Parent Resources
Learn More About Reading and Dyslexia
Websites
The International Dyslexia Association
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IDA's definition of dyslexia here.
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You can access state-by-state tracking of dyslexia legislation on their home page.
Methodology
Our founder Daniela and a few of our other team members completed their Orton-Gillingham training through the Institute for Multisensory Education and we use a lot of their materials.
We use David Kilpatrick's one-minute exercises, found in Equipped for Reading Success, to teach phonological skills.
Movie: The Right To Read
Books
Reading list on the Science of Reading put together by Emily Hanford.
Overcoming Dyslexia, by Sally Shaywitz, M.D.
Science of Reading: Defining Guide, by The Reading League
Language at the Speed of Sight, By Mark Seidenberg
Podcasts
The fabulous Emily Hanford podcast series: Sold A Story: How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong.
The Latest Advances in Dyslexia Assessment and Intervention: Interview with Nancy Mather, PhD.
Policy and Movements
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" a network of parent-led grassroots movements across the country concerned with the limited access to educational interventions for dyslexia within the public education system."
