Grassroots movement driven by AZ families concerned with limited access to educational interventions
Operating as usual
08/19/2022
Dearborn Public Library supports students with Literacy Kits The literacy kits were developed to help students and families practice skills identified in Michigan’s Read by Grade Three law: phonics, phonemic awareness, comprehension, vocabulary, and fluency.…
08/12/2022
The Massive Effort to Change the Way Kids Are Taught to Read “A lot of times the teachers have no idea that they’re not teaching things that are beneficial to the kids”
05/19/2022
‘My spelling isn’t that great’: Michael Morpurgo on why teaching kids to love writing is more important than grammar The author, poet and playwright on why we should move away from Michael Gove-mandated lessons on fronted adverbials and back to unleashing the creative potential of children
05/07/2022
Navigating School with a Dyslexic Child: One Mom's Story - Yale Dyslexia It is often said that behind every successful dyslexic is an invested and persistent mother (or parent).
05/04/2022
04/21/2022
California needs to bring structured literacy to every student!
Read about this CA bright spot where kids are learning to read, teachers are experiencing success, and there's a boost in confidence across the board! Nice job Lodi Unified School District.
https://edsource.org/2022/how-one-california-district-invested-its-covid-funds-in-literacy-boosting-student-achievement-and-morale/670512
04/14/2022
Literacy Support For Struggling Students Free For K-12 Students
04/10/2022
It’s exhausting when the path to literacy in your public school looks like this…
04/08/2022
The dyslexic cardiologist: MUSC doctor gives TEDxCharleston talk about his path to successful career Dr. John Rhodes has never been comfortable talking about his dyslexia. But he decided to speak at TEDxCharleston to show that academic success is possible.
03/31/2022
Richard Branson hails LinkedIn for adding ‘Dyslexic Thinking’ as official skill The platform is recognising the term as a valuable skill which can be added to member profiles.
03/26/2022
If you see your child struggling, seek help. It's never too early to start intervention.
03/24/2022
I will never forget the woman who rose from her chair to ask a question in the library room, filled with adults sitting in a semi-circle. where I was holding a "Dyslexia Dialogue." Her voice shook, and got louder and stronger as she stood there and stated, "I am 80 years old. I struggled in school. I had to fight for my son to get an education because he is dyslexic. And now, my little granddaughter, who is also dyslexic, is struggling. Why haven't the schools figured this out yet?" The truth is real and filled with pain. And generations carry it with no end in sight.
💔 ~ Cheri Rae, author, "DyslexiaLand: A Field Guide for Parents of Children with Dyslexia"
03/22/2022
From Emily Handford's podcast: At A Loss For Words
"For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't know there's anything wrong."
https://www.apmreports.org/episode/2019/08/22/whats-wrong-how-schools-teach-reading
03/22/2022
03/18/2022
Not only does school work take so much extra time for our kids to complete, but they also lose so much time in interventions, tutoring, OT, etc. As a parent, all the time spent preparing for IEP’s and monitoring compliance and watching for progress and simply researching is exhausting.
03/14/2022
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People have been waiting a very long time and working generation upon generation to improve literacy and . You know better when you care better.
03/06/2022
Landmark report on how to teach reading is emotional for parents of children who struggle in Ontario schools "I was told, 'Don't worry, she'll catch up.'"
03/01/2022
Chrome Extensions for Struggling Students and Special Needs Technology can be a powerful tool to assist students with special needs or any sort of learning challenge. In particular the Chrome web brow...
02/26/2022
In Denmark, empathy classes are part of the National Curriculum Denmark’s education system has included mandatory classes teaching empathy to their students aged 6 to 16 since 1993, where students learn to help their classmates and compete only with themselves.
02/22/2022
Timeline photos
Insight into the dyslexic mind...
02/22/2022
Children who failed to learn how to read and spell have been failed by a system that did not provide them with scientifically validated teaching instruction that has been proven to work.
02/20/2022
Timeline photos
Amazing to see our Community come down and support SB1461.
