dyslexia: how to make the most of what you've got to be the best that you can be
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Presenataion for parents, students, educators, and paraprofessionals on how to empower students with dyslexia.TRANSCRIPT
Presented by:
Darla and Kaila Hatton
The Family Café 11th Annual Conference
June 5, 2009
Who Are We?
• Family History
• Early Reading Strategies
• Info Overload– Needle Haystack– Shorten Learning
Curve
• What does that mean• What it doesn’t mean• Out of Box (Envelopes*)
*most quotes from www.powerofdyslexia.com
• Approriate Instruction
– Interventions– Remediation– Accommodations– Assistive Technology
shame
Problem
Reading Components
• Phonemic Awareness• Phonics• Fluency• Vocabulary• Comprehension
“Dyslexia is a weakness in a sea of strengths.”Sally Shaywitz, M.D
“The strengths are as important to find and address as the deficits….All too often we focus on the deficit and not the asset, and we really need to focus on that as well.“
E. Emmerson Dickman, J.D., Former President of IDA
Ride horses Hanging out with friends Dog Training
Good News
Ninety percent (90%) of children with reading difficulties will achieve grade level in reading if they receive help by the first grade.”
www.schwablearning.org/articles.aspx?r=349
“Is it a Reading Disorder or Developmental Delay”, by Susan Hall
Sobering News
If help is given in fourth grade, rather than in late kindergarten, it takes four times as long to improve the same skills by the same amount.
www.schwablearning.org/articles.aspx?r=349
“Is it a Reading Disorder or Developmental Delay”, by Susan Hall
The Potential
Pre-K Screening Resource
Get Ready to Readwww.getreadytoread.org
Symptoms Listing for Children & Adults
Bright Solutions for Dyslexiahttp://www.dys-add.com/symptoms.html
Adult Screening ResourcesWashington State Screening Tool (Learning Needs Screening) http://www.ncwd-youth.info/assets/guides/assessment/sample_forms/learning_needs_screening_tool_word.doc
http://www.onestops.info/pdf/LearningNeedsTool.pdf
Empire State Screening Tool
http://www.ldaofwny.org/ess_screening.htm
Web Sites
• Bright Solutions for Dyslexia– www.brightsolutions.us
• SchwabLearning– www.schwablearning.org
• LD Online– www.ldonline.org
Additional Web Sites
• Misunderstood Minds– www.pbs.org/wgbh/misunderstoodminds
• International Dyslexia Association– www.interdys.org
Additional Web Sites
• National Center for Learning Disabilities– www.ncld.org
• RTI Action Network– www.rtinetwork.com
• Great Schools– www.greatschools.net
Recommended Must Reads
What Worked
• Multisensory (OG and LIPS)– Three senses– Systematic– Direct / Explicit– Diagnostic– Synthetic
What Worked For Us
• Closed Caption TV
• Help Child Realize/Develop Strengths
• Develop an Action Plan
• Teach Self Advocacy
• Technology / Accommodations
Florida AT Resources
• Assistive Technology Industry Association– www.atia.org
• FETC – www.fetc.org
Additional Resouces
• Reading for the Blind and Dyslexic– www.rfbd.org
• Bookshare– www.bookshare.org
• FCRR– www.fcrr.org
Spell Checkers
• Ginger*– www.gingersoftware.com
• Ghotit*– www.ghotit.com
*requires internet connection to run
Kurzweil http://www.kurzweiledu.com/k3000demo/k3000demo20.html
Dragon http://www.nuance.com/talk
GoBinder www.gobinder.com/NoteTakingTutorial.aspx
OneNote http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/onenote/HA101686341033.aspx
Thanks for coming!