Archive for September 30th, 2010

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Learning Disabilities – Changing America

By on Sep 30, 2010 in In the News

According to Dr. Robert Melillo in his book, The Disconnect Child, in a 2009 study 1 in 6 kindergartners show signs of neurological problems. If this is correct the impact on our children for learning disabilities is HUGE! In his book he also reports that in 2007 the Center for Disease Control did a study on Neurological [...]

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Reading Opens a Whole New World
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Reading Opens a Whole New World

By on Sep 30, 2010 in Featured, Guest Post, School, Visual

Article written by Dr. Lynn Hellerstein, Developmental Optometrist September 2010, Reading is a very complex task that requires  a number of skills such as: Decoding (breaking down the words) sight word recognition (seeing a word and immediately knowing the word) Comprehension (understanding what the story is about). Some educators feel strongly that reading is totally [...]

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