Games to Help Dyslexia
A couple of games to help dyslexia that got mentioned on the Being Dyslexic forum. Mind Games provide packs of games and activities for either home or school user.
PHONOMENA by Mind weavers is a computer game to teach young children the basic sounds that make up spoken english. The claim "language skills improvement of 2.4 years age-equivalent after just 6 hours training" and also suggests its as an aid for teaching english as a foreign language.
Find Out More:
Books:
- Steps to Independence: Teaching Everyday Skills to Children With Special Needs
- Reaching Out, Joining in: Teaching Social Skills to Young Children With Autism (Topics in Autism)
- Teaching Children With Autism to Mind-Read : A Practical Guide for Teachers and Parents
- The ABA Program Companion: Organizing Quality Programs for Children With Autism and PDD
- Graduated Applied Behavior Analysis
Comments on: Games to Help Dyslexia
Chris, Your blog is very informative and interesting. It’s our featured blog at the Genetics and Public Health Blog this week. :)
Dyslexia and Blog of the Week: Myomancy
http://www.aboutweblogs.com/genetics/item/1979
Thanks and keep up the good work!
Posted by: Lei October 9th, 2005 at 5:12 pm
Thanks Lei.
If anyone is interested in genetics then check-out Lei’s blog. More genetics than you can shake a stick at.
As it happens, genetics and dyslexia / autism / ADHD is something I deliberatly do not cover on Myomancy. Partly because I don’t think genetics play a signifcant factor in these problems and partly because its very deterministic. I believe everyone can be helped regardless of their genes or current abilities.
Posted by: Chris Tregenza October 9th, 2005 at 5:40 pm
Great attitude, Chris! While I do believe genetics play a role in learning disabilities, I acknowledge that there’s not much we can do about addressing that factor right now. Hopefully, some targeted therapies can be developed in the future.
Posted by: Lei October 9th, 2005 at 5:43 pm
my name is melissa and i have dyslexia and an attention disoreder. I dont pay attention to things like that. I’ll get distracted by anything. Its pretty hard.
Posted by: melissa May 3rd, 2009 at 9:59 pm
hi , can you give me some advice on how will i give a motivation to children with dyslexia?
Posted by: nes May 16th, 2009 at 10:49 am
Games are a really useful in teaching dyslexics. It takes the pressure off learning which can get a bit full on if you always do written tasks.
Posted by: Grammar Teacher July 9th, 2009 at 5:05 pm
I am trying to help poor kids in Mexicali, Mexico. 5 of them have dislexia. We have no access to internet and I come to check e-mails once a week. Any games I could print out would be helpful. These kids struggle with b,p and d
mostly.
missionary in mexicali
Posted by: alicia thompson July 30th, 2009 at 7:53 am
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