Here are some links to articles which I have found as I've searched for information relevant to homeschooling my children. There is a wealth of advice and practical suggestions which will enable you as a homeschooling parent to make some important decisions as to the best way in which you can help your children learn to read, etc.
Synthesis of Research on Phonological Awareness: Principles and Implications for Reading Acquisition
Sylvia Barrus Smith
Deborah C. Simmons
Edward J. Kameenui
University of Oregon
Communication and Literacy
How each can help the other grow. Choose Literacy and then Comm. & Literacy to get to this article.
Dyslexia and Creativity
An Interview with Thomas Scheidler by Rondi Lightmark (at the Greenwood Institute site).
Effective Techniques
for Teaching Highly Gifted Visual-Spatial Learners by Linda Kreger Silverman at The Gifted Development Center site.
Encouraging Pre-Literacy Skills
in Children with Developmental Phonological Disorders, Specific Language Impairment, and Dyspraxia at Caroline Bowen's (SLP) site.
Helping Your Dyslexic Child
at The Dyslexia Institute Homepage. Advice regarding self-esteem, sense of humour.
Management of Auditory Processing Disorders
at the Kaufman Children's Center for Speech and Language Disorders site.
Reading Before Talking:
Learning About Mental Abilities from Children with Down's Syndrome. Choose Literacy and then the Reading Before Talking article. Reading can enhance speech - practical examples of how spoken language can be taught through reading.
Reviews of the Irlen Lens and Hooked on Phonics
at the Greenwood Institute site.
Teaching for Dyslexia
Article at The Dyslexia Institute Homepage. Lots of practical suggestions.
"Units of Sound"
At The Dyslexia Institute Homepage. Reading development programme.
Visual Phonics articles
At the International Communications Learning Institute site.
Using the Visual Phonics System.
Eliminating Phonetic Roadblocks to Literature.
Making Phonics Multisensory - Using See The Sound/Visual Phonics to Enhance Early Reading Instruction.
A Facilitating Technique to Improve Speech Intelligibility in Individuals with Down's Syndrome.
Application of Visual Phonics in Treatment of Development Apraxia.
Visual-Spatial Learner and Auditory-Sequential Learner
Characteristics outlined on the Gifted Development Center site.
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