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Comment by Shla Bee on January 22, 2012 at 5:50am

Thanks so much Drs Fernette and Brock Eide!

We are going to try Read2Go and bookshare to see how the reading goes. Our 10yo, enjoys reading, though it tires him out so easily. We will look at the Writing as you suggested.

Thanks a lot for your help and for all you do with our gifted Dyslexics.

Comment by Drs. Fernette and Brock Eide on January 4, 2012 at 4:26pm

Many students also benefit by a template-based reading program - like Step Up to Writing (Step Up to Writing - Anchorage Schools) or the latest update to Co-Writer from Don Johnston.

Many benefit from being explicitly taught transition words that help connect and relate complex ideas (words like 'however, moreover, consequently" etc). 

Comment by Drs. Fernette and Brock Eide on December 9, 2011 at 10:55pm

What a great idea, Photo Booth. We know of many studies who are such cinematic thinkers that pictures and images are much better to organize their thoughts than working first through words. For these types of thinkers, talking over writing, sketching out or storyboarding ideas might be the most natural way to organize thoughts before adding words at a later step. Some like Kidspiration or other mindmaps - some use powerpoints and collect pictures first, adding words later. You may also want to check out the thread on Stealth Dyslexia here: http://dyslexicadvantage.com/forum/topics/stealth-dyslexia-writing  Writing comes up a lot as the main challenge of gifted and older students with dyslexia.