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Reading SOS: My child with severe dyslexia has a complex IEP. How can I help her?

Literacy expert DeJunne’ Clark Jackson reminds parents to ask lots of questions at IEP meetings.

Reading SOS: What literacy skills indicate my kindergartener is on track for reading?

Early literacy expert Bernadette Pilar Zermeño says that parents can watch for and support pre-reading skills.

Reading SOS: Does my child, who is learning English, need special education?

A parent asks about her child, who reads fluently in her home language, Spanish, but is being referred for special education.

Writing SOS: My kindergartner still says "mouses." Should I correct her?

A parent wonders whether to correct her kindergartner when she says “mouses.”

Reading Together

Georgetown Even Start is helping at-risk families break the cycle of low literacy and educational failure.

Reading SOS: Getting stuck on sight words

Reading expert Linda Farrell suggests this teaching sequence for sight words: first, be sure your child knows all the letter names, then all the letter sounds—and then you can introduce a few short high-frequency words such as was.

Writing SOS: How can technology help my child with writing?

Mike Carvella says that some kids struggle with the physical act of writing and others with organizing ideas and revising their drafts.

Writing SOS: With today's technology is handwriting instruction important?

Writing expert William Van Cleave explains that children need direct and explicit handwriting instruction in order to link letter names, the way letters look, and their sounds.