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

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