Dyslexia Awareness Week 2023
In case you missed it, Dyslexia Awareness Week 2023 ran between the 2-8th of this month. You can see the review here: www.bdadyslexia.org.uk/news/daw23-a-recap It was wonderful to see so many schools, organisations and individuals use our specially made #UniquelyYou resources. Check out some of our favourites here: https://www.bdadyslexia.org.uk/news/daw-23-your-submissions
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Inhibitory Deficits in Reading Disability Depend on Subtype: Guessers but not Spellers
Menno van der Schoot, Robert Licht, Tako M. Horsley, and Joseph A. Sergeant Department of Clinical Neuropsychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands ABSTRACT In this study, children with the guessing subtype of dyslexia (who read fast and inaccurately) were com- pared with children with the spelling subtype (who read slowly and accurately) on three…
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Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP) reduces autistic boy’s rigidity and chronic fight-or-flight
Name: Mario (pseudonym) Age and Gender: Five-year-old boy Program Delivered: SSP Core (Hours 1-5); SSP Connect (Hour 1) Safe and Sound Protocol™ (SSP) Mario is a five-year-old autistic boy who experienced difficulty engaging with and trusting others, as well as participating in daily routines and tasks. It was common for him to experience rigidity…
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Study: Adults with autism show improved social awareness and other benefits following the Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP)
Earlier this year, Japanese researcher Hiroki Kawai and his team at Okayama University completed an exploratory pilot study evaluating the effectiveness of the Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP) in adults with autism (Kawai et al., 2023). In this study, published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, the SSP was delivered to six…
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CONTRIBUTE TO FINDING A DEFINITIVE ANSWER TO ONE OF THE BIGGEST QUESTIONS ABOUT DYSLEXIA – JOIN A LATERALITY STUDY
Is there a link between dyslexia and atypical brain lateralization? Is the atypical brain lateralization, if present, a cause or a consequence of dyslexia?
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News from Dr Robert Melillo for the training in Sofia
What are the advances in the field of developmental disorders and learning disabilities?
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