Understanding Dyslexia and the Reading Brain in Kids

This article by Holly Korby illuminates how difficult reading can be. This excerpt sums up the theme well, In Proust and the Squid, Wolf writes that if she were given five minutes with all teachers and parents everywhere, she’d want them most to know that “learning to read, like Red Sox baseball, is a wonderful thing that can go wrong for any number of reasons.” For students accused of being stubborn or not working to their potential, often neither is true: Children with dyslexia need immediate and intensive intervention to connect the pieces of the reading circuit.

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U.S. Dept. of Education: It’s okay to use the word Dyslexia

The voices of dyslexia awareness groups are being heard across America. Parents and teachers alike know that the term dyslexia is often avoided or even ignored. Last week the U.S. Department of Education released guidance stating that it’s okay to use the terms dyslexia, dyscalculia, and dysgraphia. While this is merely a statement as it relates to IDEA, it’s a start.

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Science-based reading instruction

We came across this image on the web recently, and we wholeheartedly agree! REAP understands the great importance of science-based reading instruction, especially for struggling readers. We’re constantly working toward our goal of training as many teachers as possible so they can use scientifically proven instruction to improve the reading skills of all their students, from beginning readers to accomplished readers.

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