KC--could you describe your own observations?  This would be very 
useful.

Thanks.

Andrea

On Jan 10, 2007, at 3:57 PM, KC Andrew wrote:


> I think it's the first time I've ever seen the suggestion of a 

> possible medication for a learning disability.  It also piqued my 

> curiosity about the comorbidity of LD, especially in reading, and 

> AD/HD.   The "noise" theory makes intuitive sense in light of my 

> experiences with students, my conversations with instructors and my 

> observations of my own AD/HD - LD child and his struggles with 

> reading.

>

> KC Andrew

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> 'Noise'

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>

> Hi KC and Andrea,

>

> I think this is so interesting and relevant as it came out just 

> shortly after we had some discussion about research priorities.  This 

> certainly takes a real "hot topic" in the field and narrows it down to 

> the least common denominators.  The results of scholarly research 

> affect practice.  There were some interesting suggestions in the 

> article that related to how it could affect instruction.  Even though 

> most research is done with children and has to be adapted for our 

> adult population, it is still noteworthy.

>

> What do others think?

>

> Thanks,

>

> Rochelle

>

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> Rochelle Kenyon

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> Rochelle--thanks for the calibre of this!  I rely on you to give us the

> best, fast, this is worth looking  into.

>

> Thanks!

>

> Andrea

>

>

>

> Hi Rochelle - I thought it was a fascinating premise (I saw is in  

> Schwab Learning) and it confirmed some of my informal observations of  

> how dyslexic people approach reading.  However, I suspect that there 

> may be room for both schools of thought (and probably more!) and what 

> is causal for one dyslexic reader may not be true of all of them.

>

>  KC Andrew

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