Research centered around dyslexia/related language-based learning disabilities, learning, neuroscience and the brain, and the science of literacy acquisition continues to move at light speed. The International Dyslexia Association, Upper Midwest Branch (IDA-UMB) has created this page to keep our members up-to-date on the latest news from the Upper Midwest, the nation and the world. In addition to research-related news, we strive to bring you current news on education, legislation, and disability law. Check back frequently, as this page is updated almost daily.
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07.29.10
School Administrator Supports SBRI
07.29.10
New Minnesota SLD Manual: What's In It For Me?
07.13.10
October Events Planned for Dyslexia Awareness Month
07.12.10
B&N Offers Students Free NOOKstudy eTextbook Software
05.17.10
Pesticides in kids linked to ADHD
05.08.10
Human Working Memory Is Based on Dynamic Interaction Networks in the Brain
04.30.10
Sign Language Study Shows Multiple Brain Regions Wired for Language
04.20.10
Study: Brain Games Don't Make You Smarter
04.11.10
Music Therapy Fails Dyslexics, Study Finds
04.01.10
Memorization wrong path to proficiency in spelling
04.01.10
Songbird DNA May Offer Clues To Human Speech
03.25.10
StarTrib: MN readers' achievement gap hasn't narrowed since 1992
03.24.10
What's Ahead for Kids' Books on the iPad?
03.24.10
Infants Recognize Voices, Emotions By 7 Months
03.09.10
Repeated Anesthesia Can Affect Children's Ability to Learn
03.03.10
Jeanie Munsterman Joins IDA-UMB Board
02.26.10
Speaking or signing, it's the same to your brain: Language is universal
02.25.10
Nouns and Verbs Are Learned in Different Parts of the Brain
02.22.10
Short-term Memory: Midday Nap Markedly Boosts the Brain's Learning Capacity
02.22.10
Music Training Enhances Brainstem Sensitivity to Speech Sounds, Neuroscientist Says
02.22.10
Curriculum teaching English as if it were a foreign language gets results
02.19.10
NYTs Patient Money: Finding Help for Learning Disabilities
02.18.10
PEATC Announces Free IEP Checklist iPhone App
02.18.10
Mpls StarTrib: Roosevelt star winning her fight with dyslexia
02.11.10
Separate Brain Pathways Process the Start and End of What We Hear
02.10.10
'E-Rate 2.0' Would Expand Broadband Access, Fund E-Book Pilot
01.12.10
Disconnect Between Brain Regions in ADHD
01.08.10
Bold new e-readers grab attention at CES
12.19.09
Dyslexia: Some Very Smart Accomplished People Cannot Read Well
12.10.09
First Evidence of Brain Rewiring in Children: Reading Remediation Positively Alters Brain Tissue
12.10.09
Brain Rewiring: Reading Remediation Positively Alters Brain Tissue
12.09.09
Reading Practice Can Strengthen Brain 'Highways'
12.04.09
$40 million aimed to transform teaching
12.04.09
Celebrate Inclusive Schools Week December 7–11, 2009
12.02.09
Developmental Psychologist Says Teenagers Are Different
11.18.09
Wikipedia co-founder launches free online educational-video library
11.12.09
Good Readers Learn From Repeating Auditory Signals, Poor Readers Do Not
11.04.09
A Push for Better Reading Instruction
11.04.09
Learning To Talk Changes How Speech Is Heard
10.26.09
Literacy-boosting lawmakers & IDA-UMB VP Bette Erickson win national award
10.16.09
In Milliseconds, Brain Zips From Thought To Speech
10.15.09
Colombian Guerrillas Help Scientists Locate Literacy In The Brain
10.13.09
Dyslexia Varies Across Languages
10.07.09
Apple eBook Tablet Rumored To Launch In Early 2010
10.05.09
Carol Greider wins Nobel Medicine Prize despite dyslexia
10.01.09
MN proclaims October Dyslexia Awareness Month!
06.26.09
Neurological Differences Support Dyslexia Subtypes
06.03.09
Discoveries Shed New Light On How The Brain Processes What The Eye Sees
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