COVID-19 Resources
Decoding Dyslexia-NJ’s COVID-19 Resources
Please note that Decoding Dyslexia-NJ does not officially endorse, represent or has any legal connection any of the resources listed below. This list of resources was compiled by several Decoding Dyslexia groups across the U.S. with the hope that it might help parents, educators and students with distance/online learning during this unprecedented and stressful time. Stay safe, stay well and stay strong!
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- New Jersey Resources & Information
- Technology How To Guides
- Mental Health and Wellbeing Resources
- Assistive Technology for Students
- Academic Online Resources, including reading, K-12
- Tutoring, including online options
- Online Speech Language Therapy
- Professional Development Opportunities
- Online Orton-Gillingham Training
- Reading Research Centers
- Facebook Pages & Groups on related topics
New Jersey Resources & Information (including a Federal link)
- NJ Dept of Education COVID-19 Letter re: Services to Students with Disabilities
- Education Law Center
- NJ Department of Education Website Dyslexia page
- SPAN Parent Advocacy Network
- NJDOE Webinar on COVID-19 Response — YouTube recording
- NJDOE Webinar on COVID-19 Response — PowerPoint downloaded
- Federal Education COVID-19 Resources
Technology How-To Guides
Teaching / Feedback Tools
- Math Share (Allows for students to type math solutions)
- Document Cameras
- WACOM Drawing Tool
- Closed Caption on Zoom
- Closed Caption Google Hangouts
Online White Boards
Mental health and well-being of our children during this time
- Colorado Public Radio: Tens Under Stress: What’s Happening in the Teen Brain
- Family Therapist Craig Knippenberg + other Mental Health Experts Tuesday 9:30 MST (Ideas, strategies, and Q&A about parenting during the coronavirus pandemic)
- Wired and Connected
- BC Parent: 12 Survival Tips
- Colorado Parent: Understanding Impulse Control
Assistive Technology for Students
Academic Online Resources, K-12
- Amplify
- IXL Personalized Learning K-12: Math, Language Arts, Science, Social Studies
- Spreadsheet of companies offering free subscriptions
- Cool Cat Teacher Resources
- Readworks Family and Remote Learning
- Readworks for Educators
- Make your own games! (Recommended: Beekeeper, Bingo, Matching, Memory Match, Rapidfire, TicTacToe, Spin to Win)
- OG Card deck
- Rosner Program
- org list of COVID-19 resources
- International Dyslexia Association (IDA) COVID-19 Resources, Relief Fund, Webinar Series & Video Library
ELL/ESL Help
For More Academic Sources by Age Group — Click below for age section
Early Childhood
Elementary School
Middle / High Schoo
Tutoring (Off-site links)
- Professionals who provide services (i.e., tutoring, evals, therapy, etc.) to individuals with learning differences (International Dyslexia Association site: https://dyslexiaida.org/)
- ONLINE TUTORING Students From Harvard, MIT, UC Berkeley Give Free Tutoring To K-12 Students
- ONLINE TUTORING Learning Ovations
Online Speech Language Therapy
Professional Development Opportunities (free as of Spring 2020): |
- Really Great Reading Company Webinars
- Microsoft Learning Tools
- Readworks / Dr Margie Gillis CALT
- Heggerty Phonemic Awareness
- Mind Play
- Neuhaus Consumables
- Kendore Learning
Professional Development Opportunities (always free): |
Online Orton-Gillingham Training
Reading Research Centers
Facebook Pages & Groups on related topics
Dyslexia & Related Facebook Pages:
- Decoding Dyslexia-NJ
- Learning Disabilities Association of New Jersey Inc. (LDANJ)
- NJ Statewide Parent Advocacy Network (SPAN)
- Also Search for other Decoding Dyslexia Facebook Pages (there’s one in every U.S. state)
- International Dyslexia Association
- Learning Disabilities Association of America (LDA national)
- Bright Solutions for Dyslexia
- Wilson Language
- Dyslexia Training Institute
- Learning Ally
- Bookshare
- The Big Picture: Rethinking Dyslexia
- Made By Dyslexia
- Yale Center for Dyslexia & Creativity
- UM DyslexiaHelp
Dyslexia Facebook Groups:
Dysgraphia, Dyscalculia, ADHD & other LD Facebook Groups:
Early Childhood
| TOPIC/SUBJECT | RESOURCE LINK |
|---|---|
| Pre-school support | Mount St. Joseph University Project Ready: Evidence-based/SOR aligned FREE Pre-school modules |
Elementary School
Middle School / High School
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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.
www.facebook.com/groups/337012037088722/?__cft__[0]=AZWWZc25h3bJwAvtOghoMXYJH8Q4s5WLlCJ_g197dUDJqJNe8qC7OYL3Al9NMRGvj3CGv7pNezHHb7SOmoXRcJ_UDWxgC5pJ_dnZgLfOVpJ7NC5rSZNLEeUtD8nwzgyyezkoMyW3UjizylLQp6I3xt0I&__tn__=-UK-R
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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.
greensboro.com
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
www.aft.org
“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
www.apmreports.org
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!
