Feb 8, 2013 | DM News Blog
The effects of poor literacy on an individual can be wide-reaching as well as deep: we’ve covered quite a bit of ground in recent articles, from gender-related effects to prison sentences. A recent article on the BBC outlined the potential that poor literacy has to...
Jan 25, 2013 | DM News Blog
Fact: Every additional year of primary school boosts girls’ future wages by 10-20%, and an extra year of secondary school by 15-25%.* English is one of the world’s trickiest languages due to its irregular spelling patterns and morphophonemic nature. Because of...
Feb 7, 2012 | DM News Blog
You will know that one of our main seven identified causes of reading difficulty is a problem within the cerebellum. We are not alone! Here is an article about dyspraxia and its links to dyslexia: Dyslexia could be caused by defects in the part of the brain that...
Feb 6, 2012 | DM News Blog
There are a few simple games that will guide your child down the path to becoming a confident and happy reader when he or she is first learning to read. We regularly come across very bright children who are really struggling with their reading, but only because they...
Jan 12, 2012 | DM News Blog
A French team has published their report on the cause of dyslexia. Here is a typical report on what they have said. You will see others in the press and around the web:...
