This handbook discusses the characteristics of dyslexia and provides information on valid assessments, effective teaching approaches, self-advocacy ideas, and additional resources. The handbook contains information that will be useful throughout a child’s life, from elementary school through college.
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is the key federal education law that serves students with learning disabilities. Being informed will help you support your child’s learning needs and advocate for his or her success. This guide takes you through the special education process — a process that is the same regardless of your child’s particular difficulties or disabilities. Special emphasis is placed on the category of Specific Learning Disability (which includes dyslexia) — one of the 13 disability categories defined by IDEA. Throughout this guide you will find personal stories that relate the experiences of parents like you, terms to know, and practical tools such as checklists, sample letters, and questions to ask.
There are certain characteristics of groups and individual children that increase their likelihood of struggling with reading. Find out how to use knowledge of these risk factors to help prevent reading problems for these children.
Think outside of the box. Create. Wonder. Read. Explore. Look. See. Whether in science or at home, in poetry or prose, with or without words, creativity is all around. And stretching your imagination is a great way to start the New Year.
Imagine: a baby from the familiar lullaby makes a different sort of journey; crayon actors meet an old monster; cut-outs combine with bold color to make something unfamiliar into the very familiar. Open these books and it will happen. They are sure to inform and inspire and spark readers’ imaginations through pictures and lively language.
