One of our AMAZING mothers, Chris Speros, came up with the brilliant idea to have a dyslexia art project, display it at a local library, and promote dyslexia awareness. Well, she did it! The art students, parents, and spouses made are so beautiful and inspiring. Dyslexia is not just about reading and spelling difficulties. It is so much more, and this art really displays the vast emotion dyslexic students can feel about who they are, what they are going through, and how they

This week’s post is about owning and taking the shame out of dyslexia. I could write an entire story about how I came to terms with my dyslexia and stopped being shamed, but I think my students are actually better examples of this. One of my Barton graduates, Kailey, wrote an incredible poem that I want to share with the world. This young lady has overcome a lot in her life, and she so beautifully put those struggles and her emotional evolution into words. As Kailey would sa

During a recent IEP meeting, a special education teacher said to me. “Every good educator knows that bad behavior has to be dealt with first before any learning can happen.” While there is some truth to what she said, it just simply not the case with dyslexic students. With dyslexic students, poor or negative behavior is a direct result from their difficulty with learning in the classroom. Disruptive behavior can take on a lot of forms: Becoming the class clown Refusing to do

I am often asked,” So what is it that you do?" I mention dyslexia and Dyslexia Pros. Nine times out of ten I hear in response, "Oh, so your kids see words backwards?" I kindly and ever so politely respond in a way to educate the person I'm speaking with about what dyslexia really is. So the big question is: What is dyslexia? Our personal definition of dyslexia is that it is an attribute that is often identified by an unexpected difficulty with written and spoken language. Man