More About The Reading Focus Cards

Both the handheld Reading Focus Cards handheld tools and their companion digital desktop app are used worldwide to help many individuals improve their reading skills.
The Reading Focus Cards tools can also help readers with the following challenges:

The handheld Reading Focus Cards isolate 1 or 2 lines of physical text AND block out MORE surrounding text than any other reading aids available.

Their optional colored filters (included) can also help decrease visual stress sometimes caused by white page backgrounds. The filter colors can actually help unblock brain pathways for some challenged readers.

By combining these above features into the Reading Focus Cards, the result can help readers of all ages with ADHD, dyslexia, autism, and low vision. Additionally, individuals recovering from  stroke or TBI (traumatic brain injury) issues can focus and read better, too.

In addition, the Reading Focus Cards app for Macs/PC (U.S. Patent 8,360,779) enables a reader to select a preferred color, size, degree of transparency and orientation of a virtual Reading Card AND Reading Filter, respectively and independently. These customized selections combine to provide more focus, visual comfort, and improved tracking as well as better comprehension and retention for readers.

Focusing and Learning

Focusing and learning issues for children and adults are problems sometimes neglected. Often, these issues may be called visual processing disorders, auditory processing disorders, or intellectual disabilities. The struggle to focus while reading can frequently be a symptom of attention deficit disorder (ADHD), dyslexia, or even comorbidities of autism. Persons with low vision, stroke or TBI (traumatic brain injury) issues can also struggle with reading. Often, such issues affect focus, concentration, retention and overall reading success.

The goal of the customizable and sensory-appealing tools on this site is to promote more focus and concentration, helping children and adults with these challenges to improve their self-esteem.

MORE Focus with the Reading Focus Cards

The reality is that many people may have a learning disability which can be diagnosed as ADHD, dyslexia, or other learning issue. These reading and learning issues are significant challenges for students, parents, and educators alike. These issues can negatively affect an individual’s future academic success!

When focusing issues become apparent, the Reading Focus Card is a straightforward and effective solution. Many struggling readers of all ages have benefited from using the Reading Focus Card, a customizable reading tool created by Joan Brennan, a 15-year veteran educator.

The way this reading tool works is simple. It is designed to train the reader to focus on individual words and text lines, guiding the eye appropriately from left to right. In this way, this educational tool helps promote more focus, improve important reading skills (tracking, fluency, word attack, etc.) and eliminate distractions such as other text lines on a page and the white page backgrounds.

Help for Focus & Learning Issues

Issues with attention span and focusing affect reading and learning. These issues are frequently associated with ADHD, dyslexia and autism spectrum disorders. However, poor attention span and focusing issues can also affect persons who do NOT have a diagnosis of a particular learning disability. As a result, this can prevent them from focusing, reading, and learning with more SUCCESS.

The key to finding a lasting solution for focus issues in reading and education in general is to review the possible reasons for these focus issues. Discovering and accommodating one’s learning style can help improve focus and concentration. It is also important to consider the learning environment. The lighting in a room and noise level can certainly impact one’s ability to focus. The availability of appropriate learning tools to help focus on reading is important yet often lacking in classrooms—but the Reading Focus Card provide the needed help!

In conclusion, the Reading Focus Cards tools and apps are the premier reading and learning tools. They help students with significant reading or learning issues find comfort and build confidence. As a result, they focus, read, and learn with much more success.