Resources

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Find the most up to date and accurate information via websites, videos and books about dyslexia and what programs have been scientifically proven to help struggling readers.

 
 
 

Dyslexia Defined

 

Provides the most scientifically valid and clinically accurate definitions and information available.

Go to the YALE Center

Wilson Reading System

 

Discover more about why the Wilson Reading System (WRS) is intensively structured, so widely used, recommended for struggling readers, and why Wilson certified teachers are the key to your readers success.

Go to Wilson Reading System

Headstrong Nation

 

Information for adults, parents, and students about dyslexia, resource list, text-to-speech and speech-to-text demos.

Go to Headstrong Nation

Learning Ally

 

Human recorded audiobooks for qualifying students, Free webinars and information about dyslexia for parents and educators.

Go to Learning Ally

Learning Ally's 1 in 5 Student Initiative

 

Learning Ally's student page, with information about dyslexia and learning tools for students.

Go to 1 in 5

Parents Helping Parents Techsploration

 

Parents Helping Parents in San Jose, CA has many helpful resources and programs for various learning issues. Their Techsploration is an opportunity for students to try out various types of technology that may be helpful for different learning challenges.

Go to PHP Techsloration

PEN- Parents Education Network

 

Grassroots parents' group with programs to support students with learning and attentional differences, including SAFE program for teens and EdRev Expo.

Go to PEN

UCSF Dyslexia Research Center

 

The mission of the UCSF Dyslexia Center is to eliminate the debilitating effects of developmental dyslexia while preserving and even enhancing the relative strengths of each individual. In addition, we aim to develop best practice protocols to implement individually catered interventions in classrooms throughout the country.

Go to UCSF Dyslexia Center

Understood.org

 

Understood.org provides accurate information and support for many different learning challenges. There is information available in English and Spanish.

Go to Understood.org

 
 

Dislecksia: The Movie

 

A film by Harvey Hubbell V with the goal of bringing awareness to the condition of Dyslexia and the resources and support needed to deal with it.

Film Website

Journey Into Dyslexia, HBO Documentary Films

 

Addresses common misconceptions about dyslexia, challenges faced by children with dyslexia, as well as their great potential.

Watch documentary on Amazon

SuperDville

 

Multimedia resource for kids aged 5-12, videos featuring real kids with dyslexia and ADD.

Go to SuperDville

The Big Picture: Rethinking Dyslexia

 

Dyslexia myths and truths, interviews with dyslexic children and experts.

Watch on Amazon

 
 

Overcoming Dyslexia by Sally Shaywitz, M.D.

 

Excellent overview of dyslexia, with advice for parents and educators, by the co-director of the Yale Center for Dyslexia and Creativity

See book on Amazon

The Dyslexia Empowerment Plan by Ben Foss

 

Advice from a successful dyslexic on how to discover your child's strengths, build self-confidence, work with schools, and create a successful learning plan.

See book on Amazon

The Dyslexic Advantage by Brock L. Eide, M.D., M.A. and Fernette F. Eide, M.D.

 

Dyslexic brain differences and associated strengths.

See book on Amazon

The Illustrated Guide to Dyslexia and Its Amazing People by Kate Power and Kathy Iwanczak Forsyth

 

A visual guide to dyslexia, encouraging and appropriate for all ages.

See book on Amazon