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Related Topics: Dyslexia, Learning Disabilities, Phonological and Phonemic Awareness Expert: Sally E. Shaywitz Expert Q&A Are letter and number reversals a sign of dyslexia? How are speech/language difficulties related when the child is still only 6 or 7 years of age? Related Topics: Developmental Milestones, Dyslexia, Learning Disabilities Expert: Sally E. Shaywitz Expert Q&A Are there good low-tech and free or inexpensive AT solutions? Related Topics: Assistive Technology Expert: Todd Cunningham Expert Q&A Are there other examples you can think of about how AT is being used effectively to serve students with learning disabilities? Related Topics: Assistive Technology, Learning Disabilities Expert: Todd Cunningham Expert Q&A Are there some common misconceptions about assistive technology? Related Topics: Assistive Technology Expert: Todd Cunningham Expert Q&A Are there specific peer support strategies or regular practices you can use to help encourage that process of kids accepting one another? Related Topics: Autism Spectrum Disorder, Social-Emotional Learning Expert: Cathy Pratt Expert Q&A Are there tools that can help make the physical act of writing easier? Related Topics: Assistive Technology, Writing Expert: Todd Cunningham Expert Q&A Can you recommend any books that are at a lower reading level but would still appeal to older students? Related Topics: Autism Spectrum Disorder, Children’s Books, Libraries, Motivation, Struggling Readers, Vocabulary Expert: Reading Rockets Expert Q&A Can you recommend any computer programs to help my son, who is dyslexic, with his writing? Related Topics: Assistive Technology, Ed Tech and Digital Media, Learning Disabilities Expert: Tracy Gray Expert Q&A Can you recommend a reading routine for parents with dyslexic children? Related Topics: Dyslexia, Fluency, Learning Disabilities Expert Q&A Can you recommend summer camps especially for kids with special needs? Related Topics: Autism Spectrum Disorder, Learning Disabilities, Special Education, Summer Reading Expert: Joan Freck Expert Q&A Can you share some practical things that teachers can use in their classroom to help ease anxiety for their students with autism? Related Topics: Autism Spectrum Disorder, Classroom Management, Executive Function, Social-Emotional Learning, Special Education Expert: Cathy Pratt Expert Q&A My child is 18 months old and is not yet speaking, but understands commands and responds to directions. What can I do to help her develop her language skills? Related Topics: Developmental Milestones, Early Literacy Development, Oral Language, Phonological and Phonemic Awareness, Speech, Language, and Hearing Expert: Reading Rockets Expert Q&A My child has a learning disability and I’m concerned that the reading program her school uses is ineffective. Can you recommend a reading program? Related Topics: Curriculum and Instruction, Learning Disabilities, Parent Engagement Expert: Reading Rockets Expert Q&A My child is having trouble identifying sight words. What can I do to help? Related Topics: Activities, Early Literacy Development, Reading Aloud Expert: Reading Rockets Expert Q&A If a child is reading aloud and is maintaining meaning, is it necessary that I correct every word he misreads? Related Topics: Comprehension, Fluency, Motivation, Reading Aloud Expert: Reading Rockets Expert Q&A My child’s school says that my child is very bright, but they want to hold him back because of his poor reading skills. I want him tested for a reading disability. What should I do? Related Topics: Advocacy, Assessment and Evaluation, Learning Disabilities, Parent Engagement, Struggling Readers Expert: Reading Rockets Expert Q&A My child is struggling in school. As a result, she has very low self-esteem. How can I help to build up her confidence? Related Topics: Learning Disabilities, Motivation Expert: Reading Rockets Expert Q&A I am concerned my child’s school is not really following her IEP. What can I do about this? Related Topics: Advocacy, Parent Engagement, Special Education Expert: Reading Rockets Expert Q&A I’m concerned that my kindergartener is not progressing with reading and writing at the rate of her classmates. How can I help her? Related Topics: Activities, Developmental Milestones, Early Literacy Development, Motivation, Reading Aloud, Writing Expert Q&A Could MRIs be used to diagnose individuals with dyslexia? Related Topics: Assessment and Evaluation, Dyslexia, Learning Disabilities, Reading and the Brain Expert: Sally E. Shaywitz Expert Q&A My daughter just started preschool and I have noticed that sometimes she writes letters backwards. Should I be concerned? Related Topics: Developmental Milestones, Dyslexia, Early Literacy Development, Preschool and Child Care, Writing Expert: Reading Rockets Expert Q&A My daughter is reading below grade level. What can I do to help her become a good reader and get to a point where she enjoys reading? Related Topics: Motivation, Parent Engagement, Struggling Readers Expert: Reading Rockets Expert Q&A Does early remediation reduce the need for accommodations? And if so, how much? Related Topics: Dyslexia, Intervention and Prevention, Learning Disabilities Expert: Sally E. Shaywitz Expert Q&A I feel as though my child’s skills are regressing. What should I do? 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Expert Q&A Do all dyslexic children have a weakness in the phonological area? Related Topics: Dyslexia, Learning Disabilities, Phonological and Phonemic Awareness Expert: Sally E. Shaywitz
