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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Pro tip to parents of vulnerable readers out there.....  get your kid into no tech school through 8th grade.  Vulnerable middle school boy students especially need to be reading actual books and writing with actual pencils / pens.  They need to create those brain pathways.

The ship has sailed relative to getting your student to read once they are in high school (and truthfully, middle school for most) so if they are using tech all day at middle school - your hesitant reader will play with learning apps all day and miss out on the critically necessary reading and writing time they need to get their skills to fluent levels.

You only get one shot at this...  don't be in a position where you are sending your poor reader kid off to high school. Tech is a disaster for a large percentage of students. [/quote]

I don't know what "vulnerable readers" means, but tech is vital for students with learning disabilities. They need access to grade level content in the form of audiobooks while they are learning how to read. They need technology (voice to text or typing) in order to convey grade level content and ideas while learning how to write.

No tech means that they can only learn/show what they know at the level of their decoding/encoding, rather than at their cognitive abilities. They also need to be taught how to read and write IN ADDITION TO using technology to access grade level content.[/quote]

As the parent of a child with dyslexia, I disagree.

We are prepared to have her work with audiobooks as she gets older, but for now, we have her in a ton of tutoring and she reads physical books.

We expect she will use dictation and audiobooks as she needs to read large amounts of text and write longer essays, to deal with fatigue that comes with reading and writing a lot of material. But we feel strongly that while she’s learning to read, she maximizes her potential to read without technological assistance.[/quote]
As the parent of I child with dyslexia, the opposite has been true for DC. The tech was critical, and due to exactly how the dyslexia manifests for our kid, we were advised to have them listen to audiobooks WITHOUT reading along in a physical book (opposite of what is best for many dyslexic students). It’s important to know what is best for your child’s specific needs regarding their learning difference, and also be aware that other students, even with the same diagnosis, may need different tools and strategies. [/quote]

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