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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IDA New Jersey is offering Lois Rothschild Scholarships ranging from $1000 – $2500 to students with dyslexia who meet the following requirements:![]()
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4) Provide a letter of recommendation from one high school teacher, guidance counselor or CST member![]()
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7) Submit a 250 word essay entitled: In a 250-word essay entitled, “Dyslexia and Me: A Look at its Impact," discuss with specificity either your personal struggle with dyslexia, a strategy that you found helpful and why, or how dyslexia shaped you into the individual you are today. ![]()
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1. Open this link to the scholarship and complete the form:![]()
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2. A copy of transcript and a letter of recommendation about the specific strengths, struggles with dyslexia and efforts which shaped the student is sent directly from a high school teacher, guidance counselor or CST member to the following address: njidascholar@gmail.com![]()
3.Above requirements must be submitted by Friday May 20, 2022 to guidance counselor/teacher or CST member who will then email a letter of recommendation to above email .![]()
(Scholarship recipients will be notified by mail by Friday June 24, 2022)
2022 NJIDA- Lois Rothschild High School Scholarship
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NJIDA is offering scholarship/s to seniors and former scholarship recipients with dyslexia pursuing post-high school full-time courses of study at an accredited college, university, trade school, or o...
New findings on RR! What's not new is RR is based on a theory that was disproven decades ago and most students need subsequent intervention. APM Reports helped bring widespread attention to the fact that popular reading programs like Reading Recovery Council of North America, The Teachers College Reading and Writing Project and @FountasandPinnell are based on this theory, and teach the habits of struggling readers.
www.apmreports.org
Initial gains from first-grade intervention didn’t last and kids performed worse in third and fourth grade.
A Memo from NJ DOE...![]()
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Implementing P.L. 2021, c.109: Providing Additional or Compensatory Services to Students with Disabilities Beyond Age 21![]()
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The purpose of this memorandum is to provide guidance to school districts, students, and parents/guardians of students with disabilities regarding implementation of P.L.2021, c.109, which allows schools to provide additional or compensatory special education and related services to eligible students with disabilities beyond the age of 21.![]()
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www.nj.gov/education/broadcasts/2022/april/20/ImplementingPL2021c109-ProvidingAdditionalorCompens...
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A Memo from NJ DOE...![]()
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Implementing P.L. 2022, c.2: Extending the Period of Time a Parent, Guardian, or Local Educational Agency Has to Request a Special Education Due Process Hearing![]()
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The purpose of this memorandum is to provide guidance to local education agencies (LEAs), students, and parents/guardians of students with disabilities regarding implementation of P.L. 2022, c.2, which temporarily extends the period of time to file a due process hearing request to address special education and related services provided during March 18, 2020, through September 1, 2021.![]()
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Workshop — Assistive Technology-New Innovations & Strategies ![]()
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April 13, 2022 @ 7-8:30 pm![]()
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Guest Speaker Brian S. Friedlander, Ph.D.![]()
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In this workshop, users will find out about new and innovative assistive technologies that can be used successfully in the classroom to help support reading, writing, and note-taking. The presenter will share some new tools that can promote more independent learners. The focus will be on reading, writing and note-taking tools and strategies. If you have a student with a reading or writing disability you will not want to miss this very informative session.![]()
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Register by filling out this form:![]()
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Upcoming LDANJ Conference worth checking out:![]()
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Life in High School and Beyond![]()
Virtual Conference ![]()
April 22, 2022![]()
For parents, educators, professionals, adults with LD and students 14+![]()
Members, Parents, Students, Adults with LD-free![]()
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$50 Conference & Membership![]()
Can't attend live conference? Register and get recorded workshops.![]()
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Questions? Info@LDANJ.org or text/call 732 645 2738
Learning Disabilities Association NJ-LDANJ
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The Learning Disabilties Association of New Jersey (LDANJ) is a non-profit volunteer organziation dedicated to provide information and advocacy to promote awareness of learning disabilities, ADHD and ...
From Australia but likely applicable here. Why do teachers report that they feel so unprepared to teach reading and writing? ![]()
"A report has warned not enough time is given to teaching writing in Australian classrooms, almost half of graduate teachers lack confidence in their ability to teach the skills, and universities provide inconsistent and, in some cases, shallow instruction on how to teach writing."😕
Call to lift teaching standards as students’ writing skills go backwards
www.theage.com.au
There has been no improvement in the writing abilities of students in years 3 and 5, and a decline in skills among students in years 7 and 9.
"Choice and practice can help readers to thrive, but regardless of race, socio-economic status, or home language, for any student who arrives at school needing to be taught how to read, these strategies are not sufficient. Extended periods of time devoted to independent reading and leveled books can even exacerbate an achievement gap."![]()
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