Enable recite me accessibility tool
Our Vision is a World Where Dyslexic Individuals are Known for their Strengths

[PREMIUM] Gifted with ADHD: How We Asked for Extended Time & a Better Schedule

The road to advocacy has many twists and turns so if your student has moderate to severe difficulties with processing speed, be prepared to be nimble and responsive to challenges that arise. In our previous newsletter, we mentioned some of the advocacy that Laura and her son John took on his path as a 2E […]
To access this post, you must purchase Premium Membership or Premium Membership Institutional - 1 year.

By ||Categories: Accommodations, ADD / ADHD, dyslexia, Education, Gifted, Premium, Premium Content, Strategies, Teaching|Tags: , , , , |0 Comments

Read More

Fighting February Blues

FIGHTING FEBRUARY BLUES
There are seasonal issues that can make February an especially difficult month for everyone. The holiday rush and start of the new term are over, the daylight hours are shorter, and midterms are looming large. Work may pile up as students fall increasingly behind. They may no longer have the positive input […]

By ||Categories: Accommodations, College, dyslexia, Education|Tags: , , |0 Comments

Read More

This Secondary School Developed a Comprehensive Plan to Help All DYSLEXIC Students

Here’s one remarkable school decided to go ‘all in’ to help a dyslexic high school student who seemed to be slipping away. Matthew was a rising 10th grader at a non-selective high school. The majority of students at the school were described as being of low socioeconomic status with some 40% of students identifed […]

By ||Categories: Accommodations, Curriculum, dyslexia, Education, Learning, School, Strategies, Teaching|Tags: , , , , |0 Comments

Read More

Dyslexia at Work: Say This, Not That

Academic studies of dyslexia in the workplace have all arrived at the same conclusion: the vast majority of adults with dyslexia choose not to disclose or ask for accommodations in the workplace. Of those who do disclose, they often disclose to some but not all of their co-workers.

The reasons are several – but include […]

By ||Categories: Accommodations, dyslexia, Executive Function, Internship, Work|Tags: , , , , , , , |0 Comments

Read More

Dyslexia and Foreign Language Learning [Premium]

 “…reading, writing, listening and speaking skills in foreign languages are all significantly affected by weaknesses in linguistic coding skills even when the native language has been been well-mastered…” – Elike Schneider and Margaret Crombie in Dyslexia and Foreign Language Learning Because of the significant challenges that dyslexic individuals face with the matching sounds and letters […]
To access this post, you must purchase Premium Membership or Premium Membership Institutional - 1 year.

By ||Categories: Foreign Language, Premium, Premium Content|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

Read More