In This Issue ...
Circulation: 99,524
ISSN: 1538-320
January 10, 2017
  
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 Many parents have questions about their child's reading skills--
- overall reading progress?
- word recognition, sounds, fluency?
- reading comprehension?
Caution! Are your child's reading skills below grade level but the school says, "don't be alarmed" - your child will catch up?
Do you need information to help you when you work with your child at home?
If you have a child who is receiving “special education” reading instruction, you need information to participate in writing an appropriate IEP.
In this issue of the Special Ed Advocate you will information about reading, dyslexia, and evidenced based reading instruction.
We hope you will forward this issue to other friends, families, or colleagues.
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New! On Sale Now!
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Available Now! A Guide to Helping Your Child at Home: Developing Foundational Skills in Reading and Writing
This is the book for you if you:
- want to know how to help your child develop good reading and writing skills
- are the parent of a child who struggles in school
- want the best teaching strategies for helping your child at home
This book was written by the master teacher who taught Pete Wright how to read, write, spell, and do arithmetic.
On Saturday June 11, 2016, at their 25th anniversary, the National Teachers Hall of Fame awarded Diana Hanbury King the "Lifetime Achievement Award." Pete presented the award.
She was the second educator to ever receive this award. At the NTHF ceremony, the attendees began calling her the Einstein of Education! |
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Too Many Children are Not Learning to Read
If your child was in 5th grade and reading on the 2.7 grade level, wouldn’t you be alarmed?
Wouldn’t you want a research based reading program that has a proven record of success before your child falls even further behind?
Read Pam Wright's article No Offense: But it is Alarming that So Many Children are Not Learning to Read.
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Three Generations of Dyslexia at the Supreme Court
In Three Generations of Dyslexia at the U.S. Supreme Court by Peter W.D. Wright, learn lessons from the case of Florence County School District Four v. Shannon Carter.
When the school refused to educate Shannon, the parents placed her into an Orton-Gillingham based program and took their case to court to seek reimbursement for the cost of the tuition.
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