Brain & Language Connections

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Let them fidget: Children with ADHD seem to learn better when they're moving Children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder may fidget, tap and swivel around in a chair much more than normally developing children because it helps them to learn complex material, psychologists have found.

Explainer: how the brain changes when we learn to read We are not hard-wired to read. It has taken thousands of years of practice to forge connections in our brains to help us do this.

Science Proves Reading To Kids Really Does Change Their Brains MRIs provide hard proof.

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Why Handwriting Is Still Essential in the Keyboard Age It is more than just a motor skill, researchers say. It engages the mind.

One Area of Brain Sees Familiar Words as Pictures, Another Sounds Out Words Once a word is knows, sounding it out is unnecessary, a new study reports.

5 Signs of Reading Difficulty - Lindamood-Bell   Parents often know that their child is struggling with reading—especially if there is an older sibling or friend who seemed to, comparatively,  breeze through the process. It is not so clear,   however, whether a child has a  weakness that needs to be checked out, or if reading simply hasn’t “clic…

A Few Strategies to Help Slow-Working Students We want students to work at their own pace, but when one student is significantly slower than his peers, it can cause problems for him and for his teachers. These strategies can help. Continue Reading →

Multitasking Is Killing Your Brain Multitasking is not a skill to add to the resume, but rather a bad habit to put a stop to.

Disruptive Behavior: Why It's Often Misdiagnosed | Child Mind Institute  Tantrums and defiance may mask issues that aren't apparent to adults, from anxiety and depression to learning disorders and trauma