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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Imagine a place where - 
All children were screened for dyslexia?
All reading instruction was "OG" (or another approach that supported students with dyslexia)

All children would benefit from this approach - not just students with Dyslexia.  The costs to train teachers would offset the down stream costs.

But no - the money goes to those who can lobby the strongest.  [I am looking at you Reading Recovery].
It is criminal as they knew that the approach they were using was not supporting children. [/quote]

This. One million percent.

- Former Reading Specialist [/quote]

It's not viable in a public school where class sizes approach 30. OG relies on 1 on 1 or extremely small group instruction. [/quote]

So if teaching kids to read isn’t a viable option, then what is the point of school systems. Truly, it seems like the bare minimum that should be accomplished in schools. [/quote]

I'm a teacher.  All schools need to screen for dyslexia and provide 1:1 and or 1:small group support to ensure all kids learn to read.  The federal government needs to stop spending money on less important priorities and pony up to recruit, train and hire reading specialists trained to help students with dyslexia.  It's my opinion that the entire education system needs to change in radical ways.  I hope the teacher shortage avalanche ends up doing some good as the country has to wrestle with education as a whole.

To the person who suggested that people who get trained to help students with dyslexia sometimes take a pro-bono kid.  This is my plan. I wouldn't do it for free, but I plan on saving one spot for one kid at a reduced rate.  I had a wonderful trauma therapist who saw me for years at a reduced rate because my family could not afford her rate.  I want to help someone like she helped me.[/quote]

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