S2 E8: Dyslexia Facts, Myths and Strategies with Dr. Jack Fletcher

Kate chats with Dr. Jack Fletcher this week, unpacking all things dyslexia: Risk factors and prevention, dyslexia vs dysteachia, instructional tips, wait-to-fail, and dyslexia myths and misconceptions.

Show Notes:

Learn more about some of the articles Jack mentioned:

• The importance of early reading intervention (Lovett et al., 2017)
• Problems with dyslexia identification models (Scientific American)
• Helping children with significant reading problems (Vaughn & Fletcher, 2023)
• Identifying and teaching students with significant reading problems - including 18 common misunderstandings of dyslexia (Vaughn & Fletcher, 2020-2021)
• The role of instruction in learning to read: Preventing reading failure in at-risk children (Foorman et al., 1998)
• The Good Behaviour Game 
• Anxiety and reading (Grills-Taquechel et al., 2012)