Columbia Gorge Dyslexia Fund

06/29/2018

The more diverse minds we have, the better we are as a population.

04/04/2018

This is a great opportunity for public school teachers.
Grants and funding for teachers who want to be trained in explicit, multi-sensory literacy instruction are being offered!!!

Boon Philanthropy provided grants and funding for teacher training in explicit multi-sensory literacy instruction and Early Literacy Programs - Helping kids learn to read

03/19/2018

This is a great, quick read about Structured Literacy (SL). SL instruction is a powerful, EVIDENCE-based approach to reading instruction. This article states that SL is research-based. It is important to know that SL is based not only on research but has the EVIDENCE to back it up. When you teach a dyslexic to read, you teach everyone to read.

Using Structured Literacy

11/12/2017

For those of us living with dyslexia and ADHD and struggle with working memory and executive function differences, this invention has the potential to change our lives in the classroom and at work.

08/07/2017

36 states have passed dyslexia laws and The School Superintendent Association is formally recognizing dyslexia. Let's thank the many passionate parents and advocates who have worked to make this happen!!!

© AASA, The School Superintendents Association | 1615 Duke Street, Alexandria, VA 22314 |Phone: 703-528-0700 | [email protected]

02/18/2017

International Dyslexia Association - Oregon Branch's 42nd Annual Spring Symposium is happening March 4th at Park Academy. PHONOLOGICAL Awareness is all the rage for 2017.

11/05/2016

Thomas Edison was dyslexic and he had a 'Hero Mother'. Nancy Edison knew her son was brilliant and she took on the job of helping him reach his greatest potential. We have ALL benefited from Nancy's action to protect her child's spirit. Edison was quoted saying, “My mother was the making of me. She was so true, so sure of me: and I felt I had something to live for, someone I must not disappoint.”

10/25/2016

Great Job👍🏼 Barbra from PDX Reading Specialist, LLC and Lisa from Decoding Dyslexia Oregon for spreading dyslexia awareness.

October is Dyslexia Awareness Month

10/20/2016

We love teachers!!!

10/18/2016

We've experienced the failing of RTI (Response to Intervention) first hand and now this study by the U.S. Department of Education confirms what so many parents of dyslexic children have been saying for years. A broad-stroke approach to teaching reading absolutely fails children.

"Why is it Failing?

The Education Week article offers a few insights into what is going wrong:

1. Schools are using RTI “as a kind of general education substitution for special education.” This was the concern we highlighted in our earlier article on special education gatekeeping.

2. Schools are not adequately evaluating students for learning disabilities before initiating an RTI program. Many schools don’t perform any evaluations prior to RTI and therefore don’t know if the interventions they are using are even suitable for the students they are attempting to help.

3. Schools implementing RTI are not clearly separating the broader goals of general education instruction and the more narrowly focused goals of RTI instruction, implying a confusion as to what the program is actually trying to achieve.

4. The RTI instruction in the study was found to be rigid and standardized for all students. In looking at RTI for reading, for example, the study found that the instruction focused on phonics and not reading comprehension, regardless of the individual student’s needs.

In short, RTI, for all its good intentions, is only a theory without empirical validation. It remains to be seen if this is because the program is inappropriately designed, or if schools are unable or unwilling to implement it appropriately."

Even when used as intended, many students receiving RTI instruction are falling further behind grade level rather than catching up.

10/06/2016

It's Dyslexia Awareness Month and we are Exploring a New Frontier in Dyslexia. All this month, Hood River County Library District is displaying our latest adventure. This year we focus on innovation and why dyslexia should matter to all of society.

Stay tuned, we'll be sharing our 2016/17 tour schedule in the near future.

If you have a moment, stop in at the Hood River library and check it out.