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- Types of tests for dyslexia
- Video: How a great teacher helped a student with dyslexia find her path
- Video: Middle-schooler teaches future teachers about dyslexia
- The difference between dyspraxia and dysgraphia
- Classroom accommodations for dysgraphia
- Video: How first graders show they understand what they read
- Teacher tip: A simple highlighter trick to help your child with writing
- 7 modern classic books for middle-schoolers
- When a child has dyslexia and dyscalculia, treat the math challenges separately
- Where to find free assistive technology tools for reading, writing, and math
- How software and apps can help with reading challenges
- Elected officials with dyslexia
- 10 Oscar winners with dyslexia
- 9 great books for reluctant teen readers
- The first assistive technology I recommend to parents
- Did Albert Einstein have dyslexia? 4 reasons I think it's possible
- Dyslexia laws: What they are and how they work
- Third-grade retention laws: What you need to know
- 5 reasons graphic novels can help kids with reading
- How does optical character recognition help kids with reading issues?
- Video: The journey from a child with dyslexia to an award-winning researcher
- Video: Interview with Silvia Ortiz-Rosales, teen with dyslexia
- 4 steps to choosing books at your child’s reading level
- 10 ways to encourage your high-schooler to read
- 9 books that explore and embrace difference
- Workplace supports: Trouble with reading and writing
- Video: My experience with dyslexia and bullying
- Classroom accommodations for written expression disorder
- 7 ways to encourage your child to read over the summer
- Stealth dyslexia: How some dyslexic students escape detection
- The difference between audiobooks and text-to-speech
- 8 tips for talking to your child’s teacher about dyslexia
- Writing trouble: Conversation starters to use with your child’s teacher
- Reading trouble: Conversation starters to use with your child’s teacher
- Assistive technology for writing
- How dyslexia is diagnosed in adults
- 5 ways dyslexia can affect kids socially
- A day in the life of an employee with dyslexia
- FAQs about reversing letters, writing letters backwards, and dyslexia
- How software and apps can help with writing challenges
- 8 modern classic books for kids in grades 3–5
- Assistive technology for reading
- How to help your child break up a writing assignment into chunks
- 9 key facts about learning disabilities and ADHD
- 10 places to find free books for your child
- 5 ways executive function challenges can impact reading
- 7 study tips to help grade-schoolers with dyslexia
- Understanding written expression disorder in your child
- 7 ways to support your child’s reading when you don’t like to read
- Word prediction technology: What it is and how it works
- Dictation (speech-to-text) technology: What it is and how it works
- Teacher to teacher: How I use dyslexia as my teaching superpower
- 8 ways to use virtual assistants as assistive technology
- Why reading in your home language helps kids become better readers
- My advice on how to enjoy reading with ADHD or dyslexia
- Escape from confusion dyslexia art
- When do kids learn how to rhyme?
- What is decoding?
- When do kids learn to read?
- No time to read to your child? 6 ideas to try
- 2-minute tutorial: Pencil grips for kids
- Why some kids struggle with spelling
- How to teach kids with dyslexia to read
- 6 ways to help your child improve handwriting
- A day in the life of a child with written expression disorder
- 5 things not to say to your child about dysgraphia
- Written expression disorder fact sheet
- Dyslexia and depression
- Video: A doctor learns about dyslexia through his daughter’s reading struggles
- Video: Why is dyslexia diagnosed more often than dyscalculia?
- Representation matters: 4 books about kids of color that I love to read to my son
- Written expression disorder in grade school: 5 self-advocacy scripts
- 10 ways to encourage your preschooler to read
- Video: Navigating life’s changes with dyslexia
- Video: New England Patriot Lawrence Guy on overcoming stigma and being your best
- Written expression disorder in middle school: 4 self-advocacy scripts
- 8 tips to help young kids develop good reading habits
- How to help young kids with handwriting
- Teaching handwriting to young kids: Important or outdated?
- High school sports star with dyslexia shares how he overcame reading struggles
- The long, winding road to identifying my son’s learning issues
- Video: Elijah Ditchendorf, a high school science whiz who has dyslexia
- Video: Talent agent Ari Emanuel on having dyslexia and raising kids with dyslexia
- Do kids with dyslexia have trouble following directions?
- 5 things not to say to your child about dyslexia
- Celebrity spotlight: “Henry Danger” actor Jace Norman uses dyslexia to his advantage
- What does a reading specialist do?
- 5 tips to help kids with ADHD focus on reading
- 9 reasons kids don’t finish their reading homework
- Valentines made easier: Ideas from an occupational therapist
- Make dyslexia about strengths, not shame
- Video: Inside a reading intervention
- Classroom accommodations for developmental coordination disorder
- What is structured literacy?
- How a student with dyslexia changed my teaching career (and my life)
- Why kids have trouble understanding or remembering what they read
- Skills that can be affected by dyslexia
- Why I love my dyslexic brain
- FAQs about vision and dyslexia
- 11 books to help kids build a growth mindset
- Can dyslexia cause headaches in kids?
- Types of reading disabilities
- Reading skills at different ages
- Classroom accommodations for dyslexia
- Elkonin sound boxes: An evidence-based literacy strategy
- 7 things I wish people knew about parenting kids with dyslexia
- How to help kids with reading at home
- 5 self-advocacy sentence starters for middle-schoolers with dyslexia
- When do kids know the alphabet?
- What my daughter with dyslexia taught me about learning to read
- What is phonological awareness?
- 7 ways to boost your child’s vocabulary
- What research supports Orton–Gillingham?
