29/12/2024
Go here to learn more about all of these topics :
1. The Reading League
2. Scroll through the last 35 posts from Reading Universe which is supported by the USA teacher union.
3. Find over 800 free courses at Cox Campus.
4. Join International Dyslexia Association which is celebrating 75 years of wisdom.
5. Learning Disabilities Association of America will be hosting a conference in 2025 covering all of these topics. See Dr. Nancy Mather discuss the new Test of Dyslexia from WPS - Western Psychological Services. Hear Dr. Steven Feifer, neuropsychologist discuss written expression skills. Learn from Dr. Lynn Meltzer about the role of executive function skills.
6. Canadian Children's Literacy Foundation helps parents.
7. See the Canadian Paediatric Society for info on how low literacy in our schools is impacting the overall health, wellbeing and life outcomes of children. Yes ! The poor literacy skills are connected to loss of emotional health, addictions, gaming, problem behaviors, school refusal, unexpected teen pregnancy, school failure and the pipeline to life problems.
8. Join Decoding Dyslexia to see what your state is doing to improve Tier 1 literacy.
9. Watch Sold a Story , The Truth About Reading and seedling.tv
10. Follow The Windward Institute, Iowa Reading Research Center, The Florida Center for Reading Research, University of Florida Literacy Institute, TX Reads, Texas Dyslexia Center, LD OnLine, AdLit.org, Executive Functioning Toolbox, ColorÃn Colorado, SLPs Role in Language and Literacy, NESCA, Red OWL Dyslexia, MissPurcell, Melissa & Lori Love Literacy, Landmark Outreach, Wilson Language Training, 95 Percent Group LLC, Voyager Sopris Learning
11. Listen to over 100 audio podcasts with Amplify Education.
12. Find 2 million articles and 4 tons of storage available since 1963 on all education topics at ERIC. No one needs to say they didn’t learn enough in college or on the job if they know how to do their own lifelong learning.
13. Reading Rockets has an intro class 101 to help teachers and parents learn more.
14. Some people hold on to on outdated methods because they saw success with some students and did not fully evaluate the struggling students. Reading at a grade 5 level is not acceptable at grade 10.
See the graphic by Nancy Young - Reading, Spelling, Writing Specialist in the comments.
15. A single graphic can not cover the volume of information in the vast body of knowledge found in the science of learning topic.