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Post by hsmom on Apr 3, 2018 21:14:56 GMT -5
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Post by healthy11 on Apr 6, 2018 13:23:51 GMT -5
The first article highlights difficulties with "whole language." (My son was a "victim" of that approach back in the '90s.) I'm disappointed to hear that it's still being utilized in some school districts. As the article points out, "...decades of research shows that reading is not a natural skill. Unlike speaking, which humans learn automatically by being surrounded with speech, we have to be taught to read. People with dyslexia have an especially hard time learning to read because their brains are wired in a way that makes understanding the relationship between sounds and letters difficult. Research shows that they learn to read better when they are explicitly taught the ways that sounds and letters correspond. And research shows that even students without dyslexia learn better this way..." The second article highlights the problem many parents have with getting schools to acknowledge that their children have learning disabilities. hsmom, thank you for posting it, and especially the link it contains to the 2015 U.S. Dept. of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services letter which gives guidance and clarification about the usage of terms dyslexia, dyscalculia, and dysgraphia in IDEA evaluation, eligibility determination, or IEP documents: www.documentcloud.org/documents/3989582-Education-Guidance-on-Dyslexia-From-U-S-Dept-of-Ed.html#document/p1/a374034 |
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Post by hsmom on Apr 6, 2018 13:48:20 GMT -5
You're welcome healthy. Your summary and comments make the links I provideed much more useful for the parents reading my post.
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