Colored Overlays for
Reading: Full Page Overlays
Colored Overlays can help overcome
glare and tracking problems caused by dyslexia and other disabilities.
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Colored Overlays from
Crossbow Education
have been developed in
consultation with the top research scientists in the field. They
can be of help when readers experience words, letters, or even
whole lines "jumping" on the page; colored "auras" or white
patterns interfering with the text; headaches, nausea, irritated
eyes and other reading discomfort. Crossbow colored overlays are
evenly spaced around the color spectrum, enabling the maximum
number of effective combinations of tints to be achieved.
Colored Overlays and Irlen Syndrome articles on this
site:
Colored Overlays, Dyslexia and Irlen Syndrome
Visual Stress FAQ
Colored
Overlays: their care and use
Colored
Overlays: How big does a colored overlay have to be? |
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Sky Blue |
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| Celery |
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Pink |
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| Grass
Green |
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Magenta |
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| Jade
Green |
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Orange |
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| Aqua
Blue |
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Purple |
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COLORED OVERLAYS |
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Colored Overlays: some
history.
Colored overlays
have been recognised as an effective intervention for certain
reading difficulties for about 25 years, since their
discovery, independently of each other, by Helen Irlen
(USA) and Olive Meares (Australia) in the early 1980s. In the
UK, Professor Arnold Wilkins carried out further extensive
research
in the effectiveness of colored
overlays from 1993. His findings have been published in several peer-reviewed
academic jounals and collated in his book "Reading
Through Colour," establishing beyond doubt that reading
speed can increas by up to 25% for about 20% of all
schoolchildren, if a colored overlay of the correct tint is
used. Crossbow Education have worked in close consultation with
Professor Wilkins in the development of their colored overlays
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NEW
COMPLETE ASSESSMENT PACK FOR COLORED OVERLAYS
Includes overlays, assessment and recording material,
manual, background information, and research bibliography
in tabbed hardcover binder. Launch price only $59.00. NO ADDITIONAL TRAINING
NEEDED.
When to use full sized
colored overlays
Full sized colored overlays can be preferable to the
smaller, more convenient reading rulers
in a number of cases, either where factors of age (elderly or young), dyspraxia, or other
disability cause co-ordination problems which make it difficult to move a
reading ruler down the page to track text; or when both hands are engaged while
text
or other representations are being followed. Common examples of this use of
tinted overlays are sheet music and knitting or other machining patterns.
Overlays can easily be cut in half to use with smaller pages.
Disclaimer and guarantee: Ten colors are available. By experimenting with different combinations
(guidelines are given on the pack of ten colours) it is usually possible to
meet individual needs, although there may be a small number of individuals who would
benefit from a tint that cannot be produced from combining the tints that we
offer. If your overlays are not the colour you expected you may return them for
a full refund, provided that they reach us IN UNUSED CONDITION within two weeks
of our shipping date.
Glare and transparency
One side of the overlay has a matt coating. Some matt coatings can reduce the transparency of a
tinted overlay, but overlays from Crossbow Education have been
subjected to stringent testing to ensure that maximum print clarity is
retained while reflected light from the overlay surface has been
significantly reduced. Nevertheless, some people prefer using the gloss side
of the overlay.
Packs and prices
Overlays can be purchased three ways:
