Lots to follow! Thank you for creating this gathering.
I was particularly interested in the dyslexia Visual Word Form area study. I wish they had done a reading-age matched design instead. We already know that a child with dyslexia is much less likely to have read as much as a child who is typically developing. And the VWF is likely a reflection of accurate reading practice. It "grows" from usage so the dyslexic brain is likely at a practice disadvantage. So if they are the same age and their VWF is behind, what have we actually learned?
We see that students with deep dyslexia can rapidly learn sound-based decoding with efficient methods, but they then can take inordinately long to convert a repeatedly read word into a sight word, or a word recognized in a blink of an eye. I would love to know more about what brain regions and processes explain that.
Worcester, MD I think you mean :) My pals-worked with them for a couple of years and super proud of their sustained success even through a curriculum switch!
They were already doing really amazing work when I met them! Just helped with some change management pieces. They are as great as advertised and deserve all their flowers!
While I appreciate what you do, the way dyslexia is reported can be misleading. The study recently published by Stanford used the seeing stars program published by Lindamood Bell. The students in the study each received one to one intensive instruction four hours per day over the course of 160 hours. Anyone would be shocked if no, or a little progress had been noted in these students. However, the study did not report that the gap was closed, they reported that it was partially closed. If you read the actual publication of the study and one of the nature magazines, it is obvious we need more research on this and it is acknowledged that while the visual word form area is significantly implicated in dyslexia, it is very likely not the only portion of the reading circuit that is implicated and dyslexia. Finally, I like to point out that if we take any human endeavor or activity, individuals will follow along, continuum with respect to the ease with which they are able to complete the activity and with Respect to their degree of success with the activity. Not everyone will become a virtuoso on the violin, not everyone will become a successful Olympic athlete. We like to believe that given intensive supports everyone can improve in a given area but promises of curing something, completely closing the gap, completely catching people up are dangerous to make
It was always obvious that Noem’s book was her “audition” for a role in his administration where only the cruel and sociopathic need apply. Add to that the vanity plastic surgery turning her from the appearance of a “harmless” and ordinary American into whatever you want to call her now sealed the deal.
Lots to follow! Thank you for creating this gathering.
I was particularly interested in the dyslexia Visual Word Form area study. I wish they had done a reading-age matched design instead. We already know that a child with dyslexia is much less likely to have read as much as a child who is typically developing. And the VWF is likely a reflection of accurate reading practice. It "grows" from usage so the dyslexic brain is likely at a practice disadvantage. So if they are the same age and their VWF is behind, what have we actually learned?
We see that students with deep dyslexia can rapidly learn sound-based decoding with efficient methods, but they then can take inordinately long to convert a repeatedly read word into a sight word, or a word recognized in a blink of an eye. I would love to know more about what brain regions and processes explain that.
Well that is a fascinating insight. I didn’t know that! Here’s hoping we get more and better research in the years to come.
Worcester, MD I think you mean :) My pals-worked with them for a couple of years and super proud of their sustained success even through a curriculum switch!
Whoa, that’s a typo! Will fix to make sure the MD part is accurate. Of course you worked with them. Can we clone you??
They were already doing really amazing work when I met them! Just helped with some change management pieces. They are as great as advertised and deserve all their flowers!
While I appreciate what you do, the way dyslexia is reported can be misleading. The study recently published by Stanford used the seeing stars program published by Lindamood Bell. The students in the study each received one to one intensive instruction four hours per day over the course of 160 hours. Anyone would be shocked if no, or a little progress had been noted in these students. However, the study did not report that the gap was closed, they reported that it was partially closed. If you read the actual publication of the study and one of the nature magazines, it is obvious we need more research on this and it is acknowledged that while the visual word form area is significantly implicated in dyslexia, it is very likely not the only portion of the reading circuit that is implicated and dyslexia. Finally, I like to point out that if we take any human endeavor or activity, individuals will follow along, continuum with respect to the ease with which they are able to complete the activity and with Respect to their degree of success with the activity. Not everyone will become a virtuoso on the violin, not everyone will become a successful Olympic athlete. We like to believe that given intensive supports everyone can improve in a given area but promises of curing something, completely closing the gap, completely catching people up are dangerous to make
It was always obvious that Noem’s book was her “audition” for a role in his administration where only the cruel and sociopathic need apply. Add to that the vanity plastic surgery turning her from the appearance of a “harmless” and ordinary American into whatever you want to call her now sealed the deal.