Quarterly Newsletter April 2022 |
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The California Dyslexia Initiative and the UCSF Dyslexia Center continue to pilot the digital screener at our implementation sites collecting valuable data to inform the refinement of the tool. Hear from one of our Implementation Site Research Leads, Jean Wagner-Luigi, on how participating in this pilot study is going and what she hopes the screener will mean for students at her site.
In addition to the many learning opportunities we provide, the CDI team is now providing monthly Resource Spotlights. Be sure to pass along these resources to anyone you feel will benefit from learning more about how to support students with reading difficulties and dyslexia! |
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A Note from the Implementation Site Research Lead:
Jean Wagner-Luigi Implementation Site Research Lead School Site Intervention Teacher Spinelli Elementary - Center Joint Unified School District
"The students and staff at Spinelli Elementary are very excited and honored to be participating in the development of a digital dyslexia screener that will benefit all students and educators in California. Working with SCOE and the UCSF team, our kindergarten and first grade students are helping the researchers gather data that will help validate their digital screener and ultimately identify dyslexia early. So far, our students have participated in two rounds of data gathering- Fall and Winter. The researchers make the process fun and engaging, which translates to the students being willing and excited to complete the tasks presented in each phase of the data gathering process. This project is much bigger than our little school. We realize that our participation will impact all students in California. Identifying reading challenges early on in a child's life will be key in delivering targeted reading intervention. We look forward to the day when this screener is available to all educators and students and we are honored to be participating in the validation process." |
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Did you catch our latest Resource Spotlight? These monthly, vetted resources are curated to provide information in the areas of professional learning, screeners and assessments, instruction and intervention, and other useful resource repositories. Encourage your colleagues to sign up for our list serve so they can receive these monthly resources as well!
The contents of the Resource Spotlights are housed on the CDI website as well as the California Dyslexia Initiative group page on the California Educators Together website (it's free to sign up). We encourage you to continue to explore these resources and share them broadly! |
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Chapter 5: Socioemotional Factors of Dyslexia |
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“Students with dyslexia face social and emotional challenges in addition to academic challenges. They have anxiety, depression, and other social, emotional, and mental health conditions on the order of two to five times greater than those of their peers (Wilson et al. 2009). In many cases, before entering school, children with dyslexia are described by their caregivers as eager, bright, curious, proactive, and articulate, characteristics that would seem to promote school success. Over time, the students’ formerly inquisitive and proactive nature can decline and be replaced by low self-worth, frustration, despair, and self-defeating coping mechanisms.”
"Consequently, focusing not only on remediating literacy skills but also on students’ relative strengths and on building resilience are important components of remediation and promoting positive outcomes for students with dyslexia (Haft, Myers, and Hoeft 2016); see figure 5.1. In addition, gaining access to supportive resources and building secure emotional bonds with caregivers, parents, and teachers all have an important influence on a student’s motivation, resilience, and academic outcomes."
California Dyslexia Guidelines; pp. 24-25, CDE (2017)
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Have you registered for the Expert Webinar Series?
The Sacramento County Office of Education, in partnership with Glean Education, is hosting free, monthly webinars featuring experts in the field of dyslexia and literacy. We've covered topics including identification, prevention, and intervention.
Join us and hundreds of others, monthly, to understand new ways of supporting students with dyslexia and reading difficulties.
Zoom link will be sent with registration confirmation.
Up Next: Dr. Maria Luisa Gorno Tempini April 7, 2022: Dyslexia and the Learning Brain |
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 | Dr. Elsa Cardenas-Hagan Valley Speech Language and Learning Center
Implementing Structured Literacy Reading Instruction for English Learners
Dr. Elsa Cardenas-Hagan shares her expertise on what teachers need to know about teaching Structured Literacy to English learners in their classroom.
Click on Dr. Cardenas-Hagan's image above to access a recording of the webinar and companion document on the CDI website. |
| | | Dr. Maryanne Wolf University of California, Los Angeles Center for Dyslexia, Diverse Learners, and Social Justice
Exploring the Intersection Between Reading Instruction and Social Justice
Dr. Maryanne Wolfe explores how the reading brain develops and how we go about assessing and intervening with students with reading difficulties.
Click on Dr. Wolf's image above to access a recording of the webinar and companion document on the CDI website. |
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| | Watch this video feature Dr. Elsa Cardenas-Hagan as she discusses her book, Structured Literacy Instruction for English Learners.
Watch this video featuring Dr. Maryanne Wolf discuss the reading brain and dyslexia. |
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