, dyslexia screening,…

Using text-to-speech tools boosts access and engagement for students with reading disabilities, leading to improved academic outcomes.

Et nyt redskab til at hjælpe ordblinde med at få styr på bogstaver og lyde ser så lovende ud, at forskningscentret Vive skal afprøve, om det også fører til betydelige fremskridt, når metoden anvendes til en stor gruppe elever. Og ikke mindst om forbedringerne er varige.

Intensive kurser for ordblinde elever med opfølgning på elevens skole giver en vedvarende positiv effekt, viser en ny ph.d. Både elevernes læsefærdigheder og trivsel øges markant og vedvarende som følge af det særligt tilrettelagte forløb hos Kompetencecenter for Læsning i Aarhus.

Både ordblinde selv og deres undervisere oplever, at det betragtes som snyd, når ordblinde bruger hjælpemidler. Det viser en undersøgelse, Nota offentliggør i forbindelse med, at denne uge er ordblindeuge. Fordommene kan have vidtrækkende konsekvenser.