Month: April 2015

Does the ’dyslexia’ label disable teachers? 08/01/2015 Different labels for difficulties with reading have been found to be associated with varying beliefs in how effective teachers believe they can be. That is the conclusion of research being presented today, Thursday 8 January 2015, by Dr Simon Gibbs from Newcastle University to the Annual Conference of …

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A diagnosis of dyslexia has ‘massive’ benefits Wednesday, 26 February, 2014 – 09:00 Controversial claims that a dyslexia diagnosis is without value are roundly rejected. In a new book called: “The Dyslexia Debate”, Professor Julian Elliott, a former teacher of children with learning difficulties, says more focus should be put on helping children to read, …

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