About DD-NJ
Our group is comprised of parents of children who are dyslexic. We are not experts, nor are we a formal business or a traditional educational organization. We are truly grassroots! We offer other stakeholders the benefit of our collective experiences. We encourage parents and children to meet with their local, state, and national policy-makers to share their stories, report on unmet needs, and make suggestions for improved policy and/or legislative initiatives for identifying and supporting dyslexic children in our public schools.
October 2020 will mark our 9th Anniversary!
Our beginnings… In October 2011, 8 parents took a train ride to New York City to attend a National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD) luncheon. On that trip, 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, similar journeys. We were virtually strangers to each other. By the end of the day, we declared that someone should do something to fix the system and to help other parents like us. We decided that collectively, maybe we could be that “someone”.
The news 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
Decoding Dyslexia on the National and International Stage!
Since our inception, parents from across the nation and beyond have been inspired, empowered, and engaged. Today, we are happy to boast that the Decoding Dyslexia movement has expanded to all 50 U.S. states and internationally too!
To connect with the Decoding Dyslexia movement in your state, Canadian province,
or other country, download this contact information list:
Decoding Dyslexia Groups Contact Information List 2020
- 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
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Two scholarship opportunities for students with documented learning disabilities and/or ADHD from NCLD!
www.ncld.org/what-we-do/scholarships/?fbclid=IwAR3c9N3xy_D7Accda-XEsYqS-B_FxWmHORXbxUb7aJ0xwbGVb8...
Scholarships & Awards Archives - NCLD
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NCLD offers annual scholarships and awards that celebrate the work and achievements of those students and leaders working to improve the lives of the 1 in 5 with learning and attention issues.Parents Free Live Event this Sat Jan 9th!
Register at: embracedyslexiaseries.com/registration/
Embrace Dyslexia At Home: Parents Take Action this Saturday, January 9, 2021 starting at 10 am.
Five experts, including DD-NJ’s own Norma Francullo, will share current research and provide best practices and valuable tips around:
1. How to work with your child's school to get appropriate, effective services;
2. How to support your child's social and emotional wellbeing;
3. How to effectively advocate for your child's specific needs;
4. How to build a stronger relationship with your child;
And More!
>> For Parents of HS & College Students <<
Jan 9th at 12:00pm ... Elizabeth Hamblet is hosting a one-time-only FREE presentation of her most-popular talk on preparing students with disabilities for successful college transition.
The free talk will be available via her FB group for parents. It will only be viewable in her group (make sure you answer the group joining questions to be admitted to the group).
This event will not be recorded for later viewing.
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The NJ Branch of IDA presents WIFFT! Winter Institute Food for Thought Virtual Conference
Saturday, February 6, 2021
8:00 AM – 3:00 PM EST
A full line up of excellent online sessions! Register at www.eventbrite.com/e/winter-institute-food-for-thought-2021-tickets-133621823471
Winter Institute Food for Thought 2021
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Low-cost VIRTUAL seminars for a great cause!Check out the recording of Neuropsychological or Language/Literacy Assessment: Which One is Right for my Child? webinar, which is available for on-demand viewing. You will compare common neuropsychological vs. language/literacy assessment batteries, discuss assessment components relevant to intervention and why remediation goals should be a vital part of every assessment, and more. Presenter is Tatyana Elleseff, MA, CCC-SLP, of Smart Speech Therapy LLC.
www.smartspeechtherapy.com/blog/
"DPI has found several districts, including Wake and Bladen counties and the agency itself, not to be in compliance with federal requirements....The changes come after Literacy Moms N.C. filed 18 complaints against the state and individual school systems accusing them of not being in compliance with the Child Find provisions in the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act."
greensboro.com/news/local/education/dyslexic-advocacy-group-forces-n-c-changes-schools-ordered-to...
Dyslexic advocacy group forces N.C. changes. Schools ordered to do more to help kids.
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RALEIGH — The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction and the Wake County school system have been ordered to make changes that advocates hope will improve services for children withIf your district is telling you they cannot evaluate or complete testing for students suspected of having a disability, please know the New Jersey Department of Education says this:
3. Are districts required to comply with initial evaluation/ triennial reevaluation timelines even if the district is beginning the school year with all-remote instruction?
Yes. The requirements for timelines and activities related to referral, identification, and evaluation remain in effect. Therefore, districts must complete evaluations/reevaluations within the timelines set forth by law and regulations even if the district is delivering solely remote instruction....
Read more here www.nj.gov/education/reopening/faqs/#sped
Happening in one hour -- details below!Join The Reading League's Coffee and Tea with the NRP on Saturday, December 19th 9-10 AM as we conclude the paired study between the National Reading Panel and The Reading League's September/October Journal: Report of the National Reading Panel: 20 Years Later
The Reading League Pennsylvania will facilitate the discussion on Teacher Education.
Joining us will be an esteemed panel of representatives from higher education colleges/universities.
Zoom details here:
Meeting ID: 849 3058 3317
Passcode: 111558
Link: us02web.zoom.us/j/84930583317?pwd=K3NNUHZ1c2ZIbTRrcC95c3gyZDNzdz09&fbclid=IwAR1ovy8JpXQA2Mw2VJaWj...
“The vast majority of students with low reading achievement have preventable problems: with explicit, evidence-based instruction, they would learn to read.” ~ from a great piece [long read] by Sharon Vaughn and Jack M. Fletcher in the new issue of American Educator.
www.aft.org/ae/winter2020-2021/vaughn_fletcher
Identifying and Teaching Students with Significant Reading Problems
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“No child is born a reader; all children in literate societies have to be taught to read.”Is literacy being talked about in your communities? Do you have links to video of BOE meetings or public events where this is coming up? Emily Hanford is looking for examples of reading instruction being discussed at school board meetings or in other public forums. DM @ehanford or send an email to ehanford@apmreports.org.
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
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For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...Check us out on Instagram!
