Hi, Just to remind all of you who may be interested, the next International Chat with Auditory Processing Disorder in the UK will be held this coming weekend ...
This (from an education-issues blog-site at http://www.brianmicklethwait.com/education/ ) may interest some readers: -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Brian's Education Blog ...
If you REALLY want reading success for children, teach children to read using: DIRECT, EXPLICIT, SYSTEMATIC, STRUCTURED, MULTI-SENSORY PHONICS. You would then...
I did find a Raymond L. Guarnieri on the Southern Economic Assn's webpage, but I can't find a link to his document. He is an economist, though. SEA is at UNC...
Bruce Crawford
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Jul 1, 2003 11:59 pm
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Apologies, RBG3ers. My mouse pointer hit the wrong email when I was replying to my daughter. Bruce Crawford...
Bruce Crawford
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Jul 2, 2003 12:02 am
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Amen. You're so right. Direct, systematic, multisensory, etc. really does work and the kids retain what they've been taught. Barb...
Readwithbarb@...
Jul 2, 2003 1:13 am
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I wish it were that simple....
Eldo Bergman
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Jul 2, 2003 10:03 am
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The important fact which Fast ForWord addresses is the speech area in the brain. You are 100% correct the approach you describe is the only way to teach anyone...
If you live in the Albany/Schenectady/Troy (NY) area: on July 4th, at 6 PM on Channel 6 (WRGB), a story about handwriting will run and will include an...
Dr. Bergman, I am communicating by email with a woman who was dyslexic until the age of ten, at which time she suddenly developed the ability to learn to read,...
Rovarose@...
Jul 2, 2003 6:00 pm
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Children diagnosed with expressive/receptive language disorder used to be called dyslexic then along came W?L. These children are now also diagnosed as CAPD...
Sure love to see the research findings on this! Jimmy Kilpatrick Senior Fellow, Alexis de Tocqueville Institution http://www.adti.net <http://www.adti.net/> ...
If you are referring to the success of teaching explicit phonics using a direct, systematic, multisensory approach then go back to the success Orton had...
In a message dated 7/2/03 2:15:49 PM Eastern Daylight Time, ... Excuse me, but this shows some ignorance on your part. These disorders are not diagnosed...
... From: "toocoldforwords" <bamboochicken@...> ... I agree with you, if you are talking about teaching kids in a one-to-one, small group or clinical...
All the Orton data I have read isn’t making claims or proving they have the answer. There is nothing simple about teacher children to read when they have a...
In a message dated 7/2/03 2:48:31 PM Eastern Daylight Time, ... I have never seen dyslexia anywhere listed under language disorder. Granted, some language...
Yes Susan, I am talking one on one or small group. It is not easy but if that is what you have to do to have a literate child you do it and boy it is not easy...
You gave a simple solution that is assumed but not proven to be effective by supporting testing and data. Jimmy Kilpatrick Senior Fellow, Alexis de Tocqueville...
Hey, Eldo, What do you think of Margaret Bishop's book The Complete Reference Book of Phonics and Spelling: The ABC's And All Their Tricks? For those who were...
K. Fiech
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Jul 2, 2003 7:47 pm
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If this is so insightful and compelling then why hasn’t it been replicated among the masses. Today we have tools by which we can see the brain functions as...
My child was diagnosed with ADHD, receptive/expressive language disorder,CAPD and finally dyslexia. This was over a period of 6+ years. Autistic Spectrum...
- You are talking about explicit phonics instruction are you not? The same phonics instruction that was recommended by NICHD: ie. 1. Teach phonics explicitly...
The issue is further along then classroom instruction which for many kids is not adequate enough. Jimmy Kilpatrick Senior Fellow, Alexis de Tocqueville...
If you don't teach the right content, the children with "deficits" will never reach their true potential. Eldo and others will continue to spin their wheels,...
K. Fiech
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Jul 2, 2003 10:27 pm
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In a message dated 7/2/03 12:49:39 PM Pacific Daylight Time, fiech4@... writes: << Genuine "phonics" - proper teaching of the sound-symbol ...
Hi ... If that is the case then you are not alone, it means that your child was diagnosed incorrectly. It could be that he was suffering from several of these ...
Re. Bob's message below... Last night, as it happens, I attended a lecture by Prof. John Stein of Oxford University. This took place at the Royal Institution...
Jennifer Chew
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Jul 3, 2003 7:59 am
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Hi, I have recently received copies from my publisher of my first special needs resource. It is a multi-sensory program of worksheets to help pupils primarily ...
