If you are parent of a child with a print disability or a teacher with students with print disabilities in your classroom you will want to check out Bookshare. Bookshare is the world's largest online digital library which is available for FREE for students and adults who have a … [Read more...]
The Ultimate Teacher’s Guide to Letter and Number Reversals
I am so happy to have Anne-Marie Morey from the BayTreeBlog.com as a guest blogger! I absolutely LOVE Anne-Marie's blog and she's my go-to gal for issues relating to dyslexia. After reading her post, be sure to visit her blog and download her FREE Workbook for Letter … [Read more...]
Vision and Reading Difficulties
It happened again. I’m reviewing a file of a student having difficulty learning to read and there it is! A recording of three failed school vision screenings. I would love to say that this is an isolated incident, but unfortunately, all too often we seem to overlook … [Read more...]
Motivating Struggling Readers
This is a post about helping children to become better readers- I promise. Before we talk about reading, however, I’d like to share with you a story about the love-hate relationship that I have with my guitar. Yep, that’s right- my guitar. Fifteen years ago I was a … [Read more...]
My Favorite Resources for Dyslexia and Learning Disabilities
We are often asked by parents if we think their child has dyslexia when the child is having difficulty learning to read. This question certainly is raised if the child is reversing letters or numbers in writing. There seems to be a certain mystic around the term "dyslexia". … [Read more...]
Why Students Reverse Letters
Many parents become quite concerned when looking at their child's writing and see that their child is confusing letters such as b/d, p/q or m/w. Letter and word reversals have become so strongly associated with dyslexia that it's no wonder why parents are anxious when … [Read more...]
Response to Intervention: A Lesson From Our Orthodontist
My three children are now 18, 17 and 15. When Response to Intervention (RtI) was first introduced in our districts around 8 years ago, I was spending just about the same amount of time in the Orthodontist's office as I was on the soccer fields. As our family … [Read more...]