Understanding and Recognizing Dyslexia: Leveling the Playing Field With Intervention
Barbara Steinberg has been educating, mentoring, and inspiring students, educators, and parents for more than 20 years, first as a classroom teacher and now as a dyslexia and educational consultant. She is the founder of PDX Reading Specialist, LLC., an organization with the mission to inspire individuals to become CONFIDENT and CAPABLE learners.
She is a nationally recognized speaker, delivering keynote speeches across the country. Steinberg is passionate about training educators about how to deliver evidence-based instruction, equipping them with tools to be successful, and inspiring all to believe that we can not only overcome reading challenges, but prevent them from taking hold...if we act early.
Dyslexia represents the most common and prevalent of all known learning disabilities and impacts approximately one in five individuals (National Institute of Health). A teacher who understands dyslexia can be the one person who saves a child from years of frustration and anxiety. In this engaging and informative podcast, literacy expert Barbara Steinberg will translate research into practice, providing teachers with the knowledge, tools, and strategies to help students with dyslexia become confident and capable readers.
Our conversation will cover:
- Myths and misconceptions about dyslexia
- Characteristics of dyslexia
- The power of early intervention
- Characteristics of effective intervention
- Accommodations that level the playing field
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