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October 2016 marks our 5th Anniversary. Celebrate with us and enjoy this video of our amazing journey.
Decoding Dyslexia’s 5th Anniversary Video
Our beginnings … In Oct. 2011, 8 parents went on a train to NYC to attend a NCLD luncheon. On that train ride, we shared our stories, our struggles, our heart breaks and our frustrations and anger about trying to help our dyslexic children and getting nowhere within our public schools. No one was from the same NJ town, but we all had similar stories. We were virtually strangers to each other. By the end of the day, we declared that someone should do something to help other parents like us and to fix the system. We decided that collectively, maybe we could be that someone.
5th Anniversary of the article that started it all – Trenton Times 2/27/2012 – Princeton group says it’s hard to get children’s Dyslexia treated or even recognized
See why we do what we do … watch our New Jersey Faces of Dyslexia Video!
We have created a Facebook Page, Parent/Educator Workshops, Dyslexia Awareness County Roundtable events, and a Parent Networking Session after our monthly business meeting to give parents a variety of ways to connect with one another and share experiences, ideas, and resources.
Spreading Awareness: Looking to create a buzz about dyslexia in your community? Download this Guerrilla Guide and get inspired to spread dyslexia awareness far and wide! Download your guide now!
Since our inception, parents from other states have contacted us about starting a Decoding Dyslexia group in their state. We are happy to announce the Decoding Dyslexia family has expanded to all 50 U.S. states and internationally too. Each state group has a FaceBook page and many are adding websites quickly. Search FaceBook or the internet for a Decoding Dyslexia group in the following states or Click on this link to our National Decoding Dyslexia website, which will take you to any of the state groups’ Facebook pages/Websites.
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Idaho
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
DD International:
Download our “How To” guide to start your own grassroots movement in your state: How-to Guide to Start Grassroots Movement for Dyslexia
Email us if you would like to incorporate, “Decoding Dyslexia” in the name of your group in your state: info@DecodingDyslexiaNJ.org
CLICK HERE to learn what you can do right now to support NJ students with dyslexia! We need your help… parents will be the ones to initiate change in NJ!
DD-NJ with NJ State Assemblymen Nelson Albano and Ronald Dancer
DD-NJ with Rep Peter Stark (CA)
DD-NJ with Rep Robert Andrews (NJ)
DD-NJ with Rep Leonard Lance (NJ)
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LDANJ Spring Conference!
Life in High School and Beyond Conference & Resource Expo
Sunday, March 22, 2020
Registration: www.LDANJspring2020.eventbrite.com
Full Conference Brochure: www.ldanj.org/wp-content/uploads/LDANJ-March-2020-Full-Conference-Brochure.pdf
Questions? 732-645-2738 or info@LDANJ.org
$1000 Scholarship Opportunity -- Deadline March 6:
The Learning Disabilities Association of New Jersey Inc. (LDANJ), will be giving the Dr. Rosa Hagin Scholarship Award to several New Jersey students with learning and/or attention issues who will continue their education beyond high school. This scholarship is for students moving on to ANY post-secondary program. Click the link for application and all information.
www.ldanj.org/wp-content/uploads/2020-Scholarship-letter-and-application.pdf
Without appropriate reading instruction, the problems at the top of the iceberg give way to what lies beneath. Often those problems are bigger and even harder to remediate.
Workshop information from ReallyGreatReading:
"Decoding and the Struggling Reader” is being offered in NJ on the following dates:
5/6: Paramus, NJ
5/7: Edison, NJ
5/8: Mt. Laurel, NJ
REGISTER: www.reallygreatreading.com/workshops
Complimentary seats are available with the code: WORKSHOP
This article is specific to NYC, but other themes are universal: Why are public schools so unprepared to meet the needs of dyslexic students (and more broadly, those who struggle with learning to read not due to a disability)? Why are students who need specialized reading instruction placed in classes with students who have intellectual or behavioral disabilities? Should learning to read be this dependent on family resources? #saydyslexia #equity
www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/education/2020/02/09/disability-special-education-dyslexia-doe-nyc...
www.usatoday.com
Two boys with learning disabilities grew up just blocks apart in New York City. Public schools couldn't teach them. So their parents battled to place them in private schools, on the taxpayers' dime."Calkins’s approach “is a slow, unreliable way to read words and an inefficient way to develop word recognition skill,” Mark S. Seidenberg, a psychologist at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, said in a blog post. “Dr. Calkins treats word recognition as a reasoning problem — like solving a puzzle. She is dedicated to the educational precept that children learn best by discovering how systems work rather than being told. ...skilled reading “is fast, automatic, almost like a reflex — not deliberative.”
www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/read-all-about-it-the-reading-wars-are-back-in-americas-ed...
Perspective | Read all about it: The ‘reading wars’ are back in America’s education salons
www.washingtonpost.com
Should phonics be emphasized? What about whole language learning?Educators and Parents: "Calkins' Units of Study is the third most widely used set of core materials to teach reading, according to a survey by Education Week. But, as APM Reports has shown, the Units of Study lessons and materials frequently assert an idea about how people read that has been proven wrong by cognitive scientists. The idea, known as three cueing, encourages children to look at pictures and use contextual clues to identify words as they are reading. Scientific research shows that skilled readers do not use cues to read words and that instructing children to use these cues teaches them the habits of struggling readers."
www.apmreports.org/story/2020/01/27/lucy-calkins-reading-materials-review
Experts say widely used reading curriculum is failing kids
www.apmreports.org
A first of its kind review finds Lucy Calkins' materials don't align with the science of reading.Always a good time when DDNJ folks get together to reflect on our work and brainstorm future efforts!
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