Support NJ Students with Dyslexia
ACTION ALERTS for NJ Families: Visit our NJ Legislation page for pressing action alerts where you can participate and make a difference. It only takes a few minutes to make a phone call or send an email. Click here for our latest action alert today!
WHAT CAN I DO RIGHT THIS MINUTE?
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- Familiarize yourself with the NJ dyslexia laws
- Learn about current bills focused on dyslexia
- Assembly Bill A1292 – Click to find the bills
- Send a letter and/or email to your local NJ legislators sharing your personal story and asking for their support
- Click to find your local legislators
- Click to find tips for writing your family story
- Make an appointment to meet with your local legislators
- Download and use DD-NJ’s helpful literature packet
- Encourage your US Representative to join the Bipartisan Congressional Dyslexia Caucus
- Click to find your representative
- Contact Your U.S. Congressional Representative and urge him to Support House Resolution on Dyslexia, #456 (click here to see copy of resolution)
- Click to find your representative
- Host a DD-NJ community roundtable discussion in your NJ county
- Share this information with 3 others and ask that they get involved in this movement also!
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- Join the NJ Branch of The International Dyslexia Association.
- Get involved at your local level:
- Inquire about your school district’s state mandated “Special Education Parent Advisory Group” and join. If they don’t have one yet, start your own. Technical assistance is available for free through the Statewide Parent Advocacy Network’s START Project.
- Get involved in your local PTA and help plan literacy events and/or fundraisers.
- Go to school board meetings and consider becoming a school board member.
- Join a variety of district committees, talk to other parents at local events, and discuss dyslexia with educators. Become a resource for others!
- Get educated about dyslexia
- Read literature about dyslexia. Books, such as Overcoming Dyslexia by Dr.
Sally Shaywitz, have been crucial for many parents in understanding our children’s
needs. Check out our Resources page for more good books and websites. - Check out IDA and NJ IDA websites and literature.
- Take a parent training course in reading intervention so that you can help your
child at home. - Familiarize yourself with the NJ Administrative Code on Special Education.
- Take a parent advocacy course through a group such as SPAN to understand your child’s rights.
- Get second opinions through private testing by a university, learning center, educational consultant, speech pathologist, developmental pediatrician, occupational therapist, physical therapist and/or other specialists.
- Speak to advocates, educators in private practice, and special education attorneys.
- Attend seminars, get on mailing lists, and network with others from support groups and LD organizations in your area.
- Read literature about dyslexia. Books, such as Overcoming Dyslexia by Dr.
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Free Community Lecture Series:
Educational Inequalities: What Can Be Done?
Tue, 11/17 at 7PM (EST)
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CLS: Educational Inequalities: What Can Be Done? A Virtual Roundtable
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Online registration for CLS: Educational Inequalities: What Can Be Done? A Virtual Roundtable on November 17th 2020.Upcoming events hosted by SPAN!
New Jersey Tiered System of Supports (NJTSS), Part 3 - Supports for Students with the Greatest Need
Tuesday, November 3, 2020 at 12 PM
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In this session we will:
• Review the NJTSS Framework
• Learn how Tier 3 can be utilized to identify and address those students with the greatest need
• Understand how Tier 3 supports can be implemented across all academic settings
• Discuss strategies that families can use to advocate for their children.
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Conversation with New Jersey Department of Education, Office of Assessments
Wednesday, November 4, 2020 at 5 PM
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*Closed captioning and simultaneous Spanish Interpretation are available*
NJDOE Guest Presenters:
• Gilbert Gonzalez, Director, Office of Assessments
• Rebecca Wills, Office of Assessments
Learn about what:
• Assessment tools are available to identify student learning supports
• Measures provide information about the level of support all students may need this school year
• Supports are available for students with disabilities and English Language Learners.
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Do you know what? • Assessment tools available to identify student learning supports • Measures that provide information about the level of support all students may need this school year • Suppo...Free NJCEC Webinar: Exploring The New Jersey Dyslexia Handbook
Wednesday, Oct 28, 2020 5 - 6 PM
The 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.
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The 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 practic...Wondering what’s up with early elementary reading instruction, now that it’s happening at your house? So is a psychologist/behavioral researcher/mom of first grader who decided to do her own experiment, and her videos “Is My Kid Learning How to Read?” have gone viral. If you wonder what all the fuss is over balanced literacy (rooted in making meaning and various “strategies’’ for guessing at words) vs. teaching decoding skills (sounding out words based on understanding the relationship between letters and sounds), these videos are a must watch!
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DD-NJ was very saddened to learn of Jamie Redford’s passing over the weekend. His film, The Big Picture: Rethinking Dyslexia, and their Facebook page helped broaden dyslexia awareness, as well as, spread the news about the start of our Decoding Dyslexia movement back in early 2012. Our prayers go out to the Redford family. He will be greatly missed.
James Redford — filmmaker, activist and son of Robert Redford — dies at 58
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James Redford, who followed his father Robert Redford’s path as a filmmaker, environmental activist and philanthropist while also raising awareness about organ donation, has died.REMINDER: Register ASAP!
"Dyslexia tips that work” -- Virtual Presentation
Tuesday, Oct 27th
5:30pm-6:30pm
Join Decoding Dyslexia-NJ as we work with learning disabilities specialist, Genny Schwarzberg, who will share some great information and tips to better understand dyslexia and how you can help your child. Parents (and educators) will learn prevention is possible and remediation can be fun. Focus will be on unlocking best literacy practices for you to implement at home to help keep your child on track.
The live presentation will be followed by a live Q&A with Ms Schwarzberg and Liz Barnes of Decoding Dyslexia-NJ.
Genny Schwarzberg is owner of Genny of all Trades, LLC which is a combination of 11 years of professional experiences as a certified special education teacher, learning disabilities teacher-consultant (LDT-C), case manager, educational evaluator, Orton-Gillingham tutor, and Executive Function coach.
This event is hosted by the Lacey Branch of the Ocean County Library.
Registration: Open link, then click “sign up”. theoceancountylibrary.org/events?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D148221845
So often our kids have amazing verbal vocabularies, but they just can’t get those fabulous words on paper!
Will The Teachers College Reading and Writing Project offer a close reading of Emily Hanford and APM Reports latest work at today's #SaturdayReunion ? Is the decades-too-late shift on decoding a true embrace of reading science, or just a calculated business decision? #SoR #dysteachia #soallcanread #tcrwp
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Influential literacy expert Lucy Calkins is changing her views
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In a major shift, the controversial figure in the fight over how to teach reading now says that beginning readers should focus on sounding out words, according to a document obtained by APM Reports.SUNDAY 10/18 -- LDA-NJ Virtual Fall Conference!!! Topics for professionals, parents and students, from middle school to post HS/adult life. Members free with code; Non-Members $25, Parents, Students, and Adults with LD Free,Up to 4.5 Professional Development Units (NJ Provider ID #568)
For more information and registration: ldanj.org/events/#events1
In 24 hours -- 8:00 ET 10/15 -- Meet Sonja Banks, CEO of the International Dyslexia Association. Sonja will share her story, tips for parents and educators and how she is leading IDA. Tune in via FB live at Jake Sussman
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