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A recent study suggests situational awareness instruction may be doubly important for novice drivers with dyslexia.

Produced by Montessori, Things that Go Together Matching Game for Kids is an application for IPhone and IPad that helps kids develop analytical and critical thinking skills, as well as spoken language skills.

A recent study finds new imaging technology may have the potential to help identify children at risk for dyslexia.

October is National Dyslexia Awareness Month. All across the country, communities will be making efforts to spotlight a range of dyslexic needs, struggles, and signs.

DyslexiaHelp’s own Dr. Joanne Pierson will be speaking on Friday, October 28 from 10:30–11:30 am on "The Importance of Oral Language Skills in Reading Comprehension: Making Sure the Intervention is Driven by a Good Assessment" with Dr. Lauren Katz and Dr. Karen Fallon.

If you were to read 100 stories about dyslexia, no two would be alike, and likely all would be inspiring. Such is the case with Aidan Colvin, dyslexic high school student, and author of Looking for Heroes: One Boy, One Year, 100 Letters.

The Mayerson Academy Orton-Gillingham Card Deck is an application for Android products that approaches grapheme-phoneme instruction using virtual flashcards.

Originally a story book, Blue Hat, Green Hat is an application for iPad and tablets that introduces kids to early reading skills in a way that keeps them learning and laughing.

Studies published in recent years have brought attention to the research and conclusions drawn about learning styles, some even calling learning styles a ‘neuroscience myth.’

Distraction is a card game that helps players improve their working memory skills while having fun.

Though the correlation between kids with dyslexia and poor writing ability is widely accepted, there have been few studies that attempt to measure the difference in quality between written and spoken compositions of dyslexics.

Speech Recognition Software, or SRS, have proven to benefit the lives of those with low typing or writing skills, including many dyslexics.

Continue the Monkey Preschool adventure with Monkey Math School Sunshine, an application for smartphones and tablets that teaches fundamental math skills to children 3-6 years old.

A blend of Endless Alphabet and Endless Reader, Endless Wordplay is an application for young children that builds a spelling and word building foundation for the soon-to-be-reading students.

Whispersync for Voice is a feature for Kindle apps and tablets that marries reading books and listening to them.

The KNFB Reader is an application for Android or Apple products that reads, using text-to-speech technology, any image of text taken with a smartphone or tablet’s camera.

Another installment of the Monkey Preschool application collection, Monkey Preschool Lunchbox is an application for preschoolers, ages two to five, which entertains and educates children with its collection of fruit-based games.

Recent studies suggest that by using neuroimaging technology, we can identify children as dyslexic as early as kindergarten and begin intervention before they start struggling with reading and writing.