If something sounds too good to be true, it probably is PROCESS vs. PERFORMANCE If nothing else helps you at this website, I hope the following information will keep you from spending thousands of dollars on methods that won't work. Parents please be careful. I know the anxious feeling of wanting help for a child right now, and the faster the better. There is a huge difference between a PROCESS therapy and a PERFORMANCE therapy.
PERFORMANCE You want a proven PERFORMANCE therapy with direct research showing that it improves student's skill area. A performance therapy works directly on the weak skill, such as reading. Almost anyone can see their product is research-based. But whose research? How do you know it is a complete, quality product? Look for products that have direct research (not by the company) and evidence. And choose a highly qualified/certified instructor. Click here and go to the bottom of the page where Dr. Sally Shaywitz explains evidence-based.
PROCESS So what about a PROCESS therapy. A process therapy makes the assumption that if we improve one underlying process or brain function that it will improve a specific condition. You will see research showing improvement of a process. HOWEVER you need to see research proving that a transfer of results actually occurs. In the case of dyslexia, there are unfortunately many process therapies still advertised as cures or fix-its. These are unnecessary as scientific research has shown the I HAVE talked to parents who have spent thousands of dollars on vision therapy or brain training programs that did not work.
Look for Real Progress All children will continue to add words to their visual memory if you continue putting words in front of them. That is not real progress. Efficient reading is reading by the sounds, decoding. Pay attention to what someone is measuring to show progress. We know from decades of research, ending in brain scans, what dyslexia looks like in the brain and how to build the missing brain pathways. We know the right kind of tutoring works.
References
Denton, C. (2011). Physical Exercise and Movement-Based Interventions for Dyslexia. Perspectives on Language and Literacy,Winter, 27-31.
Fletcher, J., & Currie, D. (2011). Vision Efficiency Interventions and Reading Disability. Perspectives on Language and Literacy,Winter, 21-24.
Knowles, E. (2006). Something sounds too good to be true, it probably is, if. Retrieved July 5, 2015.
Pennington, B. (2011). Controversial Therapies for Dyslexia. Perspectives on Language and Literacy,Winter, 7-8.
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