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Students Untested Due to Pandemic

by Dyslexic Advantage Team | | Advocacy, Assessment, dyslexia, Dyslexia Laws, Education, Testing

A recent article has sounded the alarm that schools and entire school districts are unable to assess and meet the needs of LD students. As an example, after a math teacher raised a question that a student was dyslexic, a parent initiated a process last January to have...

Breaking Research : Dyslexia in Adolescents and Adults [Premium]

by Fernette Eide | | Accommodations, Assessment, Being Dyslexic, Dyslexic Advantages, Education, MIND strengths, N Strengths, Premium, Premium Content, Professionals, Psychology, Reading, Stealth Dyslexia

An important paper was published this month from the University of Washington, entitled “Evidence-Based Reading and Writing Assessment for Dyslexia in Adolescents and Young Adults.” The paper is especially important guiding testing professionals who assess teens and adults for dyslexia or see gifted or twice-exceptional students. This paper also takes a more systematic look at the […]

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WHAT YOU CAN LEARN FROM A CHILD’S WRITING [Premium]

by Sarah from Dyslexic Advantage | | Accommodations, Apps, Assessment, Dysgraphia, Premium, Premium Content, Strategies, Writing

There are many skills that are required to write by hand. Besides having an idea and being able to organize it into words, there’s remembering the motor, kinesthetic, and visual sequences of letters and words and being able to discern similar and dissimilar sounds (auditory processing, phonemic awareness). No wonder it’s hard to write! What […]

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How They Did It: Dyslexia, Gifted Ed, and SAT and ACT Accommodations [Premium]

by Fernette Eide | | 504, Accommodations, Advocacy, Assessment, dyslexia, Gifted, Parents, Premium, Premium Content, Professionals, Psychology

Today I had a chance to catch up with a member of our Dyslexic Advantage community who had just heard the great news that her 17 year old son had been granted accommodations for both the SAT and ACT, including the calculator-free section of the new SAT. This family navigated several difficult transitions: private school […]

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ADHD / Gifted 2E Guidelines from Department of Education – Schools

by Fernette Eide | | 504, Accommodations, Advocacy, IEP, RTI, Testing

In breaking news, the US Department of Education and Office for Civil Rights have released their a letter from Asst Secretary Catherine Lhamon and its Students with ADHD and Section 504 Resource Guide HERE. For your convenience, we also include them below -...

Best Early Dyslexia Screeners for Schools – Elementary [Premium]

by Fernette Eide | | Advocacy, Assessment, dyslexia, Premium, Premium Content, Reading

With new legislation moving schools toward early identification of students with dyslexia, teachers, classrooms, and districts are having to decide on which screener would be best for identifying students “at-risk.” For dyslexic students, presence of a reading gap has been detected as early as the first grade and early intervention is well-recognized to be beneficial. […]

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Are Standardized Tests Making Kids Anxious? [Premium]

by Fernette Eide | | Accommodations, Advocacy, Assessment, Language Arts, Premium, Premium Content, Testing

Florida Department of Education just released results of their Florida Standards Assessment or FSA Test. 46% of all of the public school children who took the test were below standard and 20% are at risk for being held back in the 3rd grade. What are these tests that...