After a Lake Washington FOUNDATION *presentation, four parents of children with dyslexia and Katie, an elementary student with dyslexia, advocated for help and awareness. Judy, the first parent runs a WA-PTSA Special Needs Dyslexia Sub-group with 31 members and growing.
According to the four parents' making public comment: Dyslexia is a genetic, life long, neurological learning disability that affects 10-20% of the population both male and female. Dyslexia includes a spectrum of symptoms: problems with phonics, decoding, spelling, reading and reading fluently, math facts and foreign languages. READ MORE >>
Probably, the most influential of all speakers was Katie, a 6th grade student at Robert Frost. She is an awesome speaker.
Katie said she was diagnosed in 4th grade and "felt stupid" about slow reading, difficult spelling, math facts, and the need for more time to finish assignments. Katie was self-conscious around her peers. To improve, she asked the Board for: 1) a calculator during tests, 2) an electronic dictionary, 3) "more time" to finish, 4) and American Sign Language (ASL) training to replace the foreign language requirement. Katie is bright and excels in sports, writing, acting and singing.
North Shore School District and many across the country teach ASL. With resources and adjustments from the District, 70-80% can "break the code" in one year, read by 3rd grade, and many go onto college with average and above average intelligence.
Superintendent Kimball summarized the parents requests for: ALS, a dyslexic advocate on the reading program, technology, and curriculum. Kimball promised, "we will consider these things."
*The LW School FOUNDATION 2012 fundraising goal is to increase the 2011 contribution by $193K.
Reported by Bob Yoder
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I have signs of dyslexia though never diagnosed. Bad spelling, slow reading, weak on math, need for more time to finish assignments. BY
FROM MARGARET ADAMS, 6/15
I have just recently learned about this blog and the questions. I am the Margaret Adams that spoke at the Board meeting. I am the co-founder of the LWSD Special Needs Dyslexia sub-group. Parents or teachers in the District who are interested in joining the group may contact me at margaret-adams@live.com
Here is the source information - the statement is first, then source:
(1)Dyslexia comprises approximately 80% of all learning disabilities [Dr. Guinevere Eden, President of the IDA, statement made in "Journey into Dyslexia" shown on HBO][ http://www.interdys.org/FAQHowCommon.htm ]
(2) Two myths persist even today: [Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation study http://www.tremainefoundation.org/Content/October_2010_Roper_Poll_Results.asp ] (i)43% of teachers believe the home is at least partly to blame for learning disabilities. And (ii)51% of the general population think that children with learning disabilities are lazy.
(3) Keeping in mind that that 10 to 20% of the US population has dyslexia, ( i)In the year 2000, 48% of the Texas prison population was determined to have dyslexia [Dr. Kathryn Moody, Dept of Neurology, Univ. of TX http://anuarsped.blogspot.com/2009/03/dyslexia-in-prison-population.html ] ; and (ii)In a much more recent study 35 % of entrepreneurs were determined to have dyslexia [Julie Logan of Cass Business School http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17611066 ]
FROM MARGARET ADAMS, 6/15
I have just recently learned about this blog and the questions. I am the Margaret Adams that spoke at the Board meeting. I am the co-founder of the LWSD Special Needs Dyslexia sub-group. Parents or teachers in the District who are interested in joining the group may contact me at margaret-adams@live.com
Here is the source information - the statement is first, then source:
(1)Dyslexia comprises approximately 80% of all learning disabilities [Dr. Guinevere Eden, President of the IDA, statement made in "Journey into Dyslexia" shown on HBO][ http://www.interdys.org/FAQHowCommon.htm ]
(2) Two myths persist even today: [Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation study http://www.tremainefoundation.org/Content/October_2010_Roper_Poll_Results.asp ] (i)43% of teachers believe the home is at least partly to blame for learning disabilities. And (ii)51% of the general population think that children with learning disabilities are lazy.
(3) Keeping in mind that that 10 to 20% of the US population has dyslexia, ( i)In the year 2000, 48% of the Texas prison population was determined to have dyslexia [Dr. Kathryn Moody, Dept of Neurology, Univ. of TX http://anuarsped.blogspot.com/2009/03/dyslexia-in-prison-population.html ] ; and (ii)In a much more recent study 35 % of entrepreneurs were determined to have dyslexia [Julie Logan of Cass Business School http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17611066 ]
Where are those stats from? Have they been verified?
ReplyDeleteGood question. I listened to the meeting tape again. Margret Adams, a mother of two District kids quoted the stats and said she had source material. I updated my post and recommend you contact Kimball or kreith@lwsd.org for the source material or call Ms. Adams schools for her contact info.
ReplyDeleteOur building principal has commented that our elementary school has several kids diagnosed with dyslexia, many more than he has seen in his 25 years as an educator. Good for Katie to stand up and ask for what she needs to succeed. I firmly believe safety net is a necessary program for our kids' education. As are other programs that work with students on their level - whether it be remedial or accelerated.
ReplyDeleteChildren's dyslexia symptoms
ReplyDeleteare the greatest need for corrective action. Negative impact that dyslexia may be a child goes through school can have many consequences and its toll later in life as well.
I have just recently learned about this blog and the questions. I am the Margaret Adams that spoke at the Board meeting. I am the co-founder of the LWSD Special Needs Dyslexia sub-group. Parents or teachers in the District who are interested in joining the group may contact me at margaret-adams@live.com Here is the source information - the statement is first, then source:(1)Dyslexia comprises approximately 80% of all learning disabilities [Dr. Guinevere Eden, President of the IDA, statment made in "Journey into Dyslexia" shown on HBO][ http://www.interdys.org/FAQHowCommon.htm]
ReplyDelete(2) Two myths persist even today: [Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation study http://www.tremainefoundation.org/Content/October_2010_Roper_Poll_Results.asp]
(i)43% of teachers believe the home is at least partly to blame for learning disabilities. And
(ii)51% of the general population think that children with learning disabilities are lazy.
(3) Keeping in mind that that 10 to 20% of the US population has dyslexia,
(i)In the year 2000, 48% of the Texas prison population was determined to have dyslexia [Dr. Kathryn Moody, Dept of Neurology, Univ. of TX http://anuarsped.blogspot.com/2009/03/dyslexia-in-prison-population.html] ; and
(ii)In a much more recent study 35 % of entrepreneurs were determined to have dyslexia[Julie Logan of Cass Business School http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17611066]
Margaret Adams just posted sources for her dyslexia statistics under comments and I pasted them up to the post so you can click on her source links.
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