Andrea A. Gallo, Advocate

Fix the system!
- identify early
-teach explicitly
-and give access (Audiobooks + choice texts + structured literacy)

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How reading changes the way your brain works - BBC World Service Reading may feel like something that comes naturally, but it's taken thousands of years for our brains to develop the capacity to do it. Click here to subscr...

If reading were taught better, almost all students would benefit, and students with neurological differences would be easier to identify and treat before their difficulties with reading derailed their lives. "There's a window of opportunity to intervene," a cognitive neuroscientist said. "You don't want to let that go."

Dyslexia and the Reading Wars Proven methods for teaching the readers who struggle most have been known for decades. Why do we often fail to use them?

October is Dyslexia Awareness Month and the Multistory Reading Center has launched "Ask an Expert" to help provide information for parents and teachers. I was honored to be asked to join Karen Bruton to get it started. We hope parents find the videos helpful!

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The Dyslexia Paradox

">> a wide gap currently stands between the time children are identified as having a reading impairment and the start of intensive intervention. This is particularly problematic for children diagnosed with dyslexia, she said, adding that researchers call this the “dyslexia paradox.” The majority of school districts in the U.S. employ a “wait-to-fail” approach, meaning that many children are only flagged by the school system after they have failed to learn to read over a prolonged period of time — often years — even though there’s evidence that reading intervention is most effective earlier. The experience of failure can erode self-esteem, she said, and lead to the higher rates of anxiety and depression that are found in struggling readers."

Brain Development Signals Reading Challenges Long Before Kindergarten Developmental trajectories of children with and without reading disabilities start to diverge around 18 months, rather than at 5 or 6 years old.

Great to have our latest campaign about how at least 1 in 3 entrepreneurs are dyslexic featured in the London Evening Standard. Through this campaign, and alongside our brilliant partners @virginstartup, @virginunite and @virgin, we are empowering a movement for change – where dyslexics finally feel proud of how they think and are sharing this with the world. As @richardbranson says: “I hope this campaign inspires any dyslexic out there with an idea, big or small, to explore it further." Read the full article via the link in our bio!

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