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.

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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.

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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.

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Decoding Dyslexia-NJ Members in Action
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Decoding Dyslexia featured in Time Magazine’s July 22, 2019 issue.
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Raising Dyslexia Awareness
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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Thoughts and observations from an experienced teacher:"Because teachers tend to have been students who learned to read without struggle, we generally liked school, did well in it, and therefore chose to spend our adult years teaching. But our experiences of learning to read are not like those of our students, the majority of whom require systematic, explicit instruction in order to learn how to make sense of printed text.When we strive to give our class the kind of reading instruction that was good enough for us, we may be depriving our students of the instruction they actually need."righttoreadproject.com/2021/04/09/overcoming-learners-bias-to-give-our-students-what-they-need/?f... ... See MoreSee Less

Overcoming Learners’ Bias to Give Our Students What They Need

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I am a typical teacher, according to all the statistics; I’m white, female, and have between fifteen and twenty years of teaching experience. My students and their families, most of whom are Black ....

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Know better/do better is happening in NC with teachers getting training in the science of reading acquisition. Most important, they are changing classroom practices: “At the start of school, I was definitely getting leveled readers,” said Haley Dawson, a first-grade teacher at Rosman. “Now, I’m like, I’ll ignore that. We’re not doing the cueing system or leveled readers anymore.”www.ednc.org/2021-04-07-teacher-training-science-reading-literacy-phonics-phonemics-school-classr... ... See MoreSee Less

No more 'magic.' Training in the science of reading has been a relief for these teachers.

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Early changes in classroom instruction after science of reading training? Here's what's happening in one district, Transylvania in NC.

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ELLs are the focus here, but we know the answer to the question "Who is going to be most disadvantaged by a program that lacks basic foundational, systematic instruction?" is MANY.“The foundational skills are basically the skills that allow you to pull the printed word off the page and say it as something meaningful,” Goldenberg explained. “The foundations are phonological awareness, letter-sound knowledge, mapping speech to print, phonics. The problem is that the Units of Study don’t pay sufficient attention to doing that systematically, explicitly, and making sure that kids get it.” The Teachers College Reading and Writing Project Columbia Daily Spectator #saydyslexiawww.columbiaspectator.com/news/2021/03/22/a-teachers-college-reading-curriculum-is-among-the-nati... ... See MoreSee Less

A Teachers College reading curriculum is among the nation’s most popular. Does it serve English language learners?

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Imagine a typical New York City elementary school classroom: littered with half-chewed pencils, decorated with neon alphabet posters, filled with students’ voices as they work through books, with th...

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TODAY at 4:00 pm ET -- Join reading researchers Dr. Mark Seidenberg and Dr. Molly Farry-Thorn for Misunderstandings About Phonological Awareness with their guest Dr. Susan Brady, Emerita Professor of Psychology at the University of RI. As Mark teased last Sunday, "it'll be polite but it's gonna be intense." This is one in a series where Mark and Molly and a guest discuss bridging the gap between research and practice. seidenbergreading.net/zoom/?fbclid=IwAR1IuPthO0tkqk07OUy9-Iqgcx4gbe6bn5rjBO7bbo-95S8jrEgUQWdiOZU ... See MoreSee Less

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Join us and our guests! Reading researcher and author Dr. Mark Seidenberg talks with people working to improve literacy outcomes in the US and other countries. Teachers, school system adminis...

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There's still time to register for AIM Institute for Learning & Research's FREE Research to Practice Symposium on Early Literacy Screening on Monday, 3/15! Featuring some of the biggest names in reading research, all sessions will be recorded for later playback - Drs. Hugh Catts, Nadine Gaab, Fumiko Hoeft, Yaacov Petscher Register and all info here: bit.ly/aimsymposium2021 ... See MoreSee Less

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A wide-ranging article on reading instruction and the impact on society, families and individuals -- maybe you can relate:A mom watches her child struggle for more than a decade. She doesn’t know what he’ll do next. There are few jobs for unqualified kids; she and dad have slowly readjusted their expectations for their son. "When she talks about her son’s experience her voice is thick with grief and fury."www.smh.com.au/national/kids-in-the-crossfire-it-s-not-just-that-they-can-t-read-it-affects-every... ... See MoreSee Less

Kids in the crossfire: ‘It’s not just that they can’t read - it affects every minute of their day’

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Teaching literacy is a new frontier in the culture wars, with students who struggle with this most vital life skill the primary casualties.

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Minnetonka Schools argued that they should not be held accountable for failing to teach a Dyslexic student how to read and write. Minnetonka lost that argument in court. Twice. From the opinion:"The District’s failure to accurately identify and classify Student’s dyslexia and ADHD did not amount to a harmless misclassification. Instead, the misclassification hindered the proper design of an IEP that would have met Student’s reading needs. This resulted in the District’s failure to provide appropriate services to Student to ensure appropriate educational progress. The record shows that over the course of several years, the District failed to identify numerous indicators that Student was not being properly served in the area of reading and despite years of very limited progress, the District did not respond with meaningful adjustments to Student’s IEP."dyslexiaadvocates.org/news/f/the-us-district-court-in-mn-has-ruled-that-illiteracy-is-not-fape ... See MoreSee Less

The US District Court in MN has ruled that Illiteracy is not FAPE

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A Federal Judge upheld a lower court’s ruling where Minnetonka Schools was found in violation of civil rights education law.

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Decoding Dyslexia Free Community Eventhosted by Middletown Friends of Diverse LearnersExplore the NJ Dyslexia HandbookMonday, March 15, 20217:00 PM – 9:00 PM EDTThe New Jersey Dyslexia Handbook: A Guide to Early Literacy Development & Reading Struggles provides information to schools and families about dyslexia, early literacy development and the best practices for identification, instruction, and accommodation of students who have reading difficulties. Join members of its development committee to explore its contents, review its tools and resources, and discuss its potential impact on school-wide planning and student outcomes.Register:www.eventbrite.com/e/explore-the-nj-dyslexia-handbook-tickets-139105202405 ... See MoreSee Less

Explore the NJ Dyslexia Handbook

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Free webinar hosted by Middletown Friends of Diverse Learners

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A grassroots community of parents and educators driven to raise dyslexia awareness, empower families and advocate for change in the NJ public schools.