Decoding Dyslexia – NJ is a grassroots movement driven by NJ families concerned with the limited access to educational interventions for dyslexia and other language-based learning disabilities within our public schools. We aim to raise dyslexia awareness, empower families to support their children and inform policy-makers on best practices to identify, remediate and support students with dyslexia in NJ public schools.
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List of resource links to help students with dyslexia and other language-based learning disabilities.
Raising Awareness About Dyslexia
Dyslexia is now in the mainstream news all over the U.S. and around the world. Decoding Dyslexia actively seeks out opportunities to raise awareness & educate community stakeholders.
Empowering Families To Support Children
Decoding Dyslexia empowers families with information & resources to support children with dyslexia and to work with educators & professionals at local, state, and national levels.
Informing & Motivating Policy-Makers
Decoding Dyslexia’s grassroots efforts and strategic advocacy have resulted in dyslexia & literacy-related legislation being introduced, passed, & enacted in NJ and around the country.
Decoding Dyslexia-NJ Members in Action
around NJ and on Capitol Hill
DD-NJ Announcements
HOT OFF THE PRESS!
Decoding Dyslexia featured in Time Magazine’s July 22, 2019 issue.
Click here for the article
Raising Dyslexia Awareness
at Your Local Library…
at Your Local Library…
October is Dyslexia Awareness Month, so how better to spread the word than getting your local library involved? Go to our Events page for more details.
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After Emily Hanford told a crowd of a 1000 education policymakers and elected officials about her team's work on the new Sold A Story podcast, "ExcelInEd’s CEO Patricia Levesque stepped to the mic and fired a parting shot. “You all now know that there is something in our schools that’s doing harm to our children, so what are you going to do about it?... Fountas and Pinnell? Lucy Calkins? Reading Recovery and Levelled Literacy Instruction? Get them out of your schools!”"![]()
Robert Pondiscio Daniel Willingham The Teachers College Reading and Writing Project Fountas & Pinnell Literacy Reading Recovery Council of North America ![]()
www.aei.org/education/the-noose-tightens-around-failed-reading-programs-in-schools/?fbclid=IwAR1z...
The Noose Tightens Around Failed Reading Programs in Schools
www.aei.org
For decades, the implicit logic of standards and test-based reform has been that teachers know what to do. But if teachers have been “sold a story,” then that logic model collapses. It pushes refo...
COPAA Webinar -- Advocating for Your Child with Dysgraphia 11/22/22 at 12pm ET![]()
Presented by Jennifer D. Laviano, Esq. & Julie Swanson![]()
This webinar will cover advocacy principles including how to advocate for your child at IEP meetings, when you need a professional advocate, and what to know when choosing an advocate. All info and registration here: ![]()
www.dysgraphia.life/webinar-copaa?utm_source=Dysgraphia%20Life%20Newsletter&utm_campaign=ccc1ec3e...
Dysgraphia Advocacy Webinar with COPAA | Dysgraphia Life
www.dysgraphia.life
Advocating for Your Child with Dysgraphia - A webinar from Dysgraphia Life and COPAA, the Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates
Have you been following the new "Sold a Story" podcast by Emily Hanford? A MUST read/listen for EVERYONE! We know balanced literacy and leveled literacy intervention (LLI) programs have NOT been working for decades to help children who struggle to learn to read. Each episode of this podcast is more eye-opening than the one before. Quotes from last week's episode:![]()
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"we found that the Fountas and Pinnell Benchmark Assessment System had about 54% diagnostic accuracy. It identified children as good readers and struggling readers about as accurately as if you were to flip a coin."![]()
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"Here’s what’s happening to many children in this country. They go to a “balanced literacy” school that uses Fountas and Pinnell and Lucy Calkins. They’re taught the cueing strategies. Their reading ability is measured using leveled books. If they’re struggling – and someone notices – they might get Reading Recovery in first grade, where they get cueing and leveled books. And if they’re still struggling after that, many of them get Leveled Literacy Intervention. More cueing. More leveled books. Struggling readers keep getting more of the same." ![]()
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And our kids then fall further behind in reading year after year...![]()
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Go to the Sold a Story website to catch up on all the episode or find them on your device podcast app: features.apmreports.org/sold-a-story/
Sold a Story: How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong
features.apmreports.org
There's an idea about how children learn to read that's held sway in schools for more than a generation — even though it was proven wrong by cognitive scientists decades ago. Teaching methods based ...
Want to be a part of our Decoding Dyslexia-NJ grassroots movement? Join us at one of our upcoming meetings. Email us at info@decodingdyslexianj.org and we'll put you on the attendee list. We'll email you the Zoom link and meeting info a few days before that meeting date. Looking forward to meeting you!
