Special Education Speaker Monday, April 28th
Seattle SpEd PTSA April Meeting
7 pm Monday, 4/28/2014
Rm 2700, JSCEE
2445 3rd Ave
Seattle's SODO neighborhood
Dr. Nicole Swedberg will present practical tips and information on:
How to help your child If your child is dyslexic?
How to best support your dyslexic child at home?
What skills should your child be learning?
How can you get your child access to these skills?
How can your child’s school (and district) help your child?
How can you advocate for positive change in the system?
What accommodations does your dyslexic or dysgraphic student need?
Is there anything easy that will help your child with the overwhelming homework load?
How to best support your dyslexic child at home?
What skills should your child be learning?
How can you get your child access to these skills?
How can your child’s school (and district) help your child?
How can you advocate for positive change in the system?
What accommodations does your dyslexic or dysgraphic student need?
Is there anything easy that will help your child with the overwhelming homework load?
Dr.
Swedberg works in private practice as a dyslexia specialist, spending
approximately a thousand hours a year serving dyslexic and dysgraphic
students in elementary, middle, and high school. When not working
directly with students, she assists parents and teachers to create a
support network for each student, whether that student is in a public or
private school. Half of her clients attend Seattle Public Schools.
Before
her private practice, Dr. Swedberg worked for three years in Seattle
Public Schools as a literacy coach. This position involved working with
teachers to help them plan their literacy blocks, getting effective
curriculum into their hands, providing training and professional
development, and leading school-wide meetings.
The
topics of dysgraphia and dyslexia have come up frequently in meetings
and open forums this year. Swedberg's presentation will focus on practical tips
on how best to support your child including: routines to encourage
reading, technical assistance, rewards and encouragement, graphic
organizers and much more. There will be time for questions and answers.
Other
business on the agenda includes election of members for the nominating
committee. Please consider how YOU can volunteer your time to help
special education students and families in our district by serving as a
PTSA officer next year.
See you Monday.
Comments
"My child is dyslexic and I wish the district would embrace this term "dyslexia" vs. the wishy-washy term of "unspecified learning disability" and proceed to provide an IEP for reading and comprehension. Real and proven strategies and tools that work for dyslexic students need to be incorporated into the curriculum. Screening for dyslexia in the Pre-K or K years is also imperative. 1 in 5 people are dyslexic yet in a class of 30 the teacher is usually only aware of 1. We're missing out on A LOT of kids! There are lots of early "warning signs" that could prevent a child from having to wait until 3rd grade to start getting help."
Hopefully we'll start seeing some momentum in this direction....
~Dyslexic Mama
There is a national parent-led grassroots movement working to raise dyslexia awareness, empower families, and inform policy: Decoding Dyslexia. The WA chapter has a FB page:
https://www.facebook.com/decodingdyslexia.wa
- North Sea Mama
Get Plugged In!
Mom of 4
on Facebook.
And here is a link to the Washington branch of the International Dyslexia Association