THE LATEST FROM DYSLEXIAHELP

If you are an educator or parent involved in the IEP drafting process, we recommend you read “Writing IEP Goals” by Special Education Consultant Ruth Heitin.

In their book titled The Dyslexic Advantage, scheduled for publication beginning August 18, 2011, Drs. Brock and Fernette Eide discuss emerging evidence in the field of neuroscience which suggests that people with dyslexia possess unique cognitive gifts.

LD Resources is a “one stop shop” for must-know information on various aspects of learning disabilities.

In his interview titled “The Education Gap”, Reid Lyon, former Chief of the Child Development and Behavior branch of the National Institute of Child and Human Development, discusses the importance of bridging the gap between what we know about reading development in young children, and what we can do to facilitate it in struggling readers

On the LDA of Michigan Facebook page, Kathleen Kosobud recently posted a link to a series of posts by The Princeton Review for students with a learning disability or ADHD who are transitioning from secondary education to a college or university setting.

The 411 on Disability Disclosure: A Workbook for Youth with Disabilities is designed for youth and adults working with them to learn about disability disclosure.

Did you know that many of the world's most successful CEOs turned their learning disabilities into "learning opportunities"?

Techno Dys is a technology blog geared toward tech-savvy dyslexics that provides users with links to download full and trial versions of dyslexic-friendly software for accessibility and recreational purposes.

In her lecture, “Dyslexia as a Cross-Cutting Research Area,” Peggy McCardle, Ph.D., M.P.H., discussed learning disabilities as an important, cross-cutting area of research.

The National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability (NCWD) for Youth offers The 411 on Disability Disclosure: A Workbook for Youth with Disabilities.

Here are two online libraries that offer incredibly vast collections of accessible, downloadable reading material designed for individuals with dyslexia and learning disabilities.

We hope to see you on the UM campus to hear Dr. Peggy McCardle from NIH give her talk on "Dyslexia as a Cross-Cutting Research Area" at 3:30 p.m. in the Rackham Graduate School.

A relatively new feature for the iPod, iPad, and iPhone is text-to-speech software through VoiceReader.

iMovie is another powerful and versatile tool that is ready-to-use on the Mac

If you’re considering purchasing one of these devices and aren’t sure which one would best meet your needs, here is some basic information to help you compare devices.

Here is an article from the Online Education Database chock full of ways -- 100 of them to be exact -- that your iPod can be used to help you learn and study.

The Institue for Human Adjustment at UM is excited to announce this upcoming talk in its spring lecture series about dyslexia.

We found this informative blog on Education Week about the recent memo from the Office of Special Education stating that the response-to-intervention (RTI) process should not delay a child getting an initial evaluation for a suspected delay.

A student describes the difficulties he had at various schools because he couldn't read

The video chronicles her life from when her parents were informed that she was profoundly retarded in 4th grade up until the present when Ryann is in law school and doing well.