Free Webinar Nov 15th from 2:00pm ET - The National Center on Improving Literacy is hosting a webinar titled Preparing Pre-service Candidates to Teach Reading. SHARE THIS WITH YOUR DISTRICTS!![]()
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Join the National Center on Improving Literacy (NCIL) for a discussion about preparing pre-service candidates to use evidence-based methods to teach reading, especially after the instructional disruptions caused by COVID-19.![]()
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This session will bring together education stakeholders with a shared interest and expertise in improving literacy outcomes for students. A researcher, university professor, and national expert come together to share their perspectives on the successes, challenges, and role of educator preparation programs in developing knowledgeable and skilled teacher candidates based on reading science.![]()
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Participants will receive access to a variety of free, evidence-based tools and resources.![]()
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Description and Registration: ![]()
improvingliteracy.org/video/preparing-pre-service-candidates-teach-reading?fbclid=IwAR2AoqUjCHTZG...
Preparing Pre-service Candidates to Teach Reading
improvingliteracy.org
Register Now! Event date: Tues. Nov. 15th Event Time: 2:00-3:00 ET
Are you a grown up (parent, caregiver, educator) who needs/wants to know more about special education, evaluations, IEPs, instruction, attention, executive function or transition to college? Then why haven't you registered for the NoLearning Disabilities Association of New Jersey Inc. Inc. Fall Conference? Lots of learning + breakfast + lunch for $30!! Use code DDNJ when you complete your registration, see you in a week! Full schedule and all info here: ldanj.org/ldanj-events/
LDANJ Events - LDANJ Learning Disabilities Association of New Jersey
ldanj.org
At events of Learning Disabilities Association of New Jersey, there will be informative workshops on learning disabilities and related disorders. We give scholarships to several New Jersey students wi...
The first two segments, "The Problem" and "The Idea" of apmreports new podcast series, Sold A Story, are available for download. Parents noticed something seemed not right when it came to reading during remote school. Learn more about how educators came to believe in a flawed theory of reading, and how this idea originated. The series is meant to be a listening experience, but transcripts are also available. ![]()
features.apmreports.org/sold-a-story/
Sold a Story: How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong
features.apmreports.org
There's an idea about how children learn to read that's held sway in schools for more than a generation — even though it was proven wrong by cognitive scientists decades ago. Teaching methods based ...
ATTN New Jersey Teachers, School Administrators, and Parents! Exciting news from the NJ DOE - The New Jersey Tiered System of Supports - Early Reading website has just launched!![]()
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The website offers all the action plans, protocols, and tools needed to implement a multi-stage, systemic approach to integrating essential components of assessment and instruction across three tiers of support to enable ALL students to effectively acquire early reading skills.![]()
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www.njtss-earlyreading.org
www.njtss-earlyreading.org
With NJTSS-ER, a multi-stage, systemic approach is used to integrate essential components across three tiers of support to enable all students to effectively acquire early reading skills.
Listen to the trailer for the upcoming podcast Sold a Story: How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong, from the apmreports team and host Emily Hanford. First two episodes drop Oct. 20. We look forward to this investigation of "the influential authors who promote this [wrong] idea and the company that sells their work" and "how educators came to believe in something that isn't true and are now reckoning with the consequences — children harmed, money wasted, an education system upended."![]()
features.apmreports.org/sold-a-story/
Sold a Story: How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong
features.apmreports.org
There's an idea about how children learn to read that's held sway in schools for more than a generation — even though it was proven wrong by cognitive scientists decades ago. Teaching methods based ...
Attn Families of future & current college students…![]()
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ChildNEXUS College Transition Summit for Students with Disabilities![]()
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Free Event this Sat 10/15/22 @ 12:00pm-6:20pm EDT![]()
(note event listing shows in Pacific Time, not Eastern Time)![]()
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Join this free online event for anyone involved in college transition for students with disabilities![]()
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Sessions include NJ’s own Elizabeth Hamblet’s popular presentation (covering changes in laws, common accommodations documentation, and more). Additional sessions will be presented by other college experts to discuss assistive technology, educational therapists talking about executive functioning and panels with college admissions directors and college disability services directors.![]()
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Limited tickets and more than half the tickets for the event are already gone! Those who sign up IN ADVANCE ONLY will have access to the recordings for a week.![]()
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Registration: ChildNEXUScollege.eventbrite.com
ChildNEXUS College Transition Summit for Students with Disabilities
childnexuscollege.eventbrite.com
Join this free online event for anyone involved in college transition for students with disabilitiesCheck us out on Instagram!