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Who would be interested in atending an IEP Awareness workshop? It is a goal of mine to create one to help parents better understand the terminology, the purpose, and the process.

Take a look at Ohio's Guide regarding the Kindergarten age for the 2026-2027 school year.

Kindergarten | Ohio Department of Education and Workforce Welcome to Ohio’s Kindergarten Home Page. We believe the kindergarten years may very well be one of the most important times in the lives of young children and their families. This critical year introduces children to the world of formal schooling and can have a lasting impression that sets the st...

Author visit in Worthington!

Next week!

This will be my last author event of the 2025-26 school year that’s open to the general public. I'm finishing up close to home--in fact, the Northwest Library is the branch I've used the most over the past 28 years. (I've even put their librarians in my acknowledgments a few times, because their Ask-a-Librarian service has helped me through some truly obscure research dilemmas...)

Come join us at the Northwest Library next Wednesday if you are anywhere nearby!

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Email [email protected] to receive your registration forms and more information!

As you celebrate Easter in your way with your own family on this special weekend, please remember the reason for the season.

Mark your calendars! June 15 is the registration deadline for our day camp that will run July 6-10. Send me an email and I will send you the registration details and payment information. Space is limited.

Accommodations to consider when working with students who have dyslexia.

If you support a child with dyslexia, at school or at home, this resource is for you.

Sometimes the right support can make all the difference. These are simple, practical accommodations that can help learning feel more accessible.

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We will be offering a Handwriting Skills Camp the week of July 6-July 10. Pencil it in your calendar now and be watching for details! Please comment below if you are interested in printing or cursive sessions.

You are invited to walk with me on May 2. Join The Learning Cottage, Inc. team and Walk for Life to show some love and support for the little ones in our community!

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You are not alone. Many people are successful while having dyslexia.

Tim Tebow is outspoken about his dyslexia. Here, he provides great advice to help kids and adults with dyslexia accomplish their goals! www.DyslexiaConnect.com

An Open Letter to the Dyslexic Youth of America

March 18th, 2026

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I need you to hear something.

Not first as a school administrator or a teacher—but as someone who learns the way you do, who took far too long to see in myself what I now see clearly in you.

So let me say it plainly: The world needs you. Exactly as you are.

You can be president. A doctor, lawyer, teacher, plumber, actor, scientist, poet, entrepreneur. Anything. Not in spite of how your brain works—because of it.

Now the harder truth.

The system was not built for you. It was built for a different kind of learner—and for too long, anyone who didn't fit that mold was labeled, sorted, and set aside.

Some of you have been tested, pulled out of class, talked about rather than talked to.
Some of you have had teachers who tried their best and still missed you.
Some of you have had adults who were supposed to help and left you feeling smaller instead.
Some of you worked twice as hard to feel half as capable.

This is not a reflection of your potential.

A learning difference is a disability when no one around you understands it.

But here is what I know.

Every time you flip on a light, start a car, or pick up your phone, you are living inside the imagination of someone who learned exactly like you. The world didn't make room for them either. They built it anyway.

You come from that line.

The way your brain hunts for patterns, thinks in pictures and systems, asks why when others just memorize what—those are not flaws. They are features. Remarkable, world-changing features.

Difficulty is not evidence that you don't belong. It is evidence that the world hasn't caught up to you yet.

You will lead, create, invent, heal, build, and inspire.
Not despite the way you learn.
Because of it.
And one day, the world will catch up to you.

With respect and admiration,
Josh Clark
Dyslexic Dad
Dyslexic Learner
Head of School, Landmark School,
Past Board Chair, International Dyslexia Association