Chana Gopin navigates the challenges of raising her daughter Bayla, a dyslexic student at Yeshivat Shalshelet, alongside Shulamit Roth, the school’s founder dedicated to supporting children with language-based learning differences. They discuss the emotional toll of academic pressure in the Jewish community and how specialized education can empower students like Bayla. Bayla shares her journey, emphasizing the importance of understanding and acceptance in learning environments, and the need for rethinking intelligence beyond traditional measures.
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Bela's Early Reading Struggle
Bela remembered in third grade noticing she couldn't read while everyone else was reading books.
Her teacher did not expect her to read along, which made her feel different and unproductive in class.
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Advice to Parents Starting Out
Parents should know they are not alone in supporting children with learning disabilities.
Keep seeking help and providing resources to help your child reach their potential.
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Redefining Smartness in Judaism
Academic success shapes Jewish identity deeply, but emphasizes a narrow definition of intelligence.
We must broaden our understanding of smartness beyond academics, embracing diverse intelligences.
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Receive our FREE newsletters at 18forty.org/join. Our Intergenerational Divergence series is sponsored by our friends Sarala and Danny Turkel. This episode is sponsored by Yeshivat Shalshelet, which gives children with language-based learning differences the confidence and skills to thrive academically, emotionally, and spiritually. Donate to its matching campaign at theshalsheletdifference.org. In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to Bayla Gopin—a student with dyslexia— and her mother, Chana, who brought Bayla to Yeshivat Shalshelet when her previous school was ignoring her needs.
We also sit down with Shulamit Roth, Shalshelet’s founder, to talk about how we can expand the circle of who Yiddishkeit is for. In this episode we discuss:
Does our emphasis on text-based learning leave some students out?
How do we handle the perceived social stigma of needing to deviate from our “Plan A”?
How does a child deal with switching schools when school is such a huge part of their world?
Tune in to hear a conversation about how we can nurture every student the way he or she was created.
Interview begins at 11:40. Shulamit Roth is a language and speech pathologist who has dedicated her career to helping students with language based learning disabilities. Her passion for teaching Jewish students with language-based learning disabilities led her to founding Yeshivat Shalshelet, where she helps students access the beauty of Torah and achieve their academic and personal potential. References:
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