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Dyslexia Journey: Support Your Kid

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Mar 31, 2024 • 27min

How to Get What Your Dyslexic Kid Needs From Their Teachers

Send us a textAs a dyslexic  kid, your child is going to need extra support at school. Most teachers are fantastic and well-intentioned and want the best for your child. But many of them are overworked, don’t understand learning differences, and may not always be actually doing what is best for your child. So how do you get what your child needs without antagonizing or making their teachers defensive?Eye-Opening Moments PodcastEye-Opening Moments are stories of adversity, encounters, and perspectives. They are...Listen on: Apple Podcasts   SpotifyDyslexia Journey has conversations and explorations to help you support the dyslexic child in your life. Content includes approaches, tips, and interviews with a range of guests from psychologists to educators to people with dyslexia. Increase your understanding and connection with your child as you help them embrace their uniqueness and thrive on this challenging journey!Send us your questions, comments, and guest suggestions to parentingdyslexiajourney@gmail.comAlso check out our YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/@ParentingDyslexiaJourney
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Mar 23, 2024 • 9min

Your Dyslexic Kid: You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know (Episode 3 Rebroadcast)

Send us a textIn this video, we discuss three aspects of dyslexia that you might not realize at first as you support your dyslexic child.Dyslexia Journey has conversations and explorations to help you support the dyslexic child in your life. Content includes approaches, tips, and interviews with a range of guests from psychologists to educators to people with dyslexia. Increase your understanding and connection with your child as you help them embrace their uniqueness and thrive on this challenging journey!Send us your questions, comments, and guest suggestions to parentingdyslexiajourney@gmail.comAlso check out our YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/@ParentingDyslexiaJourney
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Mar 16, 2024 • 33min

Explaining Dyslexia: Nick's Interview on A New Perspective with Tim Sutton

Send us a textWe're pleased to be able to share an interview about dyslexia that Nick did recently with Tim Sutton on A New Perspective.Thanks to Tim Sutton and Griffo Productions for allowing us to share this interview here!###Start your podcast today!This podcast was produced by by Griffo Productions (griffoproductions.com)Subscribe to our podcast at A New Perspective with Tim SuttonListen on Podcast or wherever you get your podcasts:Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2cjj1YoeWpNWMIghAkBcqs?si=9454017df60d4d48A Better Understanding Non-Profit: ABetterUnderstanding.orgTim Sutton's Website Tim-Sutton.comEye-Opening Moments PodcastEye-Opening Moments are stories of adversity, encounters, and perspectives. They are...Listen on: Apple Podcasts   SpotifyDyslexia Journey has conversations and explorations to help you support the dyslexic child in your life. Content includes approaches, tips, and interviews with a range of guests from psychologists to educators to people with dyslexia. Increase your understanding and connection with your child as you help them embrace their uniqueness and thrive on this challenging journey!Send us your questions, comments, and guest suggestions to parentingdyslexiajourney@gmail.comAlso check out our YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/@ParentingDyslexiaJourney
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Mar 9, 2024 • 13min

How to Get Your Dyslexic Kid to Do Their Work: 5 Practical Tips

Send us a textEspecially with younger dyslexic kids who are struggling with reading, getting them to sit down and do their homework or practice reading can be a struggle. As parents, we walk a fine line knowing that they need to do this work, but also knowing that it's challenging. In this episode we give you five specific tips for making this go a little more smoothly!Dyslexia Journey has conversations and explorations to help you support the dyslexic child in your life. Content includes approaches, tips, and interviews with a range of guests from psychologists to educators to people with dyslexia. Increase your understanding and connection with your child as you help them embrace their uniqueness and thrive on this challenging journey!Send us your questions, comments, and guest suggestions to parentingdyslexiajourney@gmail.comAlso check out our YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/@ParentingDyslexiaJourney
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Mar 2, 2024 • 31min

How Much Should You Push Your Dyslexic Kid?

Send us a textIn this video, we explore the reasons that your dyslexic kid might be resistant to trying new things or challenging themself, and provide several practical tips for how much you should push them while respecting their autonomy.Eye-Opening Moments PodcastEye-Opening Moments are stories of adversity, encounters, and perspectives. They are...Listen on: Apple Podcasts   SpotifyDyslexia Journey has conversations and explorations to help you support the dyslexic child in your life. Content includes approaches, tips, and interviews with a range of guests from psychologists to educators to people with dyslexia. Increase your understanding and connection with your child as you help them embrace their uniqueness and thrive on this challenging journey!Send us your questions, comments, and guest suggestions to parentingdyslexiajourney@gmail.comAlso check out our YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/@ParentingDyslexiaJourney
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Feb 17, 2024 • 26min

Is Your Dyslexic Kid At Risk for Depression and Anxiety? Therapist Interview ft. Donna McCutchen (Episode 21 rebroadcast)

