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Summer '22 Rewind: Myths and misconceptions about universal screening: Nancy Nelson

Science of Reading: The Podcast

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The Importance of Screening for Dislexia

As a teacher, i was concerned that by focusing so specifically on dislaxy, we would lose sight of the needs of students with other disabilities within a system. And what i've found is actually the opposite. Early screening for dislixia specifically is, is pretty important. But in general, if even if we're tlking out five to 15 % of the populationa having dislexia, that's a pretty large swath of our school based children who i now,. Dislexia isn't again, it's not a black and white kind of condition. There are mild forms of dislikes te end students with more severe forms.

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