These are some great resources that I always recommend to parents.
Articles:
- Hard to Read: How American Schools Fail Kids with Dyslexia, Hard Words, and What the Words Say by Emily Hanford.
- NPR Series, “Unlocking Dyslexia”
- The Mindshift Guide to Understanding Dyslexia by Holld Korbey.
- The six part series by MindShift by Holly Korbey. Especially the final installment entitled “The Dialogue Surrounding Dyslexia: Five Important Take aways” dated February 26, 2016.
- Time Magazine’s “Dyslexia is More than a Reading Disorder” by Alice Park dated December 21, 2016 about the newest research by MIT published in the journal Neuron.
- Washington Post’s “Is listening to a book ‘cheating’?” by Valerie Strauss July 31, 2016.
Videos:
- HBO Documentary: The Big Picture: Rethinking Dyslexia
- What is Dyslexia? A 4 minute TEDed
- Our Dyslexic Children
Websites:
- The Yale Center for Dyslexia & Creativity website – especially the “Dyslexia Bill of Rights” and “How Parents Can Build a Word-Rich Life for Dyslexics” by Kyle Redford.
- Tennessee Department of Education’s Dyslexia Advisory Council Page.
- The MTSU Dyslexia Center website – especially the flyers featured on the “Publications” page.
- Understood.org
- LearningAlly.org
Documents:
- Dyslexia Resource Guide: Guidance on Public Chapter 1058 from 2016. Tennessee Department of Education | 2017.
- United States Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services “Dear Colleague” letter dated October 23, 2105