FixLexia

FixLexia is no longer open as of December 2024.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/what-parents-of-dyslexic-children-are-teaching-schools-about-literacy?fbclid=IwAR013zuhf3mwmXvlY6E1AQH0cyeQnQ28M88EE66T02c9Q1sIt3AN9UlKObo

What parents of dyslexic children are teaching schools about literacy Fewer than 40 percent of fourth and eighth grade students nationwide are proficient readers. Now, led by parents of children with dyslexia, a learning disability that makes reading and spelling difficult, some states are trying to change how reading is taught. Special correspondent Lisa Stark report...

For those that want to help children with dyslexia succeed, look no further! UNO has a Dyslexia Specialist Graduate Certificate. If you have questions, contact Dr. Amanda Kern (email link below). Thank you, Dr. Kern, for leading this important initiative!
https://www.unomaha.edu/college-of-education-health-and-human-sciences/special-education-communication-disorders/graduate/dyslexia-specialist-certificate.php

For EVERY parent AND teacher that have desperately tried to teach a child to read and faced consistent roadblocks to providing the instruction a child needed, and watched the heartbreak of a struggling reader. This is podcast is for you! https://features.apmreports.org/sold-a-story/

Sold a Story: How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong There's an idea about how children learn to read that's held sway in schools for more than a generation — even though it was proven wrong by cognitive scientists decades ago. Teaching methods based on this idea can make it harder for children to learn how to read. In this new podcast, host Emily H...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUOoq5CQfPg

Thank you, , for creating this great video!

Dyslexia 101 UFLI Dyslexia Resource Hub: https://education.ufl.edu/ufli/dyslexia-resources/UF Graduate Certificate in Dyslexia: https://education.ufl.edu/special-educatio...

True then. Still true today. Early intervention is critical.

With an evidence-based approach, we can teach students to read regardless of their age, but delaying that instruction does have consequences. Excited for the day when we all agree, the best time for code-based instruction is at the get-go of reading.

A Former Teacher’s Story on How Balanced Literacy Failed My Son by Missy Purcell Sometimes the only way we can change the way we think is to actually see the need for change with our very own eyes . . . I will never forget sitting in Matthew’s kindergarten parent/teacher conference. I knew my youngest was struggling to learn to read, and I wanted to know why. ...

An important lawsuit that paves the way for students with dyslexia (in California) to access the services they need.

This is HUGE news for dyslexia advocates
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A proposed settlement has been reached in the Student A. et al. v. Berkeley Unified School District class action dyslexia lawsuit. Settlement requires BUSD to develop a Literacy Improvement Plan to boost reading achievement for all students and especially those at risk of reading disabilities. The plan requires BUSD to universally screen for risk of dyslexia, supplement its core curriculum to now include phonics and phonemic awareness instruction, adopt reading intervention programs aligned with the Science of Reading, and prohibits the use of F&P LLI and Reading Recovery except in “exceptional circumstances”.
https://dredf.net/student-a-settlement/



Thank you Jacobson Education Law, Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF), Goodwin Proctor LLP, and King & Spalding LLP Attorneys See Less

This is the upper strand of the reading rope. Super interesting! https://vimeo.com/452020883

Scarborough’s reading rope- Upper strands This is "Scarborough’s reading rope- Upper strands" by Literacy and Numeracy on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

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