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The Special Ed Advocate Newsletter

In this issue of The Special Ed Advocate, we look at reading, trained reading teachers, and answer your requests for help. You will also learn about a F*R E E Wrightslaw Boot Camp - but you have to act fast.

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Quote of the Week: "We have tools to identify the children who are destined for early reading failure ... if we intervene early, intensively and appropriately, we can provide these children with the early reading skills that can prevent almost all of them from ever entering the nasty downward spiral ..." Preventing Early Reading Failure

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1. Doing Your Homework: How Can I Get a Trained, Certified Reading Teacher?

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Why Children Succeed or Fail at Reading - Research from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Program in Learning Disabilities

Put Reading First: Helping Your Child Learn to Read - A Parent Guide. Overview of findings of the National Reading Panel; ideas for what to expect from a school's reading program based on evidence from research (preschool through grade 3); suggests ways parents can reinforce reading instruction at home.

Teachers: Check out the articles in Teaching Children to Read, including:

What Works in Teaching Children to Read?

What Works in Teaching Adolescents to Read?

Put Reading First: Building Blocks for Teaching Children to Read. Organized by topic for kindergarten through grade 3 (phonemic awareness instruction, phonics instruction, vocabulary instruction, fluency instruction, and text comprehension instruction); how research can be translated to practice.

Go to Reading at Wrightslaw for reliable information about reading, reading disabilities, research-based reading programs, law and caselaw, certified language therapists, and more.

Learn about Research Based Instruction

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3. Answering Your Requests for Help

"I'm from New York. I need an advocate who can help me get a better program for my child. Can you help?"

"I need to find a good ABA program in Texas? Can you help?"

"I need to get an evaluation of my child - Please held me find a good evaluator?"

Yellow Pages for Kids with Disabilities

To answer your requests for help, we built Yellow Pages for Kids with Disabilities for every state and territory.

Your state Yellow Pages includes listings for psychologists, educational diagnosticians, therapists, health care providers, academic tutors, special education schools, advocates, attorneys, support and study groups, and others who provide services to parents and children.

Learn how to build your team, get educated, join a parent group, find legal and advocacy help, and more at the Yellow Pages for Kids with Disabilities!

Help Others - Distribute Flyers for the Yellow Pages

Millions of parents are frightened, isolated, and seeking help. Reach out. Give them a hand. Let them know about the Yellow Pages for Kids.

How? Distribute flyers for your state Yellow Pages.

Where? At schools, day care centers, public libraries, doctors' and psychologists' offices, community centers, clinics, tutoring centers, and hospitals.

Tip: Ask your school, public library, day care center, and support group to post your state flyer on their bulletin boards and websites.

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4. FREE Wrightslaw Special Ed Law & Advocacy Boot Camp in OKC on Dec 2-3, 2005