Decoding Dyslexia Alberta
@DyslexiaAB
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We strive to raise dyslexia awareness, empower families to support their children, and improve resources for students with dyslexia in Alberta schools.
Joined June 2019
Accommodations ensure that students with disabilities have equal and meaningful access to education. Parents play a vital role in ensuring that students are accommodated in the classroom. Empowering Students Through Advocacy
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An amazing free opportunity for #yycteachers and teacher candidates! Please join us and share! Register here: https://t.co/bjruw3LSmp
#earlyliteracy #scienceofreading #readingopensdoors #nochildleftunread
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I sometimes get asked about the common issues I see across primary schools and the kind of support I offer as a result. This brief blog explains this stuff. As ever, retweets really appreciated (given that the algorithm hates links to blogs). https://t.co/yHFVY1eyg8
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Warning: Parts of this blog are going to feel like an advertisement for my consultancy work and books. This is unavoidable as I have written this for those who ask me about the issues relating to r…
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Here is episode with Alicia Smith, ED of Dyslexia Canada. https://t.co/rq813a3ftF These folks, led by Alicia, are doing amazing things for our Canadian kiddos! Ontario Today with Amanda Pfeffer - Sep. 10, 2024: Why is it so hard to teach kids to read?
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Dyslexia Canada is a national charity committed to ensuring every child with dyslexia receives a fair and equitable education.
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✨Left Unread Storybooth launch!✨ This is the first of many powerful and urgent conversations about childhood reading. Just ahead of #internationalliteracyday Sept. 8, we launch the Storybooth series with the story of Andrée... https://t.co/OgTyrbYdlH
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October 26th. See details below and register right away! @calgarylibrary @AISCA_AB @UCalgaryEduc @ULethbridgeEdu @MountRoyalU @UCalgaryContEd @yyCBEdu
Please share this FREE fantastic professional learning opportunity for teachers and teacher candidates. Register here: https://t.co/NNnoTJKN2G
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#AbStudents #AbEd #RightToRead @CanLearnSociety @LDADHDNetwork @AlbertaEd #InternationalLiteracyDay #MadeByDyslexia #EarlyLiteracyMatters @CASSalberta @CMHA_AB
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In Calgary public schools, kids who couldn't read would often fly under the radar until Grade 3, when they were far behind. That's why literacy advocates are celebrating a new screening tool being...
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As the school year gets underway, please know that you very likely have students with dyslexia and DLD in your classes. Here's a recent, open-access article with a great overview of what this means, why it matters, and what to do about it via @TruckTrucks
https://t.co/kB24RuV2ob
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Laws, practices, and research about reading difficulties have been gradually and rapidly changing since the passage of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act in 1974. It is difficult for...
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Everyday activities are a great chance to help your grandchild hear new words. Here's a great article from @BBC with tips for easy ways to teach words to grandchildren. 🧒✨ https://t.co/ViNQ99K8pU
#NoChildLeftUnread #earlyliteracy #earlyliteracymatters #leftunreadab
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📣Friends, we need help! We're below our target for book donations but you still have until May 5 to bring donations to the @calgarycurlclub
https://t.co/hLAp2CX99y
#yycnow #yycevents #yycbuzz #calgaryreads #yycreads #sunnysideyyc #bridgelandyyc #cresentheightsyyc #downtownyyc
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Register for this free screening of @RightToReadFilm. A film about the early literacy crisis. #Equality #Inclusion #SocialJustice @CalgaryReads @UnitedWayCgy @CMHACalgary @demetriosnAB @ECEC_ATA @UCalgaryEduc #preserviceteachers @InspiredLrn @albertateachers #AbEd @BBBSCalgary
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Strathcona County Library tonight and learn how to help your child with dyslexia. Speakers include @PAAlberta's Michele Pentyliuk. Register at the link below. @LindsayDMorey @StrathcoCounty @WFSCshpk @4FamilyLiteracy @SherwoodParkPCN #SCLibrary #ShPk
https://t.co/hSlIv179KQ
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Check this out: Jan 22. Empowering high school students with LD's to advocate for themselves at the post-secondary level. Find out what to expect with Dr. Ana Pardo, an education disability expert. @LDADHDNetwork @MountRoyalU @BBBSCalgary @CalgaryReads @leftunreadAB #yycevents
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Congrats @TMPringsheim 😊 #ResearchMatters
Owerko members Dr. Sheri Madigan and Dr. Tamara Pringsheim recognized amongst the top 1% of most cited researchers in the world in the @Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers list. Congratulations on making such an incredible global research impact! @sherimadigan @TMPringsheim
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Nice recognition of @LindaSiegel1's work in this excellent @sciam article about #dyslexia and the discrepancy model in identifying children with #reading and #spelling difficulties. https://t.co/8mB0Zsz3PM
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Changing how dyslexia is diagnosed could help many more children learn to read
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The language that is used in books is different than what is used conversationally. This is one of the reasons why it's crucial to expose children to rich text. @ReadOxford & colleagues put together this lovely, open-access review article on this topic: https://t.co/HmzoXoILjc
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Great Podcast from @measuredmom interviewing @PamelaSnow2 "How have education academics who cast themselves, in many cases, as social justice warriors, how have they been able to sleep at night knowing that balanced literacy is leaving so many children behind?" #BCEd
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Low literacy isn't just solved at home or in the classroom. We need governments, school boards, parents and teachers to all work together to address low literacy in children.
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