Dec 03 Dyslexia Advocacy: Don’t and Try Not To By Dr. Kelli Sandman-Hurley Advocacy, Dyslexia No Comments These days there is no shortage of advice about how to advocate for a student who is dyslexic (or has…Read More
Jun 26 DTI and the English Language By Dr. Kelli Sandman-Hurley Advocacy, Dyslexia No Comments Dr. Kelli was interviewed about her journey with the English language. This interview originally appeared on another website. DTI and…Read More
May 21 Dyslexia and the IEP: It’s What Isn’t Said That Matters By Dr. Kelli Sandman-Hurley Advocacy, Dyslexia 2 Comments Dyslexia and the IEP. The heart of any meeting, including IEP meetings, is communication. But good, productive, cooperative communication is…Read More
Jan 17 Dear Struggling Student: I Failed a Test Too By Dr. Kelli Sandman-Hurley Advocacy, Dyslexia, Dyslexia Training Institute, Special Ed Law and Dyslexia 2 Comments Dear Struggling Student: I Failed a Test this Year For those of us who work with students with dyslexia, and…Read More
Nov 16 Dyslexia and Tutors: A Cautionary Tale By Dr. Kelli Sandman-Hurley Advocacy, Dyslexia 4 Comments Have you ever walked onto a car lot and immediately been bombarded, promised the world and left just super annoyed?…Read More
Jun 29 My Dyslexia Hill Days Rally Cry By Dr. Kelli Sandman-Hurley Advocacy, Dyslexia 3 Comments I often feel like a fish out of water at these events because my experience is not as a parent…Read More
May 30 Dyslexia is a Gift? Where is the Return Line? Part 2 By Dr. Kelli Sandman-Hurley Dyslexia, Orthography 2 Comments In a previous blog post I laid out my reasons for why I do not believe dyslexia is a gift.…Read More
May 22 Dyslexia is a Gift? Where’s the Return Line? By Dr. Kelli Sandman-Hurley Dyslexia 19 Comments I've had something on the tip of my tongue and burning a hole in my brain for years now and…Read More
May 02 Morphological Awareness is Ready for its Close-up By Dr. Kelli Sandman-Hurley Orthography One Comment Do you feel that? That's the tides turning. That’s minds shifting. That is what a true understanding of the English…Read More
Mar 31 Dyslexia and the Nonsense Word Conundrum By Dr. Kelli Sandman-Hurley Orthography 11 Comments The use of nonsense words in intervention programs for reading and spelling to struggling readers is ubiquitous. It is ubiquitous…Read More