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Danville Weekly • April 20, 2007 • Page 3 NEWSFRONT ;qkd]paYÛ£ÛC]Yjfaf_Û;akgj\]jk NEWS DIGEST OFTHOSEWHO CANPROVIDETEMPORARYRELIEFAND HAVETHEDISORDER ADVANCETHECHILDTOTHENEXT $YSLEXICKIDSCANBE GRADEBUT INTHELONGRUN ITDOES QUOTE OF THE WEEK 8dZ]jlÛ<afkl]afÛ SMARTBUTSTRUGGLE MOREHARMTHANGOODBYGIVING NYkÛ8Û>]famk¤ÛÛ WITHREADINGAND PARENTSAFALSESENSEOFSECURITY)T OTHERSCHOOL RELATED DELAYSHIMORHERFROMRECEIVING It’s a first step toward 8f\Û8Û;qkd]pa[ TASKS SUCHASWRITING THERIGHTKINDOFHELP WHICHIS COMPREHENSION DESPERATELYNEEDED ANDDOES the Nobel prize. ANDEVENMATH NOTHINGTOlXTHECORECAUSEOF As many as 15% of 4HEYCANCONFUSE THEPROBLEM WHICHWILLCONTINUE —Monte Vista High School senior John Mei, DIRECTIONSRIGHTLEFT ORMISREAD INTOADULTHOODIFLEFTUNTREATED “ school children are who won a first prize at the Tri-Valley Science affected by dyslexia SMALLWORDSTHE HE IS "ECAUSE THESETASKSAREDIFlCULTFORTHEM 3HARON"AILEY and Engineering Fair. See story, page 9. ” OROTHERLEARNINGDISORDERS-ANY THEYTIREEASILYWHILEPERFORMING PARENTSANDTEACHERSASSOCIATE 0H$ THEMANDCANDEVELOPAVOIDANT -ULTI SUBJECT DYSLEXIAWITHTHEMOSTCOMMONLY TECHNIQUES4HISOFTENCAUSES ,IFETIME#REDENTIALED KNOWNSYMPTOMOFREVERSING PEOPLETOASSUMETHATTHECHILDIS 4EACHER h0SAND1SvANDhSANDS v Role Players’ Sondheim Revue LAZYORHAS!$$!$($4UTORING YETTHISISPRESENTINLESSTHAN opens tonight It’s love and loss in the form of music. Stephen Our Experts Can Help! Sondheim’s “Putting it Together,” a bittersweet musical set at an all-night black tie party, will run at the Danville /URTEAMOFEXPERTSINCLUDESCLINICALANDEDUCATIONPSYCHOLOGISTS VISIONSPECIALISTS SPEECHANDLAN Village Theatre from April 20-May 12. Role Players GUAGEPATHOLOGISTS CREDENTIALEDTEACHERSANDCOGNITIVETRAINERS4HEYCANPROVIDEANACCURATEASSESS Ensemble, a nonprofit community theater company MENTANDOFFERHIGHLYEFFECTIVE NON MEDICATION BASEDHELPFORDYSLEXIA LEARNINGDISORDERSAND!$$ based in Danville, will put on a “stunning evening of !$($/URPATENTEDTECHNIQUESAREBASEDONSCIENCEFROM.!3!ANDRESEARCHFROM5#,! (ARVARD !LI(ASHEMIAN -EDICAL3CHOOL 5#3&ANDYEARSOFCLINICALAPPLICATIONS7EGUARANTEEMEASURABLERESULTS 0H$ #/(# soaring melodies” that features songs with “emotional $IRECTOR depth.” Tickets are $24 for adults; $22 for seniors and students; $18 on Thursdays; and can be purchased 3OMETREATMENTSARECONSIDEREDALTERNATIVEOR at 314-3400 or at www.danvilletheatre.com.