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The Register-Guard
Newspaper Program Moves Readers to Fast Lane
This article by Anne Williams is from the newspaper's web site. Click here
Rebuttal Footnote:
The following
comments about reading and neural science from Professor Floyd Gilles
appear in the forward of Dr. Tadlock’s new book, Read
Right—Coaching Your Child to Excellence in Reading scheduled for
publication in July, 2005 by McGraw-Hill. These comments are
offered as a rebuttal to Dr. S.
Engelmann's comments in the newspaper article.
"A wealth of research is expanding our understanding of the
neurophysiology and neuroanatomy of structures underlying speech and
language development and clinical disorders, such as stuttering,
autism spectrum disorders, specific language learning disabilities,
and more. These studies are driving the development of a wide variety
of more effective and efficient interventions to improve patient
diagnosis and outcome. This is an exciting time for brain research. We
are actually beginning to study the plasticity of the brain and the
neural networks that make learning possible and the genes that control
that plasticity. . .
As I read these pages [of Dr. Tadlock’s book] from cover to cover, I
found her ideas to be remarkably consistent with knowledge of how
brains function and the emerging understanding of the brain’s wondrous
and natural plasticity. With a foundation of neuroscience, Dr. Tadlock
provides a plausible framework to explain mysteries that have stumped
the reading field for decades. . . There are important ideas between the covers of this book. Parents of young children will benefit from them, as will people of all ages with reading difficulties. I believe that it is valuable for both parents and science that Dr. Tadlock has decided to share her discoveries."
Floyd Gilles, M.D. Head, Children’s Brain Center, Children's Hospital Los Angeles Burton E. Green Professor of Pediatric Neuropathology, Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Professor of Neuropathology, Neurosurgery
and Neurology, Keck School of Medicine,
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