special education Archives

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...

Dyslexia and the Illusion of Inclusion – Making Education Fit the Child [Premium]

by Fernette Eide | | Accessibility, Accommodations, IEP, Premium, Premium Content, School

There’s a viral post circulating on the Internet from a Texas special education professor: “It’s OK to say dyslexia!” U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan tweeted shortly before his agency released guidance targeting the needs of the 2.5 million students with a learning disability. But while the government highlights the unique needs of students with learning disabilities, they are seemingly […]

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Do We Need to Revoke the IEP? – School Q & A

by Fernette Eide | | Accommodations, IEP, Reading, School, Writing

"My daughter currently has an IEP. We asked that we keep her accommodations of the IEP in place but take a break from the support she is receiving from the resource teachers, with both pull out and push in. We were told that we need to revoke her IEP in order to do...

International Schools (Outside the US) with Support for Students with Learning Differences – State Department List

by Fernette Eide | | Uncategorized

[pdf-embedder url="https://www.dyslexicadvantage.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Department-of-State-Schools.pdf" title="Department of State Schools"] Download pdf HERE. Jay, a member of our community - shared this US State Department list of schools outside...

Reading Fluency: What is Timed Guided Repeated Reading and Why Should Students Do It? [Premium]

by Fernette Eide | | Premium, Premium Content, Reading, Strategies, Teachers

In a recent report in the Journal of Learning Disabilities, Lee and Yoon reported that repeated reading had significant beneficial effects on the reading fluency of students with a reading disability. Listening to the passage first increased the benefit. Excerpt: “Reading the passage at least four times increased reading fluency more than two to three […]

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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 -...