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
Sep 03 Dyslexia Advocate: What is Appropriate Anyway? By Dr. Kelli Sandman-Hurley Advocacy, Special Ed Law and Dyslexia No Comments The struggle is real for parents of students with dyslexia who are tirelessly trying to get public schools to acknowledge…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
Jul 25 Dyslexia: Don’t Forget the Qualitative Data By Dr. Kelli Sandman-Hurley Dyslexia, Special Ed Law and Dyslexia No Comments Data data data! Eligibility decisions and progress should be based on more than cold hard quantitative data because there is…Read More
May 20 Dyslexia and the School By Dr. Kelli Sandman-Hurley Special Ed Law and Dyslexia 17 Comments At the risk of being a Debbie Downer, I wanted to share with you some facts about special education that…Read More
May 11 Dyslexia: When the IEP is a Dictatorship By Dr. Kelli Sandman-Hurley Advocacy, Special Ed Law and Dyslexia 14 Comments Today the school psychologist walked into the room where we were having our IEP meeting, saw me sitting at the…Read More
Oct 01 Dyslexia Awareness Month Giveaway: Wrightslaw – Special Education Law Book By Dr. Kelli Sandman-Hurley Special Ed Law and Dyslexia 10 Comments October is Dyslexia Awareness Month and in celebration of this amazing opportunity to raise awareness for the cause to which…Read More
Mar 15 All About Dyslexia By Dr. Kelli Sandman-Hurley Advocacy, Dyslexia, Special Ed Law and Dyslexia 4 Comments Download the PDF version of this article here. The Lowdown on Dyslexia was originally published here, but with new resources,…Read More
Mar 13 Dyslexia: The Parents that Got Away By Dr. Kelli Sandman-Hurley Advocacy, Special Ed Law and Dyslexia 27 Comments Download the PDF version of this article here. Do you want to know what keeps me up at night? No?…Read More
Feb 28 Webinar for Parents of Dyslexic Kids: Know Your Rights – Special Ed Law and Dyslexia By Dr. Kelli Sandman-Hurley Special Ed Law and Dyslexia 2 Comments In September 2013, Dr. Kelli Sandman-Hurley and Tracy Block-Zaretsky presented a webinar designed to educate parents about the special education…Read More