Myomancy ADHD, Dyslexia and Autism

“Brain images of children with dyslexia taken before they received spelling instruction show that they have different patterns of neural activity than do good spellers when doing language tasks related to spelling. But after specialized treatment emphasizing the letters in words, they showed similar patterns of brain activity. These findings are important because they show the human brain can change and normalize in response to spelling instruction, even in dyslexia, the most common learning disability….
Earlier research has shown that spelling development progresses through three stages — phonological, orthographic and morphological. The treatment that was developmentally appropriate for children in grades four through six — orthographic — was the one associated with normalization of brain activation. After receiving the orthographic instruction that emphasized strategies for focusing on and remembering the letters in written words, the brain activity of the dyslexic children changed to more closely resemble that of the good spellers. The children’s spelling on a standardized test also improved. Dyslexic children who received the other treatment, a morphological one that was more developmentally advanced, did not show normalized brain activation.“.
Press Release from University of Washington: Brain images show individual dyslexic children respond to spelling treatment.
(Thanks School Psychology)