- Dyslexia treatment
Because dyslexia's most salient symptom is childhood difficulty with learning to read, the most common form of treatment is through specialized tutoring or teaching tailored to meet the particular learning characteristics of the student. Most teaching is geared to remediating specific areas of weakness, such as addressing difficulties with phonetic decoding by providing phonics-based tutoring. Some teaching is geared to specific reading skill areas, such as phonetic decoding; whereas other approaches are more comprehensive in scope, combining techniques to address basic skills along with strategies to improve comprehension and literary appreciation. Many programs are multisensory in design, meaning that instruction includes visual, auditory, and kinesthetic or tactile elements; as it is generally believed that such forms of instruction are more effective for dyslexic learners.cite journal
author = Henry, M.K.| year = 1998
title = Structured, sequential, multisensory teaching: the Orton legacy
journal = Annals of Dyslexia| volume = 48
pages = 3–26| issn = 0736-9387
url = http://eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/recordDetail?accno=EJ585703 | accessdate = 2007-08-02
doi = 10.1007/s11881-998-0002-9 ] Despite claims of some programs to be "research based", there is very little empirical or quantitative research supporting the use of any particular approach to reading instruction as compared to another when used with dyslexic children.cite journal
author = Ritchey, K.D.
coauthors = Goeke, J.L.
year = 2006
title = Orton-Gillingham and Orton-Gillingham Based Reading Instruction: A Review of the Literature
journal = The Journal of Special Education
volume = 40
issue = 3
pages = 171–183http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/proedcw/jse/2006/00000040/00000003/art00005
accessdate = 2007-06-01
doi = 10.1177/00224669060400030501 ] cite journal
author = Connor, C.M.D.| coauthors = Morrison, F.J.; Fishman, B.J.; Schatschneider, C.; Underwood, P.
date =2007-01-26 | title = THE EARLY YEARS: Algorithm-Guided Individualized Reading Instruction
journal = Science| volume = 315| issue = 5811| pages = 464| doi = 10.1126/science.1134513| url = http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/summary/315/5811/464 | accessdate = 2007-08-02 ]Techniques
Recent Developments
Accessible publishing works to make reading easier for all that struggle with the standard one-size-fits-all method of book publishing. Accessible publishing works with publishers andPrint on Demand technology which allows the reader to choose how the books will be published. Available format variations include choosing the font size (from 11 point font through to 28 point font), whether the font is bold, italic or regular, and choosing the amount of line spacing [http://www.readhowyouwant.com/Format/index.aspx] . There are also a variety of special fonts being developed for dyslexia, eye tracking problems and other conditions [http://papercuts.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/20/making-reading-easier/] . Accessible publishers, such as ReadHowYouWant, also work to make books available inBraille ,e-books ,audiobooks andDAISY .ee also
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