Helpful Links

The following links give helpful information:

• Academy of Orton Gillingham Practitioners and Educators
• Augustine Project Home Office Resources
• Augustine Project — Read W-S Resources
• International Dyslexia Association
• Put Reading First: The Research Building Blocks for Teaching Children to Read
• The Literacy Information and Communication System
  (formerly the National Institute for Literacy)
• The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)
• proliteracy.org
  (a great site for literacy statistics and a chance for an individual to become certified by a national entity)
• Recognizing and Responding to Suspicions of Child Maltreatment Course (NC)
  (free online course with a certificate of completion that is a secular version of the diocese training for child safety in NC)
• The Brain from Top to Bottom (language system in the brain)
• What Is Structured Literacy? (International Dyslexia Association Infographic)
• 5 Brain-Based Reasons to Teach Handwriting in School
• Millions Have Dyslexia, Few Understand It NPR: All Things Considered, November 28, 2016 broadcast
• Children of the Code
• At a Loss for Words (APM Reports, what's wrong with whole word approach)
• Narrowing the Third Grade Reading Gap (EAB) (PDF)

Recommended Reading

• Overcoming Dyslexia by Sally Shaywitz
• English Isn't Crazy by Diana Hanbury King