GCISD Dyslexia Plan

Texas Dyslexia Handbook:

https://tea.texas.gov/sites/default/files/texas-dyslexia-handbook-2021.pdf

https://tea.texas.gov/sites/default/files/2021-dyslexia-handbook-appendix-questions.pdf

https://tea.texas.gov/sites/default/files/2021dyslexiahandbookimportantchangesforfamilies.pdf

https://tea.texas.gov/sites/default/files/2021dyslexiahandbookimportantchangesforfamilies_spanish.pdf

Listening and Reading Evoke Almost Identical Brain Activity:

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/326140#Potential-applications-of-semantic-maps

Audiobooks or Reading?  To Out Brains It Doesn't Matter

https://www.discovermagazine.com/mind/audiobooks-or-reading-to-our-brains-it-doesnt-matter

Please check here for information on our Dyslexia program!

What IS dyslexia?

http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-is-dyslexia-kelli-sandman-hurley

Listening Isn't Cheating:  How Audio Books Can Help Us Learn:

https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2016/08/18/listening-isnt-cheating-how-audio-books-can-help-us-learn/

Science Proves Reading to Kids Really DOES Change Their Brains:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/science-proves-reading-to-kids-changes-their-brainsus55c26bf4e4b0f1cbf1e38740

How Parents Can Build a Word-Rich Life for Children with Dyslexia:

http://dyslexia.yale.edu/PAR_wordvocab.html

What's Going on inside a Dyslexic Person's Brain:

https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/09/11/whats-going-on-inside-a-dyslexic-students-brain/

Including your child in school meetings about their dyslexia:

https://www.understood.org/en/community-events/blogs/my-parent-journey/2016/05/03/how-my-son-with-dyslexia-became-an-early-self-advocate

Dyslexia and Related Disorders

https://tea.texas.gov/academics/special-student-populations/special-education/dyslexia-for-parents-7428.pdf