4.1 A Dynamic Study of Dyslexia

We’re back for season 4! In just a few days, it will be October which is Dyslexia Awareness Month. At the Together in Literacy podcast, we recognize that dyslexia awareness happens throughout the year. It is so important to us that we continue to spread awareness.

In this episode we discuss dyslexia from a historical perspective, the SEL (social/emotional learning) connection, and how we can take a more global view.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

• Wise Words Story Collection Bundle by Emily Gibbons
• Teaching Beyond the Diagnosis: Empowering Students with Dyslexia Through the Science of Reading by Casey Harrison
• 1.1 Introducing, Together in Literacy
• 1.6 The Orton Prescription and the Connection to Social-Emotional Learning
• 2.14 Using Evaluations to Better Understand Our Learners with Katy Vassar
• 1.9 Working Memory with Dr. Erica Warren
• Essentials of Dyslexia Assessment and Intervention (Essentials of Psychological Assessment) 2nd Edition 
• Towards a dynamic, comprehensive conceptualization of dyslexia. Annals of dyslexia
• New and Not-Well-Known Research about Reading Disabilities: Teachers Want to Know
• IDA Perspectives - 75th-anniversary breakdown of Structured Literacy

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