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How to Request a School Evaluation for Dyslexia: Your Rights and the Step-by-Step Process
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How to Request a School Evaluation for Dyslexia: Your Rights and the Step-by-Step Process

By Leslie Turner
...noticed your child struggling with reading, reversing letters, or avoiding books...services under IDEA." Specific concerns: reading difficulties, letter reversals, trouble...IDEA." Specific concerns: reading difficulties, letter reversals, trouble with phonics,...reversals, trouble with phonics, slow reading speed, difficulty spelling Any observations...
The 13 Disability Categories Under IDEA: Who Qualifies for Special Education
Education > Special Education

The 13 Disability Categories Under IDEA: Who Qualifies for Special Education

By Isabella Johnson
...an IEP (specialized instruction). A child with the same diagnosis whose reading comprehension has fallen two years behind because of attention difficulties...reading comprehension has fallen two years behind because of attention difficulties would likely meet both parts of the test. Schools evaluate educational...
She Graduated With Honors. She Can't Read or Write. Now She's Suing.
Education > Special Education

She Graduated With Honors. She Can't Read or Write. Now She's Suing.

By Isabella Johnson
...alleging the school system knew about her learning difficulties for years, failed to address them, and allowed...years. By sixth grade, evaluations placed her reading ability at kindergarten or first-grade level:...progress, while school records showed she was reading at a level most children reach before they turn...
Empowering Individuals with Special Needs through Assistive Technology
Assistive Tech > Software

Empowering Individuals with Special Needs through Assistive Technology

By Samantha Kay
...read aloud digital text, which is a game-changer for individuals with reading difficulties or visual impairments. Similarly, speech-to-text programs...aloud digital text, which is a game-changer for individuals with reading difficulties or visual impairments. Similarly, speech-to-text programs allow users...
4 Tips To Improve Reading Skills Even If You Have Dyslexia (Part 1)
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4 Tips To Improve Reading Skills Even If You Have Dyslexia (Part 1)

By Bonnie Terry
...dyslexia are difficulties with phonological...struggles with reading. They don't...to read. Reading may be...Improve Reading Skills...Skills . Reading drills...improve reading fluency...Improve reading comprehension...playing a reading comprehension...activity...reading fluency....fluency. Reading Fluency...mechanics of reading, such as...states that reading fluency...improve their reading skills....is that reading fluency...
What Exactly IS Dyslexia?
Special Needs > Dyslexia

What Exactly IS Dyslexia?

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...with words." Dyslexia is usually considered a reading and / or language-processing problem, and at one...disorder of constitutional origin characterized by difficulties in single word decoding, usually reflecting insufficient...language, often including, in addition to problems in reading, a conspicuous problem with acquiring proficiency...
Auditory Processing Disorder in Children
Special Needs > Hearing Impairments

Auditory Processing Disorder in Children

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...with other learning challenges, like language difficulties, attention problems and autism. Most children...autism. Most children with auditory processing difficulties show only a few of the following behaviors. No...conducting casual conversations Difficulty reading or spelling due to problems discriminating word...
Learn the Early Signs of Dyslexia
Special Needs > Dyslexia

Learn the Early Signs of Dyslexia

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...20% of our nation's children have substantial difficulties learning to read, and in California 57% of fourth-graders...impact of dyslexia. Parents with histories of reading/language difficulties should take note of their...dyslexia. Parents with histories of reading/language difficulties should take note of their children's early development....
Agency Spotlight: The International Dyslexia Association
Special Needs > Dyslexia

Agency Spotlight: The International Dyslexia Association

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
Watching a child struggle with reading, writing, and other academic...dyslexia and other learning difficulties. The organization estimates...children with dyslexia or other reading and writing difficulties....other reading and writing difficulties. This unique program provides...focusing on dyslexia and other reading problems), discounted pricing...
Is Your Child Hiding a Learning Disorder
Special Needs > Learning Differences

Is Your Child Hiding a Learning Disorder

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...that primarily affects one’s ability to learn to read and develop a strong understanding of language. In most cases, the child will struggle with difficulties in oral communication, organizational skills, following instructions, and telling time. Dyslexia can also affect memory, following directions and...
The Right to Read
Education > Accommodations

The Right to Read

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...British school system of the 1940s and '50s with undiagnosed dyslexia. Her difficulties with spelling, multiplication and reading were blamed on her traumatic...undiagnosed dyslexia. Her difficulties with spelling, multiplication and reading were blamed on her traumatic birth and stressful early years. It wasn't...
Conference Watch: International Dyslexia Association Reading and Learning Conference in Chicago, November 9-12
News > Education

Conference Watch: International Dyslexia Association Reading and Learning Conference in Chicago, November 9-12

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...people together and to spread knowledge about dyslexia and other learning difficulties. The conference, which is one of the largest conferences in the country...for 62 years and gives parents, educators, individuals with learning difficulties, and all avid supporters of the IDA, an opportunity to come together...

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