Posts Tagged ‘5 Min Read’

Our students are Dave Wottle. Who’s Dave Wottle? Some of you mature readers may recognize the name. Dave Wottle is famous for winning the gold for the 800 meter run at the 1972 Olympics. You have to see this race! Turn the volume up for the commentary: Dave Wottle wasn’t supposed to be in that…

Alana Blumenstein of KidsRead2Kids is our guest blogger. When Jacob and I founded KidsRead2Kids in June 2017, we were only in high school. But we had a big dream: to support every struggling learner – and let them know they are not alone. In our family of seven, each member has a learning difference. Jacob…

Guest Post by Dr. Jackie Klaver, Ph.D, of Nashville Neuropsychology & Family Services “The most important piece of information that I want families to know when they are considering formal assessment for dyslexia is that timing is really important!” Demystifying the Process of Dyslexia Testing Nothing worries parents more than their child’s development.

Ten years ago, my husband Steven taught piano lessons to a bright young girl named Jade. Jade was a fun, social third grader who never met a stranger. She excelled at gymnastics and horse riding. She was a natural performer who loved an audience. Jade caught on quickly to math concepts, but reading, spelling, and…

Today’s guest blogger is Tricia Thornton of Tricia Thornton Therapy in Nashville, Tennessee. “Lazy,” “disorganized,” “socially awkward,” “challenging,” “difficulty focusing”…are these words that you have heard to describe your child with dyslexia? Many labels are assigned to a child that has been diagnosed with dyslexia that become hurtful and will produce a variety of dysregulated emotions.

IEPs. 504s. Accommodations. Modifications. Benchmarks. Intervention. RTI. Special Education. Getting the right help for your child at school can be complicated and overwhelming. Where can you go for assistance in your quest to help your child? What are your rights? How can you be sure your child is getting what he/she needs? In this blog,…

If you follow any dyslexia groups on Facebook, you may have come across a hotbed of posts regarding a presentation made by Richard Allington, professor emeritus at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. During the early part of December, Allington spoke at the Literacy Association of Tennessee conference in Murfreesboro. Allington surprised conference goers by saying…

What comes to mind when you think of good reading instruction? The alphabet? Hooked on Phonics? Dr. Seuss? Read alouds? There are five components of good reading instruction according to the National Reading Panels’s report in 2000: THE BIG FIVE Phonemic Awareness: “the ability to notice, think about, and work with individual sounds in words”…

 October is National Dyslexia Awareness Month. As former teachers, Steven and I are passionate about educating the public about dyslexia. EVERYONE needs to know about this all-too-common learning difference! As we told the audience, a teaching degree DOES NOT equal knowledge about dyslexia. We’re (sadly) proof of that ourselves. We invited the community to the…

This blog post is contributed by Journalism Professor Emeritus of University of Wisconsin-River Falls, Colleen Callahan. As a journalism professor for 23 years, I found it heartbreaking to encounter students who were passionate about reporting, had high ethical standards and natural story-telling instincts, yet struggled with reading and writing. I remember one student in particular.…