Irlen Syndrome Cairns
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The disorder referred to in the document is often misdiagnosed or goes undiagnosed. Failure to properly diagnose and treat the disorder can lead to academic, workplace, physical, emotional, and legal problems. The syndrome can be easily identified and treated through the use of non-invasive colored filters, such as glasses, which lead to immediate and dramatic improvement in symptoms. Extensive research over 200 studies supports the use of colored overlays and lenses to treat processing difficulties associated with the syndrome.
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Irlen Syndrome is a perceptual processing disorder. It is a problem with the brain’s ability to process visual information. It causes several physical, psychological, behavioral, and social symptoms. It hinders the reading abilities of students especially those with learning difficulties.
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Learning disability!!!
The Learning Disabilities Diagnostic Inventory (LDDI) is a diagnostic assessment tool used to identify learning disabilities in children ages 8-17. It consists of six scales that assess listening, speaking, reading, writing, mathematics, and reasoning abilities. Scores are given in stanines and percentiles to indicate the likelihood of processing disorders in these areas. The LDDI has high reliability and validity. It was designed to control for biases by including diverse participants in its norming sample and examining results across demographic groups. The LDDI provides a diagnostic profile that can be compared to known patterns associated with specific learning disabilities.
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Bill Spooner grew up in Cairns in the 1960s and attended local schools before graduating from Queensland College of Art in 1973. He taught art and worked in careers education and curriculum development in Queensland. In 1997, he resigned from Education Queensland and set up his own coaching academy focused on motivating children to learn and achieve success. The document provides 57 tips for parents on how to motivate children in their learning and development, such as establishing a dedicated study area, encouraging reading, spending quality time together, and helping children develop self-esteem and ownership over their learning.
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Bill Spooner's Coaching Academy provides tutoring and enrichment programs that have helped many students improve their academic performance and confidence. Students and parents provide glowing testimonials about the positive impact of Bill Spooner's programs. They describe students gaining a newfound love of learning, improving their grades dramatically, and becoming more motivated and self-assured because of the academy's personalized instruction and encouragement. Parents are grateful for the support and guidance that helps their children succeed in school.
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- 2. The disorder is more common than autism, heart disease and asthma, it often go goes undiagnosed, or gets misdiagnosed as other disorders such as dyslexia, behavioral or psychiatric problems, and ADHD. Failure to treat Irlen syndrome leads to academic and workplace failure, ongoing physical and emotional symptoms and increased likelihood to enter the criminal justice system. The syndrome is easy to identify and treat, and treatment through the use of non-invasive spectral filters warn as glasses leads to immediate and dramatic improvement. Irlen Syndrome
- 3. Dyslexia Irlen syndrome Dyslexia is derived from the Greek word, dys, meaning poor or inadequate, and the word lexis, meaning words or language.
- 4. Dyslexia Irlen syndrome Dyslexia is derived from the Greek word, dys, meaning poor or inadequate, and the word lexis, meaning words or language.
- 5. Irlen Syndrome Autism ADHD Dyslexia However it is not quite as simple as that….. And there is more to dyslexia than just words and language.
- 6. Imagine trying to read words that moveImagine trying to read words that move Syndrome Imagine trying to read words that move IRLEN
- 8. DEFINITION Scotopic Sensitivity Syndrome/Irlen Syndrome (SSS/IS): Is the specific reactivity of the visual system to certain frequencies within the white light spectrum.
- 12. How does it work? Brain
- 15. What has research found? • Some readers see the printed word very differently • Brain reacts differently • Stress and discomfort
- 16. Research The Irlen Method and the efficacy of coloured overlays and coloured lenses has been the subject of over 200 research studies encompassing the disciplines of education, psychology, and medicine. To date, more than 100 of these studies supporting the use of coloured overlays and lenses to treat the perceptual processing difficulties associated with Irlen Syndrome are published in peer-reviewed academic and scientific journals,
- 17. including the: •Journal of Learning Disabilities •Australian Journal of Special Education •Australian Journal of Learning Disabilities •Journal of Clinical & Experimental Neuropsychology •Journal of Research in Reading, and Behavioral Optometry among others.
- 18. A Six Year Follow-up Study Irlen Coloured Filters for Reading: A Six Year Follow-up by Whiting, Robinson, and Parrott in Australian Journal of Remedial Education, 1994. – 94% of 267 subjects reported continued improvement – 58% reported large improvements
- 57. Coloured paper.
- 85. What is the process? Two appointments 1. Initial assessment – determines the symptoms 2. Tint assessment – determines what will relieve the symptoms
- 88. For more information: billspoonerscoaching.com
- 90. Link to Educator Tool Kit