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[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 […]

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By |February 16th, 2018|Categories: Accommodations, ADD / ADHD, dyslexia, Education, Gifted, Premium, Premium Content, Strategies, Teaching|Tags: , , , , , , |0 Comments

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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 |February 13th, 2018|Categories: Accommodations, College, dyslexia, Education|Tags: , , , , , |0 Comments

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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 |September 25th, 2017|Categories: Accommodations, Curriculum, dyslexia, Education, Learning, School, Strategies, Teaching|Tags: , , , , , , |0 Comments

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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 |September 19th, 2017|Categories: Accommodations, dyslexia, Executive Function, Internship, Work|Tags: , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

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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 […]

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By |May 17th, 2017|Categories: Foreign Language|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

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DROPPING OUT BECAUSE OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE [Premium]

At Harvard University in the 1970’s, a clinical psychologst made a startling discovery. Intending on studying the emotional problems that caused students at one of the world’s elite universities to drop out of school to drop out, he found out instead that the most common reason students dropped out of their degree programs was that […]

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By |February 8th, 2017|Categories: Accessibility, Accommodations, College, dyslexia, ELLs, Foreign Language, Language Arts, Learning, Memory, Premium, Premium Content, Strategies|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

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WHEN A UNIVERSITY IS DYSLEXIA-UNFRIENDLY

Despite recent advances in dyslexia-friendly policies and statements in K-12 and higher education, reports of dyslexia-unfriendly and discriminatory practices are more common than anyone would like to mention.

At the university level, rarely is there any education for faculty and staff about the the needs of dyslexic and LD students on campus, so it should […]

By |January 17th, 2017|Categories: Accessibility, Accommodations, Advocacy, College, dyslexia, Education|Tags: , , , , , , , |0 Comments

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Breaking News Dyslexia: Improved College Board Guidelines for Test Accommodations – Starting Jan 1, 2017

New from the College Board: 

“Beginning January 1, 2017, the vast majority of students who are approved for and using testing accommodations at their school through a current Individualized Education Program (IEP) or 504 Plan will have those same accommodations automatically approved for taking the SAT®, PSAT™10, PSAT/NMSQT®, SAT Subject Tests™, and AP® Exams. Most private […]

By |December 5th, 2016|Categories: 504, Accommodations, College, Dyscalculia, Dysgraphia, dyslexia, IEP, School, Testing|Tags: , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

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What to Do If a Reading Curriculum Doesn’t Work [Premium]

It happens to everybody. You research a curriculum thoroughly or it gets through several levels of a review and then you put it into action and… it just doesn’t connect. What do you do? There are several common reasons why a curriculum doesn’t connect with a particular student – and so some trial and error and […]

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By |September 15th, 2016|Categories: Accommodations, Curriculum, Dysgraphia, dyslexia, Modifications, Reading, Teaching|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

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Why It’s Important to Say Dyslexia But Also Support Its Strengths

What is Dyslexia?  Dyslexia is a brain-based learning difference with a strong genetic basis. It characterized by unexpected difficulties in fluent reading and specific patterns of difficulty with writing, spelling, and sometimes math as well as strengths in problem-solving and many aspects of creative thinking. The word unexpected is used because dyslexic children have […]

By |September 8th, 2016|Categories: Accommodations, Advocacy, Being Dyslexic, Dyslexia Laws, Dyslexic Advantages, Education|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

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