DD-IN is a grassroots movement of parents seeking to raise awareness about dyslexia. We believe that ALL students deserve an excellent education. #SayDyslexia
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Upward trend on the disaggregated data for our black students is exciting. May partly be a result of HEA1590 passed in 2023. Focused on lower performing districts. We need more schools to join the Indiana Literacy Cadre!
Assistive Technology can level the playing field for students with dyslexia! Be sure to know your student’s rights!
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It is so important for parents to understand their student’s rights.
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Very important for Indiana to watch and learn from OH and TN as they reverse course on 3rd grade retention law, a law similar to SB1. We are following in their path by legislating a bill similar to their 2021 bill. Will we be discussing again in future?
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Just another reason that we DO NOT support retention. Students have years of data which we could react to much earlier than third grade but we do not. Why should we believe 1 more year of the same would make a difference. Senate Bill 1 will harm students.
Today was an emotional day.
The parents of a child I started tutoring this December, asked me to go over with them the ed and psych reports for a school evaluation they had requested.
Telling the mom that after reading the reports my suspicions are stronger that the child has dyslexia. She cried as her husband tried to comfort her.
Here is the frustrating part:
We are talking about a 2nd-grade child who struggles in every area of reading but who is hard-working, and motivated, with two caring and loving dedicated parents who sat in K, 1st, and 4 months of 2nd-grade classes, and if it wasn't because this mother's institution and initiative this child's problem would have just continued to go unsupported at school level.
Why do schools keep playing this waiting game? How much failure does the child need to be experiencing before we decide to provide them with the support and instruction that they need and deserve?
WHY do we keep letting kids drown to then try to rescue them?
When we see a student fall further and further behind each year, this is often an indicator of a failure of FAPE. When we see thousands of children who have fallen significantly behind and are in danger of retention, this is an indicator of a systemic failure of FAPE.
Teachers (general education/special education) serving students in Pre-K to grade 3 are eligible for a 1X stipend of $1200. Go to inlearninglab.com/resources/…… (inlearninglab.com/resources/……), watch modules and at the far end of the bottom of the screen select the enroll button.
So true! Retention is not the answer!
There is not a sufficient number of trained teachers for the number of students who need intervention.
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Be sure to vote!
ATTENTION: @ehanford is in 3rd place to win an Anthem Community Voice Award! 👏 Rally the troops to celebrate now!: celebrate.anthemawards.com/P… #AnthemAwards
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We are so excited for this event! You won’t want to miss it!
9/23/23
#UntilEveryoneCanRead @ehanford is coming to Indiana!
Register TODAY!
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Such an important connection to make! We need to address reading difficulties as though the house is on fire! Don’t wait to put in place good intervention. There is too much at stake and our children deserve it. #scienceofreading #dyslexia
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@GaabLab we are so thankful Indiana is one of these states! Keep working! We are stronger together!
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“It’s critically important for children to read and we’ve got to give teachers in schools the proper tools to teach kids to read,” said Freeman.
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Very excited that Indiana has taken a giant step forward in ensuring that Hoosier children become literate adults!
#sor #scienceofreading #dyslexia
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