a teacher with progressive headache, dyslexia, dysgraphia and seizure.

A teacher with progressive headache, dyslexia, dysgraphia and seizure

A 56-year-old female teacher presented to Shariati Hospital, Tehran, Iran, with history of progressive headache, difficulty to read and write (dyslexia and dysgraphia), and seizure since 3 months ago. Neurological examination demonstrated mild bilateral papilledema and left side Babinski sign. The exam was otherwise normal. Brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was performed (Figure 1). 1What ...

a comparison of teachers and supervisors, with respect to teacher efficacy and reflection

supervisors play an undeniable role in training teachers, before starting their professional experience by preparing them, at the initial years of their teaching by checking their work within the proper framework, and later on during their teaching by assessing their progress. but surprisingly, exploring their attributes, professional demands, and qualifications has remained a neglected theme i...

The effectiveness of neurofeedback treatment on students’ dyslexia and dysgraphia

This study aimed to examine the effectiveness of Neurofeedback training method on students with dyslexia and dysgraphia disorders. This study was conducted with quasi-experimental design with pretest and posttest control group. The population of the study was primary school-aged students in Bojnord city who received diagnostic of dyslexia and dysgraphia. Thirty participants were chosen by purpo...

Acquired Dyslexia and Dysgraphia in Chinese

Understanding how the mappings between orthography and phonology in alphabetic languages are learned, represented and processed has been enhanced by the cognitive neuropsychological investigation of patients with acquired reading and writing disorders. During the past decade, this methodology has been extended to understanding reading and writing in Chinese leading to new insights about languag...

Lexical learning in developmental dyslexia/dysgraphia

Teacher attitudes toward dyslexia: effects on teacher expectations and the academic achievement of students with dyslexia.

The present study examined teacher attitudes toward dyslexia and the effects of these attitudes on teacher expectations and the academic achievement of students with dyslexia compared to students without learning disabilities. The attitudes of 30 regular education teachers toward dyslexia were determined using both an implicit measure and an explicit, self-report measure. Achievement scores for...