Parents told to check for three signs of condition affecting one in 10

Dyslexia is a common learning difficulty characterised by problems with reading, writing and spelling. While it doesn’t affect a person’s intelligence, it can affect other areas of their lives that ...
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Operation Education: The learning difficulties quietly keeping children from reading well

An “invisible” learning or language difficulty could be what is holding your child back. As schools and states aim to measure and increase student proficiency in foundational skills like reading, ...

Three signs of dyslexia that have nothing to do with reading

Experts have warned children that go undiagnosed may face behavioural issues as they don’t understand why they are struggling ...
Forbes

AI Helps Teachers Spot Students With Learning Difficulties

Artificial intelligence helps teachers identify which of their students have learning difficulties, according to a new study. Teachers make more accurate assessments of learning difficulties such as ...
The Citizen

Understanding Specific Learning Difficulties

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) consider specific learning difficulties to be neurodevelopmental. This means that they are present from birth, but often only manifest ...
Wired

Kinect-based games shown to have positive impact on children with learning difficulties

A company called Kinems is using personalised, video game-based learning to improve the skills of children with motor impairments and learning difficulties. Working with Microsoft Kinect, Kinems ...

NHS says 3 behaviour issues could be dyslexia sign - they don't include reading or writing

The NHS also points out that individuals with dyslexia may grasp spoken information but find written material difficult to process. They may also encounter problems with planning in addition to the ...
The Conversation

Dyscalculia: how to support your child if they have mathematical learning difficulties

Associate Professor, Department of Psychology and Human Development, IOE UCLUCL IOE. Programme Director for MA SpLD dyslexia and Programme route leader for the MA in Special and Inclusive Education ...
NBC4 Columbus

New Albany school gives parents look at learning difficulties

NEW ALBANY, Ohio (WCMH) — Back in elementary school, being called on to read out loud was scary for people, but imagine how much scarier it would be if someone had dyslexia, ADHD or another learning ...
Psychology Today

Dyslexia, Bilingualism, and Learning a Second Language

The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) defines dyslexia as a brain-based type of learning disability that specifically impairs a person's ability to read (see here). The ...
Science Daily

Trainee teachers made sharper assessments about learning difficulties after receiving feedback from AI

A trial which used artificial intelligence to train new teachers to spot potential learning difficulties in pupils found that the approach significantly improved their assessment skills. 178 trainees ...