The within method recognizes that although a dysmetric dyslexic child is unable to properly perform sequential scanning, he nevertheless is capable of performing as well as a normal person in static vision exercises, i.e. in an exercise which requires his identification of stationary objects of fixed height at specified distances. The within method thus calls for the presentation of reading material in letter or word-sized units, one at a time and in reading sequence, at a fixed location, so that the child reading is not required to sequentially scan the reading material. That is, the material is presented in temporal rather than spacial sequence or relation. As a result, there is only slight or minimal eye vibration or nystagmus imposed upon the child which results in minimal ocular overshooting and undershooting and avoids blurring and scrambling. The manner in which the reading material is presented thus does not contribute to, i.e. avoids or minimizes, a failure in the child to properly focus and perceive the material being presented for reading. It also makes use of a heretofore unknown compensatory mechanism existing in dysmetric dyslexic children, namely functional narrowing of the visual field so as to avoid blurring.
Method of presenting reading material to dysmetric dyslexic-identified children