Send us a textIn part 2 of our interview with psychotherapist Donna McCutchen, we dig into the mental / behavioral health challenges that can be associated with dyslexia, how best to support the mental health of our dyslexic kids, what warning signs to look out for, and when to seek professional mental health support.Donna McCutchen is a licensed clinical social worker, experienced psychotherapist, and pediatric mental health specialist with numerous clinical specialities and areas of expertise including dual diagnosis and psychological assessment, among many others. Donna is currently the VP of Program Development at Bend Health (https://www.bendhealth.com/), where she creates and write the evidence-based content and programs.Eye-Opening Moments PodcastEye-Opening Moments are stories of adversity, encounters, and perspectives. They are...Listen on: Apple Podcasts   SpotifyDyslexia Journey has conversations and explorations to help you support the dyslexic child in your life. Content includes approaches, tips, and interviews with a range of guests from psychologists to educators to people with dyslexia. Increase your understanding and connection with your child as you help them embrace their uniqueness and thrive on this challenging journey!Send us your questions, comments, and guest suggestions to parentingdyslexiajourney@gmail.comAlso check out our YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/@ParentingDyslexiaJourney
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Feb 10, 2024 • 20min

Dyslexia Affects Everything!

Send us a textDyslexia is a brain difference that primarily affects reading and writing. However, dyslexia affects many areas of life that you might not expect! Watch this video to learn about eight ways dyslexia can affect your whole life.Dyslexia Journey has conversations and explorations to help you support the dyslexic child in your life. Content includes approaches, tips, and interviews with a range of guests from psychologists to educators to people with dyslexia. Increase your understanding and connection with your child as you help them embrace their uniqueness and thrive on this challenging journey!Send us your questions, comments, and guest suggestions to parentingdyslexiajourney@gmail.comAlso check out our YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/@ParentingDyslexiaJourney
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Feb 3, 2024 • 28min

Solving Dyslexia ft. Cliff Weitzman, founder and CEO of Speechify

Send us a textIn our second interview with Cliff Weitzman, he tells us about the history of Speechify (https://speechify.com/), the current state of the product, the state of technology and AI in general as it applies to learning disabilities, and how his dyslexia helps make him a successful entrepreneur.You can find our first interview with Cliff here: https://dyslexiajourney.buzzsprout.com/2077817/14386818-learn-to-love-listening-ft-cliff-weitzman-dyslexic-founder-and-ceo-of-speechifyCliff Weitzman is super dyslexic and couldn't figure out how to read in 1st to 4th grade. He learned English by listening to Harry Potter audiobooks when he was 13 and fell in love with listening. He listens to 2 audiobooks a week and has done so for more than 15 years. When he studied renewable energy engineering at Brown University he found his books didn't have audiobooks so he built a text to speech system that could read out anything to him. Today SpeechifyAI is the largest  speech AI platform in the world over 25 million users and over 100  engineers. Speechify has been the #1 app in its Apple and Google AppStore categories for 4 years. and has the largest collection of dyslexic users using it for dyslexia of any product in the world.  What OpenAI does for text Speechify does for speech. The team started developing AI models in 2016 for speech synthesis, NLP, & computer vision. Today, they make the most realistic human sounding AI voices in the world. Eye-Opening Moments PodcastEye-Opening Moments are stories of adversity, encounters, and perspectives. They are...Listen on: Apple Podcasts   SpotifyDyslexia Journey has conversations and explorations to help you support the dyslexic child in your life. Content includes approaches, tips, and interviews with a range of guests from psychologists to educators to people with dyslexia. Increase your understanding and connection with your child as you help them embrace their uniqueness and thrive on this challenging journey!Send us your questions, comments, and guest suggestions to parentingdyslexiajourney@gmail.comAlso check out our YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/@ParentingDyslexiaJourney
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Jan 27, 2024 • 34min

Learn to Love Listening ft. Cliff Weitzman, Dyslexic Founder and CEO of Speechify

Cliff Weitzman, dyslexic founder and CEO of Speechify, shares his journey growing up dyslexic, learning English through audiobooks, and falling in love with listening. He discusses the impact of love and confidence, dyslexia diagnosis and interventions, experiences after high school, and tips to support dyslexic individuals like teaching effective listening skills and self-advocacy.
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Jan 20, 2024 • 22min

Dyslexic Thinking Advantages: Entrepreneurship and the Business World

Send us a textYes, there are advantages to #dyslexia ! In this video we discuss well-known #dyslexic entrepreneurs, the specific dyslexic traits that provide advantage in business, and how those traits might show up in your dyslexic kids.Dyslexia Journey has conversations and explorations to help you support the dyslexic child in your life. Content includes approaches, tips, and interviews with a range of guests from psychologists to educators to people with dyslexia. Increase your understanding and connection with your child as you help them embrace their uniqueness and thrive on this challenging journey!Send us your questions, comments, and guest suggestions to parentingdyslexiajourney@gmail.comAlso check out our YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/@ParentingDyslexiaJourney

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