Dyslexia Journey: Support Your Kid – Details, episodes & analysis

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Kim Parra is a teacher and inventor of the Flash Method for helping dyslexic kids. In this interview, she shares her innovative and fascinating approach to helping dyslexic kids!

You can find her online at https://www.flashcardread.com/

Dyslexia Journey has conversations and explorations to help you support the dyslexic child in your life. Content includes approaches, tips, and interviews with a range of guests from psychologists to educators to people with dyslexia. Increase your understanding and connection with your child as you help them embrace their uniqueness and thrive on this challenging journey!

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Also check out our YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/@ParentingDyslexiaJourney

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As a dyslexic  kid, your child is going to need extra support at school. Most teachers are fantastic and well-intentioned and want the best for your child. But many of them are overworked, don’t understand learning differences, and may not always be actually doing what is best for your child. So how do you get what your child needs without antagonizing or making their teachers defensive?

Dyslexia Journey has conversations and explorations to help you support the dyslexic child in your life. Content includes approaches, tips, and interviews with a range of guests from psychologists to educators to people with dyslexia. Increase your understanding and connection with your child as you help them embrace their uniqueness and thrive on this challenging journey!

Send us your questions, comments, and guest suggestions to [email protected]

Also check out our YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/@ParentingDyslexiaJourney

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In part 3 of our popular series on dyslexia in everyday life, we discuss five more ways that dyslexia affects everyday life outside of a school setting.

Dyslexia Journey has conversations and explorations to help you support the dyslexic child in your life. Content includes approaches, tips, and interviews with a range of guests from psychologists to educators to people with dyslexia. Increase your understanding and connection with your child as you help them embrace their uniqueness and thrive on this challenging journey!

Send us your questions, comments, and guest suggestions to [email protected]

Also check out our YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/@ParentingDyslexiaJourney

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5 tips for helping your dyslexic child during summer break!

Dyslexia Journey has conversations and explorations to help you support the dyslexic child in your life. Content includes approaches, tips, and interviews with a range of guests from psychologists to educators to people with dyslexia. Increase your understanding and connection with your child as you help them embrace their uniqueness and thrive on this challenging journey!

Send us your questions, comments, and guest suggestions to [email protected]

Also check out our YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/@ParentingDyslexiaJourney

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Accommodations for dyslexia in school are critical, but it's also important to think carefully about exactly when and when NOT to use them.

Dyslexia Journey has conversations and explorations to help you support the dyslexic child in your life. Content includes approaches, tips, and interviews with a range of guests from psychologists to educators to people with dyslexia. Increase your understanding and connection with your child as you help them embrace their uniqueness and thrive on this challenging journey!

Send us your questions, comments, and guest suggestions to [email protected]

Also check out our YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/@ParentingDyslexiaJourney

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Who wouldn’t want extra time on all their tests? Well, it’s not as great as you might think at first...

Dyslexia Journey has conversations and explorations to help you support the dyslexic child in your life. Content includes approaches, tips, and interviews with a range of guests from psychologists to educators to people with dyslexia. Increase your understanding and connection with your child as you help them embrace their uniqueness and thrive on this challenging journey!

Send us your questions, comments, and guest suggestions to [email protected]

Also check out our YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/@ParentingDyslexiaJourney

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Dr. Benjamin Powers is the executive director of The Southport School, an independent day school for neurodiverse children in grades 2-8 who have language-based learning differences and/or ADHD. Powers also serves as president of The Dyslexia Foundation, Founder & Executive Director of The Southport CoLAB, and as Director of the Haskins Global Literacy Hub at Yale University.

https://www.southportschool.org/
https://dyslexiafoundation.org/ 
https://www.southportcolab.org/ 
https://haskinsglobal.org/

Dyslexia Journey has conversations and explorations to help you support the dyslexic child in your life. Content includes approaches, tips, and interviews with a range of guests from psychologists to educators to people with dyslexia. Increase your understanding and connection with your child as you help them embrace their uniqueness and thrive on this challenging journey!

Send us your questions, comments, and guest suggestions to [email protected]

Also check out our YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/@ParentingDyslexiaJourney

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Did you know that dyslexic kids are more likely to have problems with motor skills? We didn’t either! Join us as we review three recent scientific papers about dyslexia.

Here are the three papers from the show:

Decarli, G, et al. “Motor Skills and Capacities in Developmental Dyslexia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.” Acta Psychologica, North-Holland, 20 Apr. 2024, www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S000169182400146X. 

Stein, John. “Theories about Developmental Dyslexia.” MDPI, Brain Sciences, 26 Jan. 2023, www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/13/2/208. 

Yu, Xi, et al. “Patterns of Neural Functional Connectivity in Infants at Familial Risk of Developmental Dyslexia.” JAMA Network Open, U.S. National Library of Medicine, pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36301547/. Accessed 10 May 2024.

Dyslexia Journey has conversations and explorations to help you support the dyslexic child in your life. Content includes approaches, tips, and interviews with a range of guests from psychologists to educators to people with dyslexia. Increase your understanding and connection with your child as you help them embrace their uniqueness and thrive on this challenging journey!

Send us your questions, comments, and guest suggestions to [email protected]

Also check out our YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/@ParentingDyslexiaJourney

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In this episode of Dyslexic Voices we talk with dyslexic political psychologist  Abby!

You can find Abby online at https://www.youtube.com/@PoliticalPsychwithAbby

Dyslexia Journey has conversations and explorations to help you support the dyslexic child in your life. Content includes approaches, tips, and interviews with a range of guests from psychologists to educators to people with dyslexia. Increase your understanding and connection with your child as you help them embrace their uniqueness and thrive on this challenging journey!

Send us your questions, comments, and guest suggestions to [email protected]

Also check out our YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/@ParentingDyslexiaJourney

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If you have a child with dyslexia, or if you’re starting to investigate this possibility, you’ve probably come across the term “accommodations.” In this video, we demystify this term and go through the various accommodations that you and your child might want to consider.

Explanation of accommodations from the International Dyslexia Association of https://dyslexiaida.org/accommodations-for-students-with-dyslexia/

Dyslexia Journey has conversations and explorations to help you support the dyslexic child in your life. Content includes approaches, tips, and interviews with a range of guests from psychologists to educators to people with dyslexia. Increase your understanding and connection with your child as you help them embrace their uniqueness and thrive on this challenging journey!

Send us your questions, comments, and guest suggestions to [email protected]

Also check out our YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/@ParentingDyslexiaJourney