The Importance of Early Screening for Dyslexia
By: Rachael Farmer M.ED, CALT, LDT Dyslexia is a language-based learning disability that can cause difficulty among all language domains:...
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Rachael Crawford
Mar 1, 20222 min read
What is Multi-Sensory Learning?
By: Rachael Crawford There are many different types of learners- all of which learn at different speeds, prefer different modalities, or...
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Rachael Crawford
Dec 19, 20214 min read
Dyslexia Services: Getting the Biggest Bang for your Buck
By: Rachael Crawford M.Ed, CALT-T It can be very overwhelming to find out that your child has dyslexia and figuring out the next steps...
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Rachael Crawford
Nov 9, 20212 min read
Dyslexia Tips and Tricks for Teachers and Parents
Dyslexia is considered a language learning impairment and we see signs of dyslexia in at least 20% of our population. . While it is not...
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Rachael Crawford
Oct 19, 20213 min read
Structured Literacy, OG, and Multisensory Learning...OH MY!
By: Rachael Crawford When working with students with dyslexia, the terms Structured Literacy, Orton-Gillingham (OG), and Multisensory...
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Rachael Crawford
Oct 12, 20212 min read
What's the 'Dys' on These Learning Disabilities?
Generally speaking, when we hear learning disabilities, it has a negative connotation associated with it. Learning disabilities are...
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Rachael Crawford
Oct 5, 20213 min read
Syl-la-bles... It's More Than Just Clapping Out Word Parts
Yes, yes it's true. We all teach kids how to clap out syllables in words to count how many parts it has. It is a fundamental phonemic...
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Rachael Crawford
Sep 30, 20211 min read
Dyslexia Awareness Month
October, a month known for many things-- Halloween, Breast Cancer Awareness, Dental Hygiene month. But, it is also Dyslexia Awareness...
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Chris
Aug 8, 20211 min read
Dyslexia Teaching
Every precious minute counts when working with a child with a learning disability. You certainly don’t want to overwhelm him with any...
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Chris
Mar 16, 20201 min read
Online Resources
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Chris
Feb 15, 20201 min read
Our human brain was not designed to read
It's true. We tend to believe that when we are born we should just naturally, or with a little guidance, begin to read like we begin to...
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Chris
Feb 11, 20201 min read
Is my child dyslexic?
ALTA gives a very good description of what to look for in a dyslexic child.
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Chris
Feb 2, 20204 min read
What is the Science of Reading
from Timothy Shanahan - Reading Rockets May 29, 2019 Teacher question: I keep hearing that teachers don’t know the science of reading....
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Chris
Jan 17, 20201 min read
To box or not to box. That is the question.
Suffix ed can be just as confusing for students to learn to spell as it was to learn to read due to its multiple choices.
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Chris
Jan 17, 20201 min read
Fickle suffix ed
Of all the suffixes I teach my students, suffix ed is the trickiest. Thats understandable because there are 3 ways to read it. So that...
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Chris
Jan 4, 20201 min read
It's Not Just A Word
Learning to read for many dyslexic children is much more than memorizing words. They must be able to understand the relationship between...
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