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Protecting Every Child's Right to Learn How to Read  

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84% of Black or African American Children Read Below Grade Level
Of Those - 53% Are Functionally Illiterate

The Lack of Methodology & Literacy Laws to Ensure Children are Taught How to Read is Criminal

Click Below to See the Facts on NYSED's Website:

THROUGH NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN
THESE KIDS ARE NOT BEING TAUGHT HOW TO READ
AT THEIR PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS

TELL NYSED TO PUT
FINANCIAL AID INTO
SCIENCE-BASED  
READING & WRITING
REMEDIATION PROGRAMS
& METHODOLOGY 
FOR ALL STUDENTS

WAKE - UP NYSED!
LOOK AT THE TERRIBLE DATA 
84 % OF BLACK & AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS
READ AT OR BELOW BASIC

65% OF GENERAL EDUCATION STUDENTS READ AT OR BELOW BASIC

CLICK ON THE IMAGE BELOW & GO TO "THOUGHT EXCHANGE" AND TELL THEM WHAT YOU THINK!
THANK YOU

Dyslexia Day 2020, Albany NY

We testified and provided evidence that NYS needs literacy laws to protect our students, teachers and communities from teacher training programs that do not teach children how to read. We need science-based programs that work!

Joint Legislative Public Hearing: 02/11/2020
Dyslexia Advocacy Action Group asks
​NYS for Literacy Laws!!
Thank You: Decoding Dyslexia NY !!!

Click for Written Testimony HERE

How Common is Dyslexia?

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Dyslexia is the most common reading disability affecting up to 1 in 5 people or 20% of the community (Yale Scientific).
Dyslexia crosses racial, ethnic and socioeconomic lines. With a structured literacy approach that is explicit, sequential and multisensory every student with dyslexia can become a skilled reader, fully participate in their education and successfully achieve their potential.
  • 3 out of 4 people on welfare cannot read (National Assessment of Adult Literacy) 
 
  • 80% of youths brought before the courts have low reading skills (National Assessment of Adult Literacy)
  • 70-85% of people in prison cannot read (National Assessment of Literacy) 

  • 38-45% of people in prison have dyslexia (Moody, 2000)
  • 89% of suicide notes left by youths when studied were found to have a disproportionate amount of dyslexia-type spelling mistakes (Learning disabilities and Adolescent Suicide, 1997) 

  • 85% of children classified with Learning Disabilities (LD) actually have dyslexia (Yale Center for Dyslexia) 
  • Dyslexia is genetically inherited (International Dyslexia Association)
  • Students with learning disabilities including dyslexia have a three times higher risk of attempting suicide (Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2006) 

  • Low reading scores and levels of intelligence for students with dyslexia have no correlation. In fact, the most innovative scientists, inventors and artists of our time have dyslexia (Yale Scientific). What are we doing to our potential geniuses?
  • The cost of reading failure (prime reason for school drop-outs) in New York State is: $ 3,088,573,000 (Education Consumers Foundation)

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No child should be in crisis at their public school. Together we can influence change.

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Get Help:

Ask us to bring a Parent Support Workshop to your area: find out what you can do.
We are a grassroots movement driven by families concerned with the limited access to educational interventions for students with dyslexia or at risk of dyslexia. ​

Our Support Workshops Cover:
  • Evaluations
  • Dyslexia subtypes (and what this means)
  • ​The Law
  • Remediation that works
  • Teaching to fidelity - what to look out for
  • How to get programs into YOUR school district
  • What you can do
  • Any questions & discussion​
​All Welcome: Teachers, Professionals & Parents!

Results

In-Person Advocacy 

Only one school district refused to provide services to teach a child how to read and to use science-based strategies for regular students.

Free Advocacy Consultations 

Workshops 

Teacher Training

Psychologists Trained to Identify Dyslexia

The impact of untreated dyslexia

ill-Literacy
Mom & Son Story

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 School Stories

Is Your Child Struggling in School?

Do they guess at words instead of reading them?
Do they struggle with spelling?
​Do they struggle with writing?
Are they starting to dislike school?
Are they falling behind?

We Can Help

The Writing Revolution: talk to your school district about teacher training..

Watch how TWR excellerated students outcomes...

FOR TEACHERS

Orton Gillingham or Wilson Reading Systems?
​Are you trained in NOW?
​Are you trained in Lindamood Bell?
Are you looking for a practicum student?
​Learn about professional development HERE

Summer Academic Camps

Would your school district be interested in hosting a summer academic camp?