Monthly Archives: January 2017

Over the course of my career, I have mentored teachers, advised parents, and instructed students that ADHD is not a reading disability.  And, while the name is all wrong (it is not a deficit of attention), it has to do … Continue reading →

Stanford Professor Bruce McCandliss found that beginning readers who focus on letter-sound relationships, or phonics, increase activity in the area of their brains best wired for reading.   The article is from May, 2105, but very relevant. Stanford brain wave … Continue reading →

For a long time we have been aware of the reading gap for dyslexic children and how  children who struggle to acquire reading skills fall further and further behind over time unless they receive effective intervention. Over the past five … Continue reading →