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What are the effects of delaying identification of and intervention for dyslexia?

Dyslexia goes along with a lot of social and psychological and clinical implications that include reduced self-esteem, depression, higher rates of anxiety, and decreased reading motivation. The longer kids are allowed to fail and are not given the resources they need, the more likely they are to have reduced reading motivation.

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Nadine Gaab

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Nadine Gaab

Dr. Nadine Gaab is an associate professor of pediatrics at Boston Children’s Hospital Boston and the Harvard Medical School, and a member of the faculty at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Dr. Gaab’s research at Boston Children’s Hospital Laboratories of Cognitive Neuroscience focuses on children diagnosed with or at risk for developmental disorders, particularly language-based learning disabilities.

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