{"id":438,"date":"2014-08-22T11:35:53","date_gmt":"2014-08-22T11:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dyslexiatraininginstitute.org\/blog\/?p=438"},"modified":"2014-08-22T11:35:53","modified_gmt":"2014-08-22T11:35:53","slug":"take-the-dyslexia-pledge-dr-kelli-sandman-hurley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dyslexiatraininginstitute.org\/advocacy\/take-the-dyslexia-pledge-dr-kelli-sandman-hurley\/","title":{"rendered":"Dyslexia:  Take the Dyslexia Pledge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress-157077-2960416.cloudwaysapps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/My-Dyslexia-Pledge.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-439\" alt=\"Take the Dyslexia Pledge - Dyslexia Training Institute\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress-157077-2960416.cloudwaysapps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Dyslexia_\u00a0-My-Pledge-1-200x300.png\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/>Download the PDF version of this article here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Okay, hold up your right hand and repeat the dyslexia pledge after me.<\/p>\n<h2>My Dyslexia Pledge<\/h2>\n<p><!--more--><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-style: normal;\">This year I pledge to:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Revisit my child&#8217;s IEP and make sure it is in tip top shape.<\/li>\n<li>Ask for progress on goals in a measurable format.<\/li>\n<li>Make sure goals respond to needs.<\/li>\n<li>Make sure accommodations are being used.<\/li>\n<li>Call an IEP meeting when I believe changes need to be made.<\/li>\n<li>Not be intimidated by the school, or anyone for that matter.<\/li>\n<li>Be a first string teammate on the IEP team.<\/li>\n<li>Educate my student&#8217;s teachers about dyslexia every chance I get.<\/li>\n<li>Make sure my student has many opportunities throughout the day to feel successful at school.<\/li>\n<li>Not take no for an answer, when I am sure I am right.<\/li>\n<li>Never believe that dyslexia is a &#8220;death&#8221; sentence for my student&#8217;s education.<\/li>\n<li>Make sure my student&#8217;s IEP does not marginalize him.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"line-height: 24px;\">Dyslexia is real.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress-157077-2960416.cloudwaysapps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Dyslexia_\u00a0-My-Pledge-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-439\" alt=\"Take the Dyslexia Pledge - Dyslexia Training Institute\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress-157077-2960416.cloudwaysapps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Dyslexia_\u00a0-My-Pledge-1-682x1024.png\" width=\"625\" height=\"938\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Download the PDF version of this article here. Okay, hold up your right hand and repeat the dyslexia pledge after&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,17],"tags":[7,8,44],"class_list":{"0":"post-438","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-advocacy","7":"category-dyslexia","8":"tag-advocacy-2","9":"tag-dyslexia","10":"tag-pledge"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dyslexiatraininginstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dyslexiatraininginstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dyslexiatraininginstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dyslexiatraininginstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dyslexiatraininginstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=438"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dyslexiatraininginstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dyslexiatraininginstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dyslexiatraininginstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dyslexiatraininginstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}