by Fernette Eide | | 504, Accommodations, Education, IEP, Language Arts, MIND strengths, Reading, Teachers, Writing
From the Connecticut Longitudinal Study, up to 1 in 6 students are dyslexic, but only a minority of these students will be found in special education classrooms. What does this mean for regular classroom teachers? 1. Get Basic Facts about Dyslexia – Dyslexic... ![Surviving IEP Season [Premium]](https://old.dyslexicadvantage.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Screen-Shot-2017-05-30-at-9.53.04-AM.png)
by Fernette Eide | | 504, Accommodations, Advocacy, dyslexia, Dyslexia Laws, IEP, Premium, Premium Content
IEP season usually runs from late March through early June, and it’s a time when parents and teachers meet with the IEP team to assess the past year’s progress and also plan for changes that should take place for the upcoming year. Be aware, too, that we have a new... 
by Fernette Eide | | 504, Accommodations, Advocacy, dyslexia, Dyslexia Laws, Education, IEP
A GREAT Supreme Court Unanimous (8-0) was handed down today that states that public schools must provide more than ‘de minimus’ or the bare minimum to benefit students with disabilities. The fact that some school systems (in this case, Douglas County) were... 
by Fernette Eide | | 504, Accommodations, College, Dyscalculia, Dysgraphia, dyslexia, IEP, School, Testing
New from the College Board: “Beginning January 1, 2017, the vast majority of students who are approved for and using testing accommodations at their school through a current Individualized Education Program (IEP) or 504 Plan will have those same accommodations... 
by Fernette Eide | | 504, Accommodations, Advocacy, Assessment, Dyscalculia, Gifted, IEP, Testing
The last decade has seen a great advance in the biological understanding of dyscalculia, or math disability. The DSM V groups a specific learning disorder in math (315.1) under Specific Learning Disability along with impairment in reading (315.000) and impairment in... ![How They Did It: Dyslexia, Gifted Ed, and SAT and ACT Accommodations [Premium]](https://old.dyslexicadvantage.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Screen-Shot-2019-09-10-at-1.59.16-PM.jpg)
by Fernette Eide | | 504, Accommodations, Advocacy, Assessment, dyslexia, Gifted, Parents, Premium, Premium Content, Professionals, Psychology
Today I had a chance to catch up with a member of our Dyslexic Advantage community who had just heard the great news that her 17 year old son had been granted accommodations for both the SAT and ACT, including the calculator-free section of the new SAT. This family...
