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For many students, opening a book feels less like starting an adventure and more like facing an impenetrable wall of code. For those with dyslexia or significant reading struggles, the English language is a particularly difficult mountain to...
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🌟 Celebrating Dyslexics: The Creative Minds Who Think Differently October is Dyslexia Awareness Month — a time to recognize and celebrate the creativity, resilience, and brilliance of individuals who are dyslexic. 💡 Thinking Differently: The Dyslexic Advantage...
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This is “Mena”. She is in the fifth grade in a Rhode Island public school. She couldn’t read. But Mena is very lucky. How is that possible? Read on… It takes a good advocate, the right approach, and financial support… Mena’s mother...
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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...
by aspire | Apr 12, 2023 | dyslexia, dyslexia tutoring programs, Education, learning difficulties/differences, orton gillingham, Orton-Gillingham Tutors, Reading, Reading & Writing, Reading Difficulties, Reading skills, reading tutors, Rhode Island Tutors, RITES Programs, Science of Reading, Structured Literacy, struggling readers, Uncategorized
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...
