Tag: dyslexia
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IEP Reading Goals: Measurable Examples for Dyslexia and Struggling Readers
A strong IEP reading goal names the exact skill, starting point, materials or conditions, target performance, measurement method, and deadline. “Will improve reading” is not measurable. “Given a controlled word list containing taught one- and two-syllable patterns, the student will read 45 of 50 words accurately across three consecutive weekly probes by the annual review…
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Practice the IEP Meeting Before You Walk In (Free AI Prompt for Parents)
Here is the thing nobody tells you about IEP meetings. You will walk in prepared. You will have your folder. You will have rehearsed what you want to say in the shower for three weeks. And then someone will smile warmly across the table and say “We’re really pleased with how she’s responding,” and you…
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How to Read a Psychoeducational Evaluation Report
A parent-friendly walkthrough of how to actually read your child’s psychoeducational evaluation: what to read first, how to compare cognitive to academic, where the dyslexia signs hide, and how to know if the conclusions match the data.
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Dyslexia vs ADHD vs 2e: How to Tell What’s Going On
Dyslexia, ADHD, and twice-exceptional (2e) overlap in confusing ways. Here’s how the underlying scores tell them apart, and what to ask the evaluator when more than one is on your radar.
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What Is Structured Literacy? A Parent-Friendly Guide
Structured literacy is a teaching approach with five specific characteristics, not a single program. Here’s what it actually means, what it isn’t, and how to tell if your kid is getting it.
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TOWRE-2 Explainer
A Parent Field Guide TOWRE-2: What parents actually need to know. Test of Word Reading Efficiency, Second Edition The TOWRE-2 is the test that asks one question: how fast can your child read words against the clock? Not how accurately. Not how comprehensively. Just speed and automaticity. In dyslexia evaluation, that question is the one…
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KTEA-3 Explainer
A Parent Field Guide KTEA-3: What parents actually need to know. Kaufman Test of Educational Achievement, Third Edition The KTEA-3 is the achievement test you will see when an evaluator picks the Kaufman family of tools instead of the Wechsler. It measures the same domains as the WIAT-4 (reading, math, writing, oral language) but adds…
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GORT-5 Explainer
A Parent Field Guide GORT-5: What parents actually need to know. Gray Oral Reading Test, Fifth Edition The GORT-5 measures how your child reads aloud. It is the test most often given when a school or clinician wants to know how reading sounds in real time, with all the cracks showing. This guide walks through…
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CTOPP-2 Explainer
A Parent Field Guide CTOPP-2: What parents actually need to know. Comprehensive Test of Phonological Processing, Second Edition The CTOPP-2 measures three phonological-processing skills closely related to reading development: phonological awareness, phonological memory, and rapid naming. It can add important evidence when dyslexia or another reading difficulty is being evaluated, but the results must be…
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SDQA Explainer
A Parent Field Guide SDQA: What parents actually need to know. San Diego Quick Assessment The SDQA is a quick reading screener used in many schools. It takes five to ten minutes. The results look meaningful but say far less than they appear to. Here is what this test actually measures, what it cannot tell…