A mother describes the warning signs for dyslexia in her daughter that she didn’t see clearly. She also shares the life-changing resources that helped her understand what dyslexia is and how to get her daughter the support she needed to thrive.
School psychologists play a critical role in the lives of children who are struggling to learn to read. Together, Reading Rockets and the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) have created the Reading Rockets Toolkit for School Psychologists. The goal is to help professionals get more involved in the development of comprehensive research-based reading programs in their school districts, as well as apply evidence-based strategies to your assessments of students with reading difficulties.
This toolkit includes background information on reaching out to Hispanic parents, four sample workshops, videos in Spanish and English, booklists, and bilingual handouts. Additions to the toolkit include a new parent workshop on helping children become successful readers and 200 children’s book titles geared towards Latino families.
When kids reach a certain age, losing a tooth becomes a right of passage. Who will be the first in the family or in the class to lose a tooth? Will the person talk or look peculiar once that tooth is out? What replaces it? What happens to the old teeth? Is the Tooth Fairy real? There are many stories and traditions about teeth and the tooth fairy. Some are factual stories, others are made up; all are fun. Take a look at these tales of teeth in fact and fiction and maybe write your own Tooth Tale!
Get the basic facts about what it takes for a young child to learn to read, best practices in teaching reading, the importance of oral language in literacy development, why so many children struggle, and more in this overview.
Discover ways to support literacy skills such as predicting, inference, cause and effect, and categorizing, as well as build STEM vocabulary and background knowledge, at home and in the classroom.
Browse this list of organizations and web resources focused on advocacy, information, and support for families and educators of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. We’ve also identified helpful federal agencies and ASD projects funded by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs.
