WHAT DOES RESEARCH TELL US ABOUT DYSLEXIA?

If your child has an I.E.P., this description of a reading program should be on the I.E.P.:

"Independent scientific, replicated research supports the use of a reading and spelling system that is simultaneously multisensory, systematic, and cumulative with direct and explicit instruction in both synthetic and analytic phonics with intense practice."
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Here are links to some of that research:

Preventing Reading Difficulties in Young Children
http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=6023&page=R1

National Reading Panel Report
www.nichd.nih.gov/publications/nrp/smallbook.cfm

Summary of NIH Reading Research by G. Reid Lyon Director of Research Programs in Reading Development and Disorders, Learning Disabilities, Language Development and Disorders, and Cognitive Neuroscience. Also Chief of the Child Development and Behavior Branch at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) within the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
www.schwablearning.org select Reading from the Topic list, click on Lyon: Developing Reading Skills

Why Reading is not a Natural Process by G. Reid Lyon
http://www.cdl.org/resource-library/articles/why_reading.php?type=recent&id=Yes

NIH Research Results
www.nichd.nih.gov/publications/pubs/jeffords.htm and www.ncld.org/research/keys99_nichd.cfm

Article on Brain Differences
www.schwablearning.org, select Reading from the Topic list, click on Brain Research and Reading

National Center on Learning Disabilities Research Links
www.ncld.org/research/links.cfm

Catch Them Before They Fall, Identification and Assessment to Prevent Reading Failure in Young Children by Joseph Torgeson
www.ldonline.org/article/225

California Reading Initiative
http://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/se/sr/documents/readnit.pdf

Texas Reading Initiative
http://www.tea.state.tx.us/reading/
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