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Shame

It’s All Reading

Parenting Kids With Dyslexia

Ohio Schools

Retention And Opting Out

Never In 30 Years

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Shame

I love this quote from Dr. Ed Hallowell.

Parents who want to know how to help their child overcome the feeling of shame should get this wonderful book by Ben Foss.

The Dyslexia Empowerment Plan
A Blueprint for Renewing Your Child’s Confidence
and Love of Learning
by Ben Foss

Available from Amazon as an audiobook, a Kindle book, and a regular book.

It’s All Reading

It's all reading
from Headstrong Nation

There are three types of reading.

That's right, three. Eye-reading, ear-reading, and finger-reading.

A dyslexic person may not eye-read as well as his peers. Yet everyone needs to be exposed to vocabulary and ideas to be successful.

If a person were blind, providing text as audiobooks or Braille would allow her to read with her ears or with her fingers. No one would ever claim that a blind person was lazy or stupid for not reading text with
her eyes.

When you listen to audio, that’s ear reading. When you speed it up to four times the pace of standard speech you are leveling the playing field.

It’s not what the mainstream conceives of as reading. But that doesn't matter. It’s learning. It’s literacy. —Headstrong Nation

Thank you, Decoding Dyslexia Utah, for this graphic.

Parenting Kids With Dyslexia

7 Things I Wish People Knew
About Parenting Kids With Dyslexia
by Kristin Kane

As a mom of two kids with dyslexia (and other learning issues) — and as a person with dyslexia myself — there's a lot I've learned over the years.
I've learned how to advocate for my kids.

I now understand how to best work with their teachers. And I sometimes even have answers for those tricky questions about dyslexia that once stumped me. I'm truly no longer a newbie.

Despite what I now know, however, I still sometimes feel misunderstood as a parent. There are times when I don't want to have to explain what dyslexia is or what my kids need. But I still do explain, both to school staff and to other parents.

Here are seven things I wish people understood about what it's like to parent children with dyslexia.

1. My kids have to work twice as hard just to stay afloat in school.

2. My kids have strengths that don't show up in school.

3. They feel different from their peers every day.

To see the rest of this excellent article, click here.

Ohio Schools

Ohio schools will begin screening kids for dyslexia next fall.
by Jenny Hamel

"Starting in the 2022-23 academic year, every school district in Ohio will have to screen its youngest students for dyslexia. It’s a first for the state, and the Ohio Department of Education (ODE) wants to ensure school districts are guided in the process."

To view the full article, click here.

Retention And Opting Out

Susan Barton holds Facebook Live Video Chats to share important information. Each is 6 to 7 minutes, and the response has been terrific. Since they were recorded, you can watch them now – even if you do not use Facebook.

If your child’s school has let you know your child may be retained, or if you think your child should be retained, watch this one:
Chat #12: Retention and Opting Out

Other popular chats from Susan Barton include:

Chat #6: How to Measure Progress

Chat #17: Barton Students With IEPs

Chat #16: ADD, Dyslexia, or Both?

To view all of Susan Barton's video chats, click here.

Never In 30 Years

Never in 30 years
by Anne Parker
The Open Door Educational Services

I would like share how very impressed I am with the Barton System.

As a Special Education teacher with more than three decades of teaching experience, I have used many different reading programs over the years.

But I have never before encountered anything that is as comprehensive as your system. Thank you for all the time and effort you put into developing a true quality product.

The difference it is making for my dyslexic students is really impressive. Their reading and spelling skills, plus general self-esteem, grow visibly with each tutoring session.