EARLY SCREENING & REMEDIATION
Stop Learning Differences Becoming
Lifelong Disabilities
EARLY SCREENING & REMEDIATION
PLEASE SHARE THIS REPORT WITH YOUR SCHOOL DISTRICT ADMINISTRATORS, TEACHERS, BOARD OF EDUCATION AND FAMILIES
New York State Dyslexia And Dysgraphia
Task Force: Report & Recommendations
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Please review the report using the link below or by clicking the image, and share it with your school district's board of education, administrators, teachers, and families.
We must discuss the recommendations and how school districts can best implement them. The report's outline is a solid start, but let's push for increased oversight and accountability. Establishing a Center or Division for Dyslexia and Dysgraphia would help, but this would require adequate funding and setting up proper independent oversight. According to the Education Consumers Foundation (2019), illiteracy costs New York State more than $3.6 billion annually. Low literacy skills significantly contribute to poverty and disenfranchisement. Screening and remediating at-risk children, youth, and adults in the Information Age is a vital human right. Equitable access to education promotes social justice and increases resilience and quality of life for all New Yorkers. Let's Push to Implement the Recommendations and a Literacy Center with Independent Oversight in 2025! Please share this report! 
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EDUCATIONAL
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ADVOCACY & CONSULTATIONS
We represent students at their school districts on a pro bono or sliding scale basis (depending on donations), and free consultations. We organize professional development, consult with administrators to implement MTSS to increase reading and writing skills through the school district. MTSS reduces the number of students needing refferrals for special education.
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OUR MISSION
We live in the Information Age, yet thousands of New York State students drop out of school or graduate with low literacy skills every year. We are committed to advocating, raising awareness, educating, and legislating about the social and economic injustices caused by illiteracy and how to address them.
We advocate for students in crisis, including low-income families and those in foster care, by collaborating with school districts to ensure they receive the evidence-based instruction in reading and writing that they are entitled to. We promote and organize evidence-based literacy instruction to ensure more students are on a college-ready, job-training, or career trajectory.
We offer resources for early screening and provide professional development on Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) within New York State's school districts. Implementing MTSS reduces the number of students needing special education referrals and minimizes school district lawsuits, as students receive remediation before they fall behind.
Our campaigns push to prioritize and fund life-changing, evidence-based reading instruction for people who have graduated or previously dropped out of school with weak reading skills.
We advocate for students in crisis, including low-income families and those in foster care, by collaborating with school districts to ensure they receive the evidence-based instruction in reading and writing that they are entitled to. We promote and organize evidence-based literacy instruction to ensure more students are on a college-ready, job-training, or career trajectory.
We offer resources for early screening and provide professional development on Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) within New York State's school districts. Implementing MTSS reduces the number of students needing special education referrals and minimizes school district lawsuits, as students receive remediation before they fall behind.
Our campaigns push to prioritize and fund life-changing, evidence-based reading instruction for people who have graduated or previously dropped out of school with weak reading skills.
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