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Working-memory training does not transfer

Computerized working-memory training (e.g., Cogmed) reliably improves performance on the trained and closely similar memory tasks (near transfer), but multiple high-quality meta-analyses and randomized trials show it does NOT produce meaningful or lasting improvements in general cognitive ability or academic achievement (far transfer).

Evidence: HighConsensus: Established Certified

instruction & learning disabilities

Explicit instruction reliably works for learning disabilities

Explicit, systematic instruction — clear modeling, guided practice, scaffolding, and frequent feedback — is among the most reliably effective approaches for teaching academic skills to students with learning disabilities, with moderate-to-large effects replicated across half a century of research in reading and mathematics.

Evidence: HighConsensus: Established Certified

instruction & learning disabilities

Facilitated communication is not the child's voice

Facilitated communication (FC, "supported typing") is not a valid communication technique: controlled authorship studies unanimously show that FC-generated messages are authored by the facilitator rather than the person with a disability, no new validating evidence has emerged, and every major professional body opposes its use — so statements produced through FC, including abuse allegations, cannot be attributed to the person with the disability.

Evidence: HighConsensus: Established Certified

instruction & learning disabilities

Structured literacy is the proven dyslexia treatment

Explicit, systematic phonics-based (structured literacy) instruction improves foundational reading and spelling for students with or at risk for reading disabilities, including dyslexia; it is the reading-disability treatment approach with the most clearly confirmed efficacy in randomized trials, with moderate effects largest on decoding and word reading, smaller on comprehension, and stronger when begun early.

Evidence: ModerateConsensus: Established Certified