YCDC Co-Director Dr. Sally Shaywitz was recently featured on the “Learn Smarter” podcast
YCDC Co-Director Dr. Sally Shaywitz was recently featured on the “learn Smarter” podcast. In these informative and engaging conversations, Dr. Shaywitz discusses her groundbreaking book, Overcoming Dyslexia 2nd Edition, and talks about her advocacy work with policymakers, the signs of dyslexia, the Sea of Strengths Model, the Connecticut Longitudinal Study and the Shaywitz Dyslexia Screen. In Part 2 of the discussion, Dr. Shaywitz talks about the importance of evidence based interventions versus research based interventions, how parents can improve fluency with their children, why dyslexia is so often missed, and how critical accommodations are.
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