Dec 17 What We Were Up to in 2024 By Kelli Sandman-Hurley, Ed.D. Dyslexia, Dyslexia Training Institute, News No Comments Sometimes, I sit back and wonder, why am I so tired? In 2024, the answer is easy. We spent 2024…Read More
Aug 21 What is a Phoneme? By Kelli Sandman-Hurley, Ed.D. Advocacy, Dyslexia, Dyslexia Training Institute, Orthography 5 Comments What is a phoneme? Let's learn more!Read More
Aug 19 MTSS: Can We Just Skip It? By Kelli Sandman-Hurley, Ed.D. Advocacy, Dyslexia No Comments As a parent, school processes can feel tediously slow. You wait for a meeting, only to be told that this…Read More
Jul 29 Mindful Teaching of Reading and Spelling: Four Facts and One Educated Opinion By Dr. Kelli Sandman-Hurley Dyslexia You know what’s really hard? It’s really hard to learn something that completely changes what you previously thought you understood…Read More
Dec 08 Dyslexia: Tell Me About It, Student By Dr. Kelli Sandman-Hurley Dyslexia Talking with students about dyslexia and getting their input into what's working and what's not should be our first step…Read More
May 20 Reluctance is a Choice, Dyslexia is Not By Dr. Kelli Sandman-Hurley Dyslexia No Comments Lately, it seems like I have heard the term ‘reluctant reader’ more than usual. Maybe I am just listening more…Read More
Apr 28 Dyslexia and Advocacy: I Suspect My Child Has Dyslexia By Dr. Kelli Sandman-Hurley Dyslexia, Special Ed Law and Dyslexia No Comments This article was originally published in Dystinct Magazine. “I always viewed myself as the stupid slow kid who just couldn’t…Read More
Mar 10 Dyslexia: Why? By Dr. Kelli Sandman-Hurley Dyslexia No Comments Today I asked an IEP team why they thought the student we were meeting about wasn’t making progress in spelling,…Read More
Nov 20 Dyslexia: Three Things Every School Should Know about the Parent in the IEP Meeting ~Dr. Kelli Sandman-Hurley By Dr. Kelli Sandman-Hurley Dyslexia No Comments No one likes IEP (Individualized Education Program) meetings. If you have ever been to an IEP meeting at a school,…Read More
Jul 28 Dyslexia: Spelling Goals Gone Wild By Dr. Kelli Sandman-Hurley Dyslexia No Comments Spelling goals in IEPs are usually so poorly written I have to read them more than once to even begin…Read More