At 10 a.m., Assemblywoman Jo Anne Simon hosts her Third Annual
Dyslexia Awareness Day with students, advocates and educators, Legislative Office Building, The Well, Albany.
Advocates
for dyslexia awareness say not enough teachers know how to identify and help students with the learning disability early on, but a bill the General Assembly approved this week aims to change that.
Dyslexia training In response to the immense demand for dyslexia training, the B.D.A. has developed an INSET (in - service)
dyslexia awareness training day to help teachers, in all areas of education, support their dyslexic students.
WASHINGTON — As part of the Department's recognition of National Learning Disabilities and
Dyslexia Awareness Month, U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos today convened a roundtable of parents and advocates from the disability community to engage in a dialogue on how the Department can best serve children with disabilities.
Decoding Dyslexia aims to
raise dyslexia awareness, empower families to support their children and inform policy - makers on best practices to identify, remediate and support students with dyslexia.
The four specific areas of the training are:
dyslexia awareness, how to identify dyslexia, how to support the dyslexic student and how to choose appropriate assistive technology.