Resources Tagged With: reading

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When Kids Can’t Read: Word Attack Skills for Struggling Readers [presentation] [video]

In this community education session for educators, Lisa Parnello discusses how to identify a student with word attack struggles and offers helpful strategies that can make them a more successful reader. This class includes easy-to-implement methods to help students with and without learning differences to become better readers. Read more ›

Dyslexia Fact Sheet [downloadable]

What is dyslexia? This one-page fact sheet from Understood.org provides essential information about what dyslexia is and is not and how to help kids with dyslexia. Read more ›

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Early Learning: Resources for Parents [downloadable]

reading198Learning begins in the womb. And, from the moment they are born, children begin interacting with the world around them and building critical skills. What they learn in their first few years of life—and how they learn it—can have long-lasting effects on their health and on their later success in school and in work.

Early learning refers to the skills and concepts that children develop before they reach kindergarten. It is a crucial part of development and can set patterns for both school and adult learning. Read more ›

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Dyslexia and Reading Problems

dyslexia185Dyslexia is a complex language problem. It involves not being able to break down a word into the sounds that make it up, as well as not being able to think or write about the sounds in a word. Research from the National Institutes of Health has shown that dyslexia affects 5–10 percent of the U.S. population, with estimates as high as 17 percent. Read more ›

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Helping Students Tackle Dyslexia

childreading176Dyslexia affects every instructional task a student will face in school. We are a language-based society with deeply rooted traditions that rely on reading and writing. One in five students has a language-based learning disability, the most common of those being dyslexia. Fortunately, there is a window of opportunity to tackle and remedy dyslexia at an early age. Read more ›

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EdRev Expo 2018 Workshop: Interpreting Assessment Results for Dyslexia [presentation]

Dan Peters, PhD, Executive Director of The Summit Center, reviews a typical public school academic assessment and discusses how to interpret academic assessment results in relationship to the school psychologist and speech and language pathologist’s reports. Dr. Peters explains how to “connect the dots” between findings to determine a dyslexia profile. Read more ›

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EdRev Expo 2018 Workshop: Dyslexia Rules! [presentation]

Makayla Halbower, a student herself, and author of a book called Dyslexia Rules!, shares her journey in navigating life with learning differences beginning in first grade to the present (6th grade), including her ups and downs along the way. Read more ›

The Brain-Changing Power of Conversation

For parents, childcare providers, and early educators, new research describes a simple and powerful way to build children’s brains: talk with them, early and often. Read more ›

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The Yale Center for Dyslexia & Creativity [web resource] [downloadable]

Yale Center DyslexiaThe Yale Center for Dyslexia & Creativity conducts dyslexia research, and it is a leading source of advocacy and information to better the lives of people with dyslexia. Read more ›

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Are You Dyslexia Aware? Take This Short Quiz to Find Out

children-studying-670663_640Dyslexic learners struggle in school and often do not receive the help they need due to a lack of educator and parental awareness. In order to reverse the negative academic trajectory these students often face, awareness is a crucial first step in helping learners get the help they need.

How much do you know about dyslexia? Read more ›

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