Dyslexia Digest
Haggard Middle School
Dallas IDA Art Contest Do you want to help spread the word for dyslexia awareness? Do you enjoy art? https://dal.dyslexiaida.org/art_contest/The Dallas chapter of the International Dyslexia Association is hosting an art contest. Click the link for all of the information. | Need Some Help? Feeling overwhelmed with the amount of reading and writing you have to do? Technology can help! PISD has some great tools to read text aloud, write using your voice, etc. Click here for the link. | Learning Ally Link Learning Ally Link is a fantastic app that is downloadable to your Chromebook or your phone. It will read almost any book you want it to read - with a human voice, not an electronic one. Click here for more information. Let Mrs. Johnson know if you need a login ID. |
Dallas IDA Art Contest
https://dal.dyslexiaida.org/art_contest/The Dallas chapter of the International Dyslexia Association is hosting an art contest. Click the link for all of the information.
Need Some Help?
Learning Ally Link
What is dyslexia?
Here is the definition provided by the International Dyslexia Association:
“Dyslexia is a specific learning disability that is neurobiological in origin. It is characterized by difficulties with accurate and/or fluent word recognition and by poor spelling and decoding abilities. These difficulties typically result from a deficit in the phonological component of language that is often unexpected in relation to other cognitive abilities and the provision of effective classroom instruction. Secondary consequences may include problems in reading comprehension and reduced reading experience that can impede growth of vocabulary and background knowledge.”
Adopted by the IDA Board of Directors, Nov. 12, 2002. Many state education codes, including New Jersey, Ohio and Utah, have adopted this definition. Learn more about how consensus was reached on this definition: Definition Consensus Project.