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Electronic Toolkit Speeds Up Learning in Dyslexic Kids

by Trilok on January 28, 2010 at 12:56 PM News on IT in Healthcare

To speed up learning in children with dyslexia, a digital designer at University of Cincinnati (UC) has created a 21st century electronic toolkit.

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Renee Seward from College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning (DAAP), developed the toolkit to help educators more effectively assist children with dyslexia.

The online tool creatively employs sight, sound and physical movement to increase the reading and retention abilities of children aged 9 to 11 who have dyslexia.

The project was inspired by the struggles of a friend's child to read.

"In my work. I want to deemphasize the 26 letters of the alphabet and emphasize the 44 common sounds of the English language. I do so by helping educators employ children's senses, from the visual to the kinesthetic," said Seward.

She said that the key is knowing that dyslexia is not rooted in problems with visual perception. It's rooted in memory.

Individuals with dyslexia have difficulty recalling and making a quick connection between a sound and the letter representing that sound.

"The child is able to read the letter 'b.' He or she is unable to quickly recall that we associate that symbol with the sound, 'buh.' That's dyslexia in a nutshell," said Seward.

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