Artificial intelligence helps teachers identify which of their students have learning difficulties, according to a new study. Teachers make more accurate assessments of learning difficulties such as ...

A company called Kinems is using personalised, video game-based learning to improve the skills of children with motor impairments and learning difficulties. Working with Microsoft Kinect, Kinems ...

Associate Professor, Department of Psychology and Human Development, IOE UCLUCL IOE. Programme Director for MA SpLD dyslexia and Programme route leader for the MA in Special and Inclusive Education ...

A trial which used artificial intelligence to train new teachers to spot potential learning difficulties in pupils found that the approach significantly improved their assessment skills. 178 trainees ...

Misconceptions about dyslexia are held by professionals who assess children for the learning difficulty, according to a new study which calls for evidence-based standardized assessment procedures. The ...

The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) defines dyslexia as a brain-based type of learning disability that specifically impairs a person's ability to read (see here). The ...

Empowering people with learning difficulties and making efforts to meet their needs part of mainstream services, are at the heart of the government's learning disability white paper for England.

Few things are more heart-wrenching to a parent than realising that their child has learning difficulties. Every parent wants and expects their child to be ‘normal’ if not above average. Parents ...

Dyslexia is a common learning difficulty in which genes often play a role. How do genes associated with dyslexia relate to brain structure in the general population? In a large-scale study, a team of ...

Local authority services for people with learning difficulties must change, Margaret Goldie, the Association of Directors of Social Services’s lead on learning difficulties said at Community Care Live ...