http://commonhealth.wbur.org/2014/06/dyslexia-brain
Three things that I learned from this article were: one or two kids in every U.S. classroom has dyslexia (I knew there were a lot, but not that many!), children’s brain structures can show signs of developing the disorder even before the child begins to read via cutting-edge MRI technology, and that several studies have suggested that intervention is most effective in kindergarten or first grade. The most astonishing thing that I learned from this article is that even though there is now a way to diagnose students before kindergarten, not all schools are willing to test students because "if MIT and Harvard diagnoses or identifies children at risk in kindergarten and we don’t have the resources to do anything about this, then parents will get really upset with us, and we would feel very guilty as well." The article talks about only testing students who have family histories of dyslexia or students who show early signs. I couldn't believe that schools would be unwilling to test students to get them the help that they need because they lack the resources. I feel like schools should be more willing to educate themselves about dyslexia and the proper accommodations, it isn't anything that would take a lot of money, just a willingness to learn. If there are one or two students in every class with dyslexia, it would benefit every single school to take the initiative to make the proper changes necessary.
Why would we put students through this if we could intervene earlier?
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