Resources

Plain Talk About Literacy conferences are where so many global leaders in the field present cutting edge reading research and strategies for those who teach all ages and grades.

Because of the hard work of Alaska reading advocates our Alaska Department of Early Education has offered two Alaska Science of Reading Symposiums for free to all.

International Dyslexia Association
Extensive and well-researched fact sheets and other resources from the International Dyslexia Association

The Reading League
The Reading league's YouTube Channel
This video is especially important for teachers, administrators, and policymakers to watch.

Yale Center for Dyslexia and Creativity
A leading source for research and information to better the lives of people with dyslexia

Ohio State Literacy Academy 2021
A series of videos that are awesome and show that entrenched systems of education can change

Understood.org
A resource site dedicated to learning and attention issues, including specific resources dedicated to dyslexia

Colorado's Professional Development is based on the Colorado Reads Act
Colorado's approved reading curriculum and interventions. Notice what isn't listed.

Dyslexia Help (University of Michigan)
Tips, ideas, activities, materials, website links, and other resources related to dyslexia

Stanislas Dehaene about his new book How We Learn: Why Brains Learn Better Than Any Machine...for Now

Purple Star Award Schools  Schools that show a major commitment to students and families connected to our nation’s military

How the Brain Learns to Read - Prof. Stanislas Dehaene

IDA Alaska
The Alaska Branch of the International Dyslexia Association provides information about dyslexia in Alaska.

Dr. Marilyn Jager Adams on Learning To Read: What's hard developmentally was also hard historically

Download Alaska's HB64 Task Force Report on Reading and Dyslexia was a collaborative legislative effort to improve reading outcomes for all Alaskan students.

Alaska Science of Reading - What I Should Have Learned in College Facebook Group
National Center for Learning Disabilities
A comprehensive guide to understanding learning and attention issues

Decoding Dyslexia Alaska
A network of parent-led grassroots movements across the country is concerned with the limited access to educational interventions for dyslexia within the public education system. Keep up with the latest news here through each state’s Facebook page.

The Reading Well
Provides resources for dyslexia, including a list of schools serving students with language-learning differences.

Edutopia
Repository for cutting-edge educational practice and learning. Use the search tool for information specifically about dyslexia and learning differences.

Neuroscience of Dyslexia
A Great Introductory Video

Book Recommendations

Basic Facts on Dyslexia & Other Reading Problems by Louisa Cook Moats

Overcoming Dyslexia by Sally Shaywitz, Second Edition

Proust and the Squid: the Story & Science of the Reading Brain by Maryanne Wolf

Dyslexia is My Superpower (Most of the Time) by Margaret Rooke

My Dyslexia (a memoir) by Philip Schultz