Expert Q&A Are letter and number reversals a sign of dyslexia? How are speech/language difficulties related when the child is still only 6 or 7 years of age? Related Topics: Developmental Milestones, Dyslexia, Learning Disabilities Expert: Sally E. Shaywitz
Expert Q&A Are there good low-tech and free or inexpensive AT solutions? Related Topics: Assistive Technology Expert: Todd Cunningham
Expert Q&A Are there other examples you can think of about how AT is being used effectively to serve students with learning disabilities? Related Topics: Assistive Technology, Learning Disabilities Expert: Todd Cunningham
Expert Q&A Are there some common misconceptions about assistive technology? Related Topics: Assistive Technology Expert: Todd Cunningham
Expert Q&A Are there specific peer support strategies or regular practices you can use to help encourage that process of kids accepting one another? Related Topics: Autism Spectrum Disorder, Social-Emotional Learning Expert: Cathy Pratt
Expert Q&A Are there tools that can help make the physical act of writing easier? Related Topics: Assistive Technology, Writing Expert: Todd Cunningham
Expert Q&A Can you recommend any books that are at a lower reading level but would still appeal to older students? Related Topics: Autism Spectrum Disorder, Children’s Books, Libraries, Motivation, Struggling Readers, Vocabulary Expert: Reading Rockets
Expert Q&A Can you recommend any computer programs to help my son, who is dyslexic, with his writing? Related Topics: Assistive Technology, Ed Tech and Digital Media, Learning Disabilities Expert: Tracy Gray
Expert Q&A Can you recommend a reading routine for parents with dyslexic children? Related Topics: Dyslexia, Fluency, Learning Disabilities
Expert Q&A Can you recommend summer camps especially for kids with special needs? Related Topics: Autism Spectrum Disorder, Learning Disabilities, Special Education, Summer Reading Expert: Joan Freck
Expert Q&A Can you share some practical things that teachers can use in their classroom to help ease anxiety for their students with autism? Related Topics: Autism Spectrum Disorder, Classroom Management, Executive Function, Social-Emotional Learning, Special Education Expert: Cathy Pratt
Expert Q&A My child is 18 months old and is not yet speaking, but understands commands and responds to directions. What can I do to help her develop her language skills? Related Topics: Developmental Milestones, Early Literacy Development, Oral Language, Phonological and Phonemic Awareness, Speech, Language, and Hearing Expert: Reading Rockets
Expert Q&A My child has a learning disability and I’m concerned that the reading program her school uses is ineffective. Can you recommend a reading program? Related Topics: Curriculum and Instruction, Learning Disabilities, Parent Engagement Expert: Reading Rockets
Expert Q&A My child is having trouble identifying sight words. What can I do to help? Related Topics: Activities, Early Literacy Development, Reading Aloud Expert: Reading Rockets
Expert Q&A If a child is reading aloud and is maintaining meaning, is it necessary that I correct every word he misreads? Related Topics: Comprehension, Fluency, Motivation, Reading Aloud Expert: Reading Rockets
Expert Q&A My child’s school says that my child is very bright, but they want to hold him back because of his poor reading skills. I want him tested for a reading disability. What should I do? Related Topics: Advocacy, Assessment and Evaluation, Learning Disabilities, Parent Engagement, Struggling Readers Expert: Reading Rockets
Expert Q&A My child is struggling in school. As a result, she has very low self-esteem. How can I help to build up her confidence? Related Topics: Learning Disabilities, Motivation Expert: Reading Rockets
Expert Q&A I am concerned my child’s school is not really following her IEP. What can I do about this? Related Topics: Advocacy, Parent Engagement, Special Education Expert: Reading Rockets
Expert Q&A I’m concerned that my kindergartener is not progressing with reading and writing at the rate of her classmates. How can I help her? Related Topics: Activities, Developmental Milestones, Early Literacy Development, Motivation, Reading Aloud, Writing
Expert Q&A Could MRIs be used to diagnose individuals with dyslexia? Related Topics: Assessment and Evaluation, Dyslexia, Learning Disabilities, Reading and the Brain Expert: Sally E. Shaywitz
Expert Q&A My daughter just started preschool and I have noticed that sometimes she writes letters backwards. Should I be concerned? Related Topics: Developmental Milestones, Dyslexia, Early Literacy Development, Preschool and Child Care, Writing Expert: Reading Rockets
Expert Q&A My daughter is reading below grade level. What can I do to help her become a good reader and get to a point where she enjoys reading? Related Topics: Motivation, Parent Engagement, Struggling Readers Expert: Reading Rockets
Expert Q&A Does early remediation reduce the need for accommodations? And if so, how much? Related Topics: Dyslexia, Intervention and Prevention, Learning Disabilities Expert: Sally E. Shaywitz
Expert Q&A I feel as though my child’s skills are regressing. What should I do? Related Topics: Advocacy, Intervention and Prevention, Parent Engagement, Struggling Readers Expert: Reading Rockets
