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For everyone struggling and adapting and looking for some hope and connection, check out these resources at Understood. The amazing new collaboration between the nation's leading educators in reading science and learning disabilities is committed to supporting families and teachers through and beyond the crisis which has shuttered our schools. Check it out and get connected!

Coronavirus: Latest Updates and Tips Get coronavirus updates related to kids and adults with learning differences or disabilities. Find resources on special education and talking with kids about COVID-19.

Good news! Gamifying dyslexia screenings! Kids deserve early detection, not the “strategy” by most school districts.

App Endgame: Detect Dyslexia Earlier - UConn Today The current so-called 'wait to fail' model in the U.S., causes many children to lose a significant amount of educational time. The new app may enable teachers to test children earlier.

It is Dyslexia Awareness month! Let’s kick it off with a good piece from Education Week that reaffirms the science of reading based on a foundation of phonics and a curriculum including the five pillars of quality reading instruction identified by the National Reading Panel In he 1990s.

How Do Kids Learn to Read? What the Science Says The debate on how to teach early reading has raged for a century. But for the last few decades, the cognitive science has been clear: Teaching young kids how to crack the code—teaching systematic phonics—is the most reliable way to make sure that they learn how to read words.

Netflix gets it! bravely tackles the school-to-prison pipeline identifying as dyslexic and that it is hereditary. In the show, a prison teacher compassionately identifies Tiff as dyslexic, long after her illiteracy contributed to her rap sheet. When will our public schools get it?

Yes! It is FREE!

Free Webinar with Louisa Moats, Wednesday, May 15 | The International Dyslexia Association Ontario Branch Knowledge and Practice Standards for Teaching Reading: Not Just for Dyslexia! – by Louisa Moats Wednesday May 15 @ 7:30-8:30p.m. EST Click Here to Register Instruction based on an understanding of modern cognitive, linguistic, and neurological science can make a tremendous difference to students w...

Three cheers for growing partnerships promoting reading science in schools!

Decoding Dyslexia CA and The Reading League Join Forces to Improve Literacy SAN FRANCISCO (PRWEB) April 12, 2019 -- Decoding Dyslexia CA and The Reading League are combining ongoing efforts to change the literacy research-to-practice pipeline in our public schools.

Hello Parents of 8th - 12th graders! Check out this FREE youth advocacy and empowerment meetup for kids with dyslexia, autism and other learning disabilities on May 3rd at AT&T Park! It would be phenomenal for there to be many Greater Sac students representing our region this year. Last year there was exactly one (he’s in the video!) and he wants to be part of a swarm this year! Let us know if you want more info!

EdRevUp! A Day of Student Advocacy and Community Building EdRevUp! is transformative day of student advocacy and community building activities for the 1 in 5 students with learning and attention challenges. Students...

Advances in AT are making it easier for students with learning disabilities to access their grade level curriculum and aspire to college and career! Learn what Apple has available!

Don’t walk...run to this great professional development opportunity in Sacramento!

Learn about dyslexia teaching strategies from dyslexia expert, Dr. Margie Gillis, at CA Association of Resource Specialists & Special Educators (CARS+) upcoming convention in Sacramento on Friday, 2/8/19. Register now.
http://www.carsplus.org/2019-sacramento-convention.html

100% on point!

I Took a Year Off Work to Learn About Dyslexia Because My Son's Teachers Couldn't Teach Him How to Read Why, for so many, is access to an education that recognizes the science of reading limited to private programs? My son experienced this as a