Strengthens attention and improves reading related motor functions.
Candidates have made average comprehension gains of a year and decoding gains of almost two years, in less than a month
THE young dyslexic child begins school, full of enthusiasm and curiosity. Very quickly that enthusiasm dwindles to confusion and inability to make sense of the words on the page. The bright teenager is struggling with English but excelling in other subjects.
Parents suspect that something is not quite right. School reports show the child is lagging behind the rest of the class. Extra learning support is provided but the child plateaus and nothing seems to work.
The causes of reading disabilities involve auditory, visual and motor functions. Recent brain scan research shows auditory, visual and motor functions must be activated and coordinated at the same time. This allows the neural bonds between letters and sound combinations to develop. This is vital to the reading process.
The Celifield tntervention is a neuroscientific reading programme scientists describe as powerful, remarkable and brilliant. The Celifield Intervention is the first software designed to target auditory, visual and motor pathways simultaneously. It expands working memory, with Cellfield Intervention. Improvement has also been noted in spoken language, handwriting, numeracy, ba ’ance, co-ordination and music skills.
Children and adults with dyslexia see words as designs, rather than a series of symbols representing sounds. Data confirms that Cellfield improves decoding skills significantly.
Irlen Syndrome is a piece of the puzzle of dyslexia and presents as visual distortions of print. People with Irlen Syndrome have a visual perceptual disorder that affects the way they see the print on the page. The client can often be helped with specially tinted Irlen lenses.
The Cellfield Intervention and Irlen screening are available at the Tauranga/Mt Maunganui Kip McGrath Education Center. The school holidays provide a wonderful opportunity to get your child up to speed for Term One, 2009.
The Kip McGrath Education Center is now accepting enrolments for the holiday workshops in numeracy, young writers programme as well as the standard Kip tuition.
For a free consultation and assessment call Judith 578 1518 or email kramac@clear.net.nz
Judith Kramer Director- Kip McGrath Center
Bay of Plenty Times,
Tauranga Bay,New Zealand
Disabilities need intervention
Special programme for preschool and Year One children
KUCHING: The Dyslexia Association of Sarawak is working with the state Education Department to run a three-month dyslexia intervention programme.
The programme, if given the green light, will affect pupils in preschool and Year One classes.
The programme aims to give a foundation on phonics and advance the literacy skills of reading, writing and spelling, both in English and Bahasa Malaysia.
Dyslexia is a learning difficulty which affects reading, spelling and writing.
A research conducted by Unimas in 2004 showed that almost seven per cent of primary school pupils are affected by dyslexia.
The association will hold its second annual general meeting this Saturday at Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (near Wisma Saberkas).
Its president Ong Puay Hoon said the meeting is expected to start from 9am and all members are invited to attend.
Ong said the association is a non-governmental organisation with the main objective of enhancin~ education and improvin~ the general welfare 0: children and adults affectec by dyslexia and othei learning disabilities.
It also helps to promot awareness am understanding amon~ parents, teachers and th public towards dyslexia.
At present, nine student~ aged between nine and U years are attending th~ programme and th~ outcome has been positive particularly on th~ development of self esteem, confidence am better understanding o dyslexia.
Borneo Post,
Sarawak,Malaysia
Panchkula plans centre for dyslexic kids
PANCHKULA: The district administration has decided to work on bridging the learning gap that exists between dyslexic children and others
It has decided to set up a Child Guidance Centre for dyslexic kids and a proposal for this prepared by District Council for Child Welfare has been sent to central social welfare department for approval.
The centre will cater to the needs of the Tricity. It will be the second such facility in the northern region. Another facility of this kind exists in Lucknow.
Panchkula deputy commissioner Rajinder Kataria said, "District officials felt that time had come to do something positive for these children. They studied the functioning of the Lucknow-based centre closely."
For now, district administration has reserved a budget of Rs 2 lakh for setting up this centre, but that may be increased if a need is felt for it, said sources. If the centre is a success, more such facilities will be started in other districts.
The Child Guidance Centre will be run from the District Child Welfare Council building in Sector 14. Highly trained teachers will instruct children at this centre. Counselling courses from one month to a year in length will be available at the facility.
Dyslexia is a neurological condition that makes it difficult for children to learn reading or writing. Experts say having this condition does not mean that a dyslexic is lacking in intelligence. Many talented individuals have been dyslexics, they say.
The facility will also offer counselling to parents of dyslexic children, say sources. Play therapy and reconstruction of school environment will also be used at the centre to handle dyslexia.
School phobia, slow learning, depression and attention deficit will also be looked at in this centre.
Kataria said, "Children are the future of our country and we should provide them with whatever facilities we can. Dyslexic kids need care and attention. So we thought we should do something for them."
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