Page 26 - Lifestyles in Palm Beach Gardens - September '24

Page 26, Lifestyles in Palm Beach Gardens
Town Of Jupiter News

By Jim Kuretski, Mayor, Street, 4) Palmfield Way between Via Rosina and Cocoa The remaining 10 of the planned enhanced pedestrian
Town of Jupiter Lane, 5) South Old Dixie near Jupiter Medical Center, 6) safety crosswalks will be completed and placed into
The Town Council works Toney Penna Drive near Jupiter Village Swimming Pool, service by no later than the end of this year. The design
with our town manager, staff, 7) University Blvd. at Osceola Woods, 8) Main Street at work for these crosswalk enhancements is under way.
and others to address issues Roger Dean Stadium, 9) Maplewood Drive at Pine Tree These pedestrian crosswalk improvements demonstrate
affecting our residents and Trail, 10) Greenway Drive at Abacoa Community Park, the town’s commitment to public safety, especially the
businesses. The following 11) South Loxahatchee Drive at Officer Bruce St. Laurent safety of our children.
provides in progress efforts Park and 12) Longshore Drive at Central Blvd. Additional locations for potential pedestrian crossing
to improve public safety at The first two of these (outside Lighthouse Elementary safety enhancements will be considered for implementation
12 pedestrian crosswalks and Jupiter Elementary) were completed in time for the in future years.
around town: new school year.
On an annual basis,
the Town Council receives a roundtable presentation
by our Police Department and traffic engineers about
vehicular and pedestrian traffic within Jupiter. Traffic What Causes Dyslexia?
levels and historical accident locations and rates are
presented, along with status updates on planned roadway
improvement projects. An emphasis is placed on overall By Jim Forgan, Ph.D., activations in left temporal, parietal, and fusiform
traffic management and mitigation of congestion and Licensed School regions. There is often a deficit in the phonological
safety hazards. Psychologist loop which interferes with learning and remembering
During this year’s meeting, a decision emerged to fund If you have a loved the sounds of language. Other researchers identified
and complete construction of pedestrian safety crosswalk one with dyslexia or that people with dyslexia have slower rapid automatic
enhancements at 12 targeted locations by end of the year. suspected dyslexia in naming which is distributed across four lobes and
These locations included: 1) Dakota Drive at Lighthouse your child, you might results in decreased reading speed.
Elementary, 2) South Loxahatchee Drive at Jupiter have asked yourself, Although the causes of dyslexia vary, dyslexia can
Elementary, 3) South Loxahatchee Drive south of 6th “What causes dyslexia?” be identified through a comprehensive battery of school
It is a question many neuropsychological testing. There is not a sole test that
parents I work with ask is accepted to diagnose dyslexia but rather a pattern of
because when your child reading, spelling, and phonological processing testing
is diagnosed with dyslexia you want to know if you that is used. I am certified by Susan Barton who is the
caused it. I reassure many parents that they did not creator of the widely used and evidenced based Barton
cause their child’s dyslexia by not reading to the child Reading and Spelling System. She taught me how
in the womb, not reading aloud enough to the child, or to accurately identify dyslexia through a specialized
somehow not emphasizing learning in the home. battery of tests that we use in my practice.
Researchers have not identified one cause for Once identified, dyslexia treatment is specialized
dyslexia. They have identified that dyslexia is highly reading instruction which substantially differs from
genetic. If reading difficulty resides in your family tree, general classroom-based reading instruction. Our
it might be the root cause. Approximately 60 percent of testing identifies the best way for your child to learn
people with dyslexia have a genetic link. Another cause to become a proficient reader.
of dyslexia is presumed due to neurodevelopmental Call (561) 625-4125 if you are concerned about
differences in brain structure. Functional MRI imaging your child’s reading and would like understanding and
of the brain has allowed researchers to note reduced answers. Our website is JimForgan.com.

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