Dyslexia and Vision Problems – NEW RESEARCH
Wednesday, April 13th, 2011
The discussion continues-many reading specialist still believe that vision has nothing to do with reading. My first response to them is, “Cover your eyes, now read.” That doesn’t make them happy, but how obvious is it that vision is still a part of the reading process/ More of the new brain research is now showing [...]
Tags: Reading, Vision Therapy
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Visual Tracking & Academic Performance
Monday, November 29th, 2010
“In my experience, “visual tracking” is a term that seems to be universally recognized by classroom teachers, yet frequently misunderstood for the relationship of this visual ability to reading and learning. In a general way, teachers have learned that visual tracking refers to an eye movement and.. ” Click here to read entire blog, written [...]
Tags: education, Hellerstein & Brenner Vision Center, Reading, Vision Therapy
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More about Reading-Improvements Following Vision Therapy
Saturday, October 23rd, 2010
Dr. Dom Maino nicely summarizes research by Dr. Barry Tannen. In his blog, Dr. Maino states, “The Visagraph Eye Movement System (Visagraph) records and analyzes a student’s eye movements while reading. The analysis provides grade level equivalents for various measurements such as fixations and regressions per 100 words and reading speed in words per minute. [...]
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See It. Say It. Do It! Sept Newsletter is HERE!
Wednesday, September 8th, 2010
Click here to read the Sept. Enewsletter from Dr. Lynn Hellerstein – “Reading Opens a Whole New World” (Look under LynnHellerstein.com newsletter archives -September) Please forward and share it with friends & colleagues. PLMK your thoughts.
Tags: Reading, See It. Say It. Do It!, visualization
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The Visuality of Reading Part II
Thursday, June 24th, 2010
Dr. Press continues in his blog about the Visuality of Reading. He quotes Dr. Oliver Sachs, neurologist & author of forthcoming book, The Mind’s Eye, “We normally think of reading as a seamless, indivisible act … reading in fact involves a number of separate processes and stages from basic perceptual processes to higher level abilities [...]
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