Suggestions for addressing reading problems that persist even after your child has gone through an intensive science-based phonics program
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Overcoming Dyslexia
Does My Child Have Dyslexia?
Experience with both phonics instruction and vision therapy has convinced me that most kids considered dyslexic actually have deficient vision skills
By Rodney Everson • Updated Aug 4th, 2023
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Vision Therapy Belongs in Public Schools
Sep 28th, 2023
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Operating a School-Based Vision Therapy Program
Sep 28th, 2023
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Why Don't Parents Learn of Vision Therapy?
Sep 28th, 2023
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Reading Research Ignores Vision
Oct 1st, 2023
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Four Examples of Vision-Challenged Kids
Aug 30th, 2023
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Phonics Tutoring
Aug 10th, 2023
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Tracking Tip
Aug 6th, 2023
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School-Based Vision Therapy
Oct 1st, 2023
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Can Dyslexia Be Cured?
Aug 5th, 2023
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Does Phonics Instruction Prevent Dyslexia?
Aug 11th, 2023
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Is It Dyslexia, or Just Poor Vision Skills?
Aug 31st, 2023
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Survey: Genetics Does Influence Reading Ability
Jan 10th, 2024
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Dyslexia and Child Development
Aug 19th, 2023
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Vitamin D and Dyslexia
Aug 4th, 2023
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Vitamin D3 Questions
Aug 4th, 2023
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Diet and Dyslexia: Cause and Effect?
Aug 4th, 2023
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Diet and Dyslexia: More Evidence of a Link
Aug 4th, 2023
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Fish Oil and Dyslexia
Jan 10th, 2024
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Are Nutrition and Dyslexia Related?
Aug 4th, 2023
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Vitamin D and Autism
Oct 21st, 2023
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Can Intelligence Be Changed?
Aug 2nd, 2023
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Does Your Child Skip Words When Reading?
Aug 2nd, 2023
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Eye Convergence and Reading Ability
Aug 11th, 2023
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Find a Vision Therapy Provider
Aug 1st, 2023
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Vision Assessment Checklist
Aug 11th, 2023
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Dyslexics in Architecture
Aug 1st, 2023
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Oral Auditory Processing Exercises
Aug 25th, 2023
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Auditory Processing With Tiles
Oct 12th, 2023
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Response to Intervention (RTI)
Jul 29th, 2023
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Schooling the Dyslexic Child
Jul 30th, 2023
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Should We Add More Vitamin D3 to Milk Products?
Jul 28th, 2023
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Why the Recent Push for Phonics Instruction in Schools Will Eventually Reverse
Jul 30th, 2023
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