We are currently looking for children with and without reading disabilities to participate in a research study to learn more about what causes difficulty with reading.
WHAT: 2 days of paper & pencil tasks, computerized tests, and some children will receive Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scans of the brain
WHERE: Kennedy Krieger Institute
707 North Broadway
Baltimore, MD
BENEFITS: Each child receives $25 for study participation and $10 for lunch; Free IQ and school testing with summary; Some children will receive free MRI.
CONTACT: Pam Yerby (410) 502-9399 [email protected]
Laurie E. Cutting, Ph.D., Principal Investigator
Kennedy Krieger Institute
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
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New contact phone number: 443-923-9275
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I am so sorry about that. We just changed to new numbers.
New contact phone number: 443-923-9275
Re: ATTENTION FAMILIES OF CHILDREN WITH READING DISABILITIES
I suppose you have had plenty of responses to your request by now. However, on the off chance that you still need some people for your research, I have an eight-year old daughter who is dyslexic. Tess can read and comprehend what she reads. Her long-term memory skills are excellent. Hand-eye coordination is incredible. (Tess can grab a fish out of the water and a fly out of the air with her bare hands.) She seems capable of understanding very deep concepts as well. My opinion is that her talents and intelligence are really located on the right side of her brain, but I have nothing to confirm this.
Tess is typical in that she cannot sequence. As of last spring, she couldn’t tell you the days of the week, months of the year, read an analogue clock or even tell you her birthday. She rotates b, d, p, g, and q. Tess also transposes vowel combinations and reverses words such as saw for was.
Tess is in a conventional third-grade classroom in public school. Unfortunately, she is beginning to melt down due to her dyslexia. Math, (she uses her fingers to add and subtract); spelling (can pass a spelling test with ease but cannot apply it in every-day writing); and writing (has difficulty staying in the lines and punctuation is almost non-existent).
Tess was given the WISC III test by Dr. Adam Plotnick in April of 2002 and I could forward his results to you.
We live in the Detroit, Michigan area and although I can’t come to you, I could have an MRI done here. However, you would have to find a way to pay for this. St. John’s, Beaumont Hospital, Henry Ford and Children’s hospitals are all local to us.
Even if you don’t pick Tess for your research, I would be very interested in your results.
Finally, could someone at your facility answer a question for me. I came across a learning program called PACE that is being promoted for dyslexic children. They claim they grow the number of synapse. My understanding of the brain is somewhat limited in that I thought synapse was the space between nerves that carries the neurotransmitter. To grow space does not seem to make sense to me … does it make sense to you?
Thank you for any help you can provide.
Sincerely,
Beth Akers
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