- 5 common myths about dysgraphia
- 6 strategies to teach students self-regulation in writing
- 4 reasons kids get anxious about reading — and how to help
- 9 free public library resources for your child (and you)
- Lexile levels: What you need to know
- 5 self-advocacy sentence starters for grade-schoolers with dyslexia
- Learning challenges that can impact typing
- How I feel when I write a paper
- Signs of written expression disorder
- What is dyslexia?
- Dyslexia and anxiety in kids
- Understanding dyslexia in your child
- 5 Adults With Dyslexia Share the First Book They Loved
- 6 essential skills for reading comprehension
- Wilson Reading System: What you need to know
- Understanding why kids struggle with writing
- Download: Graphic organizers to help kids with writing
- Signs of dyslexia at different ages
- What are sight words?
- Reading to my son: 5 ways I get ready as a dyslexic dad
- 9 ways to build phonological awareness in pre-K and kindergarten
- Lorraine Bracco, star of “The Sopranos,” on how she used humor to cope with dyslexia
- 8 study tips to help middle-schoolers with dyslexia
- Messy handwriting in kids: What you need to know
- Rapid automatized naming tests: What you need to know
- Whisper reading: What it is and how it works
- Video: What reading fluency looks like in fifth grade
- The difference between dysgraphia and expressive language disorder
- IEP goals for reading: What they look like
- Celebrity spotlight: Anderson Cooper no longer hides his dyslexia
- 7 secret fears about dyslexia
- Video: A mom and son on their homeschooling experience
- Video: Parenting a daughter with dyslexia and ADHD
- Video: Stanley Cup champ Brent Sopel on hiding reading struggles “behind his stick”
- Video: Journalist Byron Pitts on faith, family, and overcoming reading challenges
- Video: Michelle Carter wins Olympic gold with dyslexia and ADHD
- Video: How art helped a struggling student better understand himself
- Video: Gavin Newsom opens up about his dyslexia
- Video: The journey from a kid with writing issues to a professional writer and speaker
- 5 questions with Sean Douglas, media maker with dyslexia
- Video: Brad Falchuk on thriving with dyslexia
- Video: Being a scientist with dyslexia
- “Dear teacher, I have dyslexia,” explains fifth grader in self-advocacy video
- Video: The journey from student with dyslexia and ADHD to special education teacher
- Video: LeDerick Horne, poet and activist with learning disabilities
- Video: A high-schooler with dyslexia discovers her passion
- Video: Why do ADHD and dyslexia co-occur so often?
- 10 terms to know if your child has trouble with handwriting
- 8 ways to build phonological awareness in grade-schoolers
- How speech-language pathologists work with kids
- What is Accelerated Reader?
- 8 ways to build phonological awareness in middle-schoolers
- Video: How to choose books for kids who struggle with reading
- What is multisensory instruction?
- What is Orton–Gillingham?
- Questions to ask about the school’s reading instruction
- 6 fine motor skills activities for kids
- 8 reasons kids might read slowly
- Beyond books: 6 fun things for kids to read
- What is dysgraphia?
- I used to think my daughter with dyslexia just needed to try harder
- The question I’m always asked about my son’s dyslexia
- Why do some kids write numbers backwards?
- Download: Multisensory reading and writing tools
- Understanding my son’s dysgraphia helped me advocate for him
- How my son with dyslexia became an early self-advocate
- Dyslexia: Questions from families answered
- My 6 stages of grief: The path to understanding my son’s dyslexia
- The unexpected connection between handwriting and learning to read
- Download: Graphic organizers to help kids with reading
- My middle-schooler doesn’t want to talk about dyslexia with teachers. What can I do?
- A day in the life of a child with dyslexia
- What’s the difference between structured literacy and balanced literacy?
- Teacher tip: Improve your child’s handwriting with this drawing exercise
- 7 ways to help kids with slow processing speed take notes in class
- Alaskan family uses passion for longboard skateboarding to put the spotlight on dyslexia
- 5 great grade school books about kids who learn differently
- 6 summer learning apps and games for tweens and teens
- Summer reading for kids who learn and think differently
- Download: Summer reading logs and planners
- Why is fourth-grade writing so hard for some kids?
- 6 skills kids need for written expression
- 15 phonics rules for reading and spelling
- 8 expert tips on helping your child with dysgraphia
- Understanding why kids struggle with reading
- 9 films that feature dyslexia
- Video: Dyslexia and the fear of reading
- 7 common myths about dyslexia
- 8 multisensory techniques for teaching reading
- My voice does the writing — with a little help from dictation technology
- Video: A Harvard graduate on growing up with dyslexia
- One of my scariest moments as a child with dyslexia? Reading aloud during Passover
- Reading speed and fluency: What you need to know
- Video: How does dyslexia play out in different languages?
- Teacher tip: The most fun way to build reading skills for back to school
- Where to find free audiobooks and digital text-to-speech books for your child
- Treatment for kids with dyslexia
- Learning and thinking differences that cause trouble with spelling
- Why is my third grader suddenly having trouble reading?
- Teaching teens who struggle with reading: What can help
- Video: Dyslexia and the brain
- Is dysgraphia the same thing as disorder of written expression?
- 8 great ways to encourage your grade-schooler’s writing
- FAQs about dyslexia and learning music
- Video: The journey from a child with dyslexia to an illustrator teaching through comics
- Types of tests for dysgraphia
- Writing skills at different ages
- Why I celebrate technology as a go-to for kids with dyslexia
- 6 reasons why kids refuse to read
- What is written expression disorder?
- Community picks: 13 books for struggling readers
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