Presentation on the Eaton Arrowsmith School.

1. Eaton Arrowsmith School

2. Growing Up With Dyslexia

3. The Human Brain/Neuroplasticity 1.6% of our body weight, 3 pounds, 100,000,000,000 Brain Cells, 1,000,000,000,000 Glial Cells

4. Brain Neurons and Glia Cells

8. Barbara Arrowsmith Young

10. Brain Activity while Reading Out Loud (Lassen et. al. 1978) Functional system (neural network) as postulated by A. R. Luria

11. Neuroplasticity: The work of Professor Mark R. Rosenzweig University of California, Berkley Stimulated (Enriched) rats - improved performance on mazes (better learners) - increased levels of neurotransmitters - more glia cells - enlarged capillaries (better blood supply) - more dendrite branching (more synaptic connections) No Special Toys for Stimulation Stimulation (Enriched)

15. Developing Reasoning: Symbol Relations (Clocks)

25. Claudia’s Main Cognitive and Achievement Changes (measured in percentiles) (BEFORE: red = 2004; AFTER: green = 2007)

26. Joshua’s Main Cognitive Changes (measured in percentiles) (BEFORE: red = 2005; AFTER: green = 2008)

27. Case Studies: Neurological Change After Arrowsmith Intervention Yale – 16 years old Matthew – 15 years old Before 2004 After 2007 WISC Coding 5 th %ile WISC Coding 75 th %ile WJ Reasoning 5 th %ile WJ Reasoning 67 th %ile TONI-3 34 th %ile TONI-3 91 st %ile BEERY 45 th %ile BEERY 92 nd %ile WISC Vocabulary 68 th %ile WISC Vocabulary 93 rd %ile Before 2004 After 2007 WISC Coding 5 th %ile WISC Coding 75 th %ile BEERY 6 th %ile BEERY 34 th %ile TONI-3 50 th %ile TONI-3 88 th %ile WJ Verbal Ability 67 th %ile WJ Verbal Ability 94 th %ile WISC Vocabulary 63 rd %ile WISC Vocabulary 91 st %ile

28. Non-Verbal Learning Disability

30. Artifactual Thinking

34. Books On Neuroplasticity