Phonological Disorders - Articles
Phonological Processing in Parents of Children with Autism.
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Nestor L.
A review of: Schmidt, G., Kimel, L., Winterrowd, E., Pennington, B., Hepburn, S., Rojas, D. (2008). Impairments in phonological processing and nonverbal intellectual function in parents of children with autism. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 30 (5), 557-567. DOI: 10.1080/13803390701551225 I have previously reported on stu...
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Understanding the Visual Difficulties in Dyslexia
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Drs. Fernettte & Brock E.
If your dyslexic child seems to struggle with the visual aspects of reading, but the eye doctor said 'everything's fine' - the problem may be with brain-based aspects of seeing in dyslexia. Dyslexia can be associated with a wide range of visual difficulties including problems with stabilizing visual gaze, moving the eyes smoothly and in a coordi...
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Different Types of Dyslexia
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Drs. Fernettte & Brock E.
More progress in identification of different types of dyslexia: From the Hansen group at Oxford (college dyslexics) Excerpt: "The results revealed a striking heterogeneity of profiles. Nine dyslexics exhibited only a phonological deficit; one a phonological and a visual magnocellular deficit; a further three a phonological and a cerebellar...
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Auditory Processing Disorders and School
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Drs. Fernettte & Brock E.
Auditory processing disorders are on our minds because we'll be giving a 3 hr seminar on central auditory processing disorders next week at the Washington Speech & Hearing Association. Auditory processing disorders are extremely common in the school age population, and the parents and teachers should be aware of them as causes of inappropri...
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Disordered
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Anonymous Mom
Mission Mode continues... yesterday Rob was hell-bent on driving to Pittsburgh to take a look at a car he was interested in. When I wouldn't allow it, he spent half an hour trying to shout me into it, then he was on the internet downloading more car info. He showed me each car and read the highlights to me. Sorted out his top three. I tried ...
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A Disorderly Disorder
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Sherri S.
Sometimes, in life, we can’t resolve one issue unless and until we resolve another. And in families, those issues can be very complicated. And quite wily And when the ‘identified patient’ dies, they take more with them then the good and bad about themselves and how they fit into the family structure. If left to atrophy or if forgotten, the issu...
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What Sounds Should My Toddler Be Saying?
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meta-DAD
Phonological Development ChartWith three young children at various stages of development my wife and I easily forget what milestones each kid should be hitting. Our oldest son was a late “talker” while our middle child is an early one and our youngest is a “solid” babbler (he’s just a few months old) and seems to ha...
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Dysgraphia as Isolated Spelling Disorder
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Drs. Fernettte & Brock E.
Spelling-based dysgraphia may be one of the most commonly missed disabilities. Students with poor spelling are written off as ignorant or slow, though they may be quite bright. Prejudice about spelling as a disability has caused some gifted students to be excluded from gifted classes, others to be held back a grades, or worse, denied opportuniti...
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Bipolar disorder is chemical disorder
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Dr. Richard K.
According to the National Institute of Mental Health approximately 2.6% of Americans 18 years or older have bipolar disorder. Significantly, there is now further evidence that it is a brain chemistry disorder. A study in Molecular Psychiatry reports that specific chemical abnormalities can be demonstrated, unfortunately at this point that testi...
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