Easy Software Solutions for Dyslexia
Dyslexia and reading troubles are widespread in people with ADHD. A study performed recently at the MayoClinic and published in the Journal Paediatrics reported that 45% of boys and 49% of girls with a diagnosis of ADHD also had dyslexia or a reading difficulty. This compared to only 13% of boys and 9% of girls devoid of ADHD diagnosis. We do not have the precise figures on the rate of dyslexia in children with predominantly Inattentive ADHD vs. combined type ADHD but we have no reason to believe, based on other research studies, that the visual processing skills on children with inattentive ADHD is any better than the visual processing of the other subtype.
Visual processing training can help improve visual attention skills and can also help recover from ADHD and reading disorders. Some experts have projected that problems with visual processing, auditory processing and working memory may be the core problems in adults and children with the Inattentive type of ADHD. The development of visual procession skills by computerised education has been acknowledged in multiple studies. These automated programs have, in the past, been expensive and required a visit to a Developmental Optometrist office. At the moment however, parents of children with attention difficulties and reading problems and adults with reading problems can receive visual processing training at home and for free.
Students with Dyslexia and struggling readers, with and without auditory processing disorders, generally make gains in reading fluency after Fast ForWord participation. Brain imaging studies have shown that students with dyslexia have changed brain activation patterns, and significantly improved reading skills after working with the Fast ForWord exercises. How do children learn to read and learn to spell?
Many children pick up these skills easily, either by themselves or with some help at school. However, some children (some research suggests up to 30%) need to be carefully taught these skills. We know that children’s reading problems appear early in their school years. These problems do not diminish over time, but persist into adulthood. Children who fall behind in ‘pre-reading skills’ in Kindergarten and Year One tend to fall further behind in later grades. This results in some adults who have reading problems severe enough to hinder their enjoyment of reading, and limit their career options.
There are other software programs out there intended to improve visual processing that are not designed to help attention difficulties, dyslexia or reading troubles and it is potential that they might help with reading problems as well though they have not been particularly studied for this reason.
AUTHOR’S BIO:
Aston Kilms offers information on the various home based dyslexia software. His website, offers information about attention difficulties, reading software and various other ways to make studies fun for your child.
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