Dyslexia Support & Learning Centre

FREE Online Event For Parents Raise Happy & Independent Teens

When it comes to reading difficulties, behavioral optometry, should be approached with caution

Curious about behavioural optometry and Irlen lenses for reading difficulties?

Kerry Hempenstall’s article in the IDA Perspectives Journal explores these popular interventions and explains why they should be approached with caution.

Important points include:
• Behavioural optometry and Irlen lenses lack strong scientific evidence supporting their effectiveness in resolving reading problems like dyslexia.
• Many experts warn these interventions may delay access to proven, evidence-based reading support.
• Using these approaches without proper evaluation can lead to unnecessary costs and false hopes.

For a clear, research-based perspective, read the full article here: https://mydigitalpublication.com/publication/?i=655062&p=16&view=issueViewer

Get the link at Nessy.com

Great visual promoting listening to audiobooks. They are a vital component for those who struggle to read. Thanks Dallas Branch of the International Dyslexia Association

Earreading is reading!
Listening to audiobooks activates the same regions of the brain as reading silently to yourself.

What a good deal!

Summer is a time for fun but it can also be a time for learning! The summer break can result in children losing up to 3 months of learning.

This pack, created specifically for the summer break, offers 3-month’s access to Nessy’s award-winning literacy programs at an affordable cost.

Get 20% off the pack today here: https://www.nessy.com/shop/home-products

Teaching Spelling is Teaching Reading with Pam Kastner.

Ep. 191: Melissa and Lori Love Literacy Podcast

Pam Kastner discusses the connection between spelling and reading. She emphasizes that teaching spelling is teaching reading, as spelling is a higher linguistic skill that requires complete and accurate recall and memory for words.

Spelling helps students understand the internal structure of words and improves their reading abilities. She suggests using instructional routines that integrate phonology, orthography, morphology, semantics, syntax, and pragmatics to teach spelling effectively.

Takeaways

Teaching spelling is teaching reading, as spelling is a higher linguistic skill that requires complete and accurate recall and memory for words.

Spelling helps students understand the internal structure of words and improves their reading abilities.

Effective spelling instruction should be explicit, systematic, and teach spelling patterns from least complex to most complex.

Instructional routines should integrate phonology, orthography, morphology, semantics, syntax, and pragmatics to teach spelling effectively. Direct and systematic spelling instruction is essential for students' language development.

Spelling inventories are valuable tools for assessing students' understanding of language and identifying areas for targeted instruction.

Spelling can be used as a teaching tool, allowing students to learn from their errors and improve their spelling skills.

Spelling instruction should be aligned with the research and evidence-based practices to ensure its effectiveness.

https://literacypodcast.com/podcast?podcast=Buzzsprout-14638489

Perfect post! Thanks Georgia Ryan - Dyslexic Warrior!

Words of wisdom from 🎯🎯

Giving us more of the same intervention that hasn’t worked before isn’t going to help us.
Only structured, evidence-based reading programs underpinned by the science of reading will help EVERY child learn to read.

Quote: the amazing Dr Kelli Sandman-Hurley at the

Thank you Nessy! Amazing

Nessy has three YouTube channels! Nessy Learning for free teaching videos about spelling, grammar, phonics, and times tables. Go Hairy Phonics for phonics videos , and Dyslexia Explained for great content for parents and teachers. Subscribe to them all for great free content.