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What Is Dyslexia and Why Are Dyslexia Programs Helpful?

What Is Dyslexia and Why Are Dyslexia Programs Helpful?

By Lisa Bigney M.A., M.Ed, RITES Co-Director, Certified Dyslexia Interventionist What is Dyslexia? Is your child among the approximately 20% of the population who struggle to read?  If so, your child may have dyslexia. Dyslexia is a type of learning difference that...
Structured Literacy

Structured Literacy

What Is Structured Literacy? Structured Literacy approaches emphasize highly explicit and systematic teaching of all crucial literacy components. Instruction begins with foundational skills, such as decoding and spelling. Then, teaching continues with higher-level...
Science of Reading

Science of Reading

What to Know about the Science of Reading The Science of Reading is for everyone, and it is particularly important to support students with Dyslexia and students who struggle to read. The science of reading is the result of 50 years of studies and data from many...
PART 3  Back to School: Tips to Navigate the New “Normal”

PART 3 Back to School: Tips to Navigate the New “Normal”

Part 3: Keep talking Keep Talking: You and Your Child Your child may go through different phases of reaction to managing in-person school with COVID concerns. It is a fluid process for us all. The added stress of maintaining vigilance with protocols, while trying to...
PART 2  Back to School: Tips to Navigate the New “Normal”

PART 2 Back to School: Tips to Navigate the New “Normal”

Part 2: Relax yourself! Preparing for (and dealing with) the academic slide of learning loss and having fallen behind due to the pandemic It is easy in these difficult times to feel overwhelmed and anxious. If you have school-aged children, those feelings can be...
Back to School: Tips to Navigate the New “Normal”

Back to School: Tips to Navigate the New “Normal”

Now that kids are back to school, returning to in-person classrooms, how do we navigate this “new normal” with them to assure their success? We have all had to make a huge number of adjustments over the last year and a half of the COVID-19 pandemic. While the weight...