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