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Phonemic awareness instruction for older learners is meant to be short so a Bridge the Gap lesson is 5-7 minutes in length allowing time for an intervention to also include instruction in phonics and provide an opportunity for students to apply the f ...

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This important initiative aims to reduce to near zero the number of children who finish primary school unable to read.

DSF strongly supports evidence informed practice in the teaching of literacy.

A nation as self-confident as Australia doesn't expect to receive lessons in advanced education practices from such humble places as Irvinestown a small village two hours west of Belfast in Northern Ireland.

My Dyslexic Journey provides insight into the challenges of Dyslexia.

Using voice-to-text and screen-readers to support reading and spelling.

How to use Microsofts new suite of learning tools to support students with specific learning disorders

Historically it was widely believed that reading difficulties were the direct result of defects in the visual system. We now know that these theories are largely untrue.

A compelling model of reading acquisition is that encapsulated in the Simple View of Reading (Gough and Tunmer 1986).

Over the past few months there has been renewed media interest in a unique font called Dyslexie that the promoters claim will improve the readability of text for both children and adults with dyslexia.

Has your child just started learning to read? Perhaps they have entered pre-primary or commenced Year One this year?