Day 61: Dyslexia & Language-Based Learning Disorders

According to the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), labels for reading disorders include dyslexia, reading disability, reading disorder, specific reading disorder, and specific reading comprehension deficit (https://www.asha.org/practice-portal/clinical-topics/written-language-disorders/disorders-of-reading-and-writing/).

Treatment is far reaching and might include,

  • Blending sounds together;

  • Knowledge of the letters of the alphabet;

  • Sounding out words;

  • Vocabulary knowledge;

  • Recognizing sight words;

  • Using letter-sound correspondence for spelling;

  • Drawing inferences from text;

  • Understanding figurative language; and

  • Use of digital technologies, such as keyboarding.

ASHA further recommends that “treatment should match the degree to which sound/word structure knowledge and sentence/discourse level knowledge are impaired across spoken and written modalities—listening, speaking, reading, and writing.”

In New York State, specially designed reading instruction is defined as specially designed individualized or group instruction or special services or programs in the area of reading provided to a student with a disability who has significant reading difficulties that cannot be met through general reading programs.

To discuss whether your child is eligible for free specially designed reading instruction, book a virtual consultation on my website, https://www.MSRLegal.ORG/Book-Your-Consultation . Also, follow @MSRLegalConsulting on Instagram where I post about the evolving landscape of special education in the wake of Covid-19.

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Oroma

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