02/01/2022
3Ps in a Pod: An Education Podcast: S11 Episode 2: Literacy is a Civil Right: Unpacking the K-5 Literacy Endorsement with Sean Ross on Apple Podcasts Show 3Ps in a Pod: An Education Podcast, Ep S11 Episode 2: Literacy is a Civil Right: Unpacking the K-5 Literacy Endorsement with Sean Ross - Jan 27, 2022
01/15/2022
01/11/2022
DYSLEXIA IS A SUPERPOWER! Tom Holland actor of Spider-Man is Dyslexic and was severely bullied growing up in school. As soon as Tom embraced his Dyslexia and believed in himself, he was able to achieve feats many thought was impossible. If your kids are getting bullied or are doubting themselves. Watch Spider-Man!
12/22/2021
12/20/2021
Language Delays, Dyslexia, Dysgraphia and ADHD—and Now Thriving A mom talks about the difficulty of finding out her child had expressive and receptive language delays, dyslexia, dysgraphia and ADHD—and how her perspective has changed. Hear her story.
12/07/2021
Spelling
Copying a word 25 times will not teach someone with dyslexia how to spell.
It never has. It never will.
12/06/2021
That’s it! You will make it most people stop when it gets hard. We keep going!
11/28/2021
How many of you either utilize tutors for basic reading/writing skills or at least live in a district with an exorbitant number of teachers moonlighting as tutors? No one in a public school district should need to hire a tutor so their child can be taught basic reading skills. No one.
11/20/2021
What Parents Need to Know About Testing for Dyslexia in Schools Dyslexia is the most commonly diagnosed learning disorder and help is widely available.
11/17/2021
Why dyslexia must be embraced in business and education While dyslexia has its difficulties: struggles reading and writing, which can be slow and labour-intensive, difficulty spelling, short attention spans and becoming easily frustrated; it has also given me a wealth of positivity in reflection that I am extremely grateful for. Why dyslexia must be embr...
11/17/2021
MARK YOUR CALENDARS: THIS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 9 AM PST. In 4 days the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit will hear oral arguments in Layna Crofts v Issaquah School District (Case # 19-35473). The court will address this question: When a child has suspected dyslexia, does a school have an obligation under IDEA to evaluate for this particular disorder and craft an IEP specific to dyslexia?
Watch, Learn, Support! Friday, November 19th at 9 am PST. This will be a 15 minute Q&A by the Court (oral arguments). You can watch it LIVE here: https://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/media/live-oral-arguments/ After the live viewing is over, you can re-watch or listen here: https://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/media/ Once the case is decided, DDWA will post the Court’s decision on our FB page.
Read the parent’s legal brief:
https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/67b66ebe-7635-45a2-8776-f5e59d8e5c8d/downloads/21-0324%20Dkt%2031%20Appellant%20Opening%20Brief%20without.pdf?
Read the amicus brief from the Washington State Branch of the International Dyslexia Association:
https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/67b66ebe-7635-45a2-8776-f5e59d8e5c8d/downloads/21-0414%20Dkt%2042-2%20Amicus%20Brief%20from%20WABIDA.pdf?ver=1635531321452
Photo used with permission of the Crofts family. Thank you Layna for fighting for our kids!
11/17/2021
The excuses for failing to teach kids to read are exhausting. The refusal to embrace the science of reading is ridiculous. When will we put our children’s futures first in education?
11/10/2021
This is what 80% accuracy looks like on a common high school text, and for the record, this text does not possess pictures to "assist" in the reading.
11/08/2021
This is so true. Parents want to parent. They want to know their child will have their needs met in school and be pushed to reach their full potential. Parents don’t want to become an IDEA legal scholar or an OG trained reading specialist or a special needs advocate. They don’t want to be the one researching fluency standards or pulling out state learning standards at an IEP. They don’t want to learn about goal writing, base line data and progress monitoring. They don’t even want to hear how cute or sweet their child is in class. They want to know exactly how their child’s reading or writing or spelling deficits are going to be remediated to his/her ability level. Then, they want you to actually do it.
Parents want teachers to have the knowledge, time and training to meet our child’s educational needs in school.
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