Finding Your Voice as a Parent Webinar Demystifying Dyslexia A Learning Difference that Makes Reading a Struggle

Date: Tuesday January 28th 2025 7:00 p.m.-8:30 p.m. EST

Zoom registration link: https://bit.ly/7E341A

Co-hosted online with the Stamford JCC (Stamford, CT).

Speakers:

Attorney Lawrence Berliner, Connecticut Special Education Law

Jane Faherty, Stamford JCC JumpStart Program Executive Director & Special Education Advocate

Susanne Bailey-Rice, CIT/OGA, Reading Specialist, Founder of Shoreline Learning

 

 

A Starting Point of Conversation When Learning to Read Becomes an Issue:

• Definition of Dyslexia

• Common Characteristics that Can Indicate Dyslexia

• What is Decoding?
• Five Pillars of Reading

• Identifying a Dyslexic Learner: Formal vs. Informal Assessment and Comprehensive Evaluation

• How to Help your Child at Home

• Types of Reading Instruction to Assist the Student

• Advocacy and New Developments in Support

This webinar is free and open to the public.

Questions? Please contact Rachel Berliner, Public Relations Assistant at rachel@berlinerspecialedlaw.com

More information: https://www.stamfordjcc.org/events/2025/01/28/inclusion/finding-your-voice-as-a-parent-webinar-demystifying-dyslexia/