Park City's Resource For Children with Dyslexia
General, IEPs & 504 Plans, Parents, Professional Development & Conferences, Structured Literacy & Orton-Gillingham, Teachers, Utah News · May 15, 2019 · Link to original article
The Utah State Board of Education published a Dyslexia Handbook in 2018. PC READS Executive Director, Elissa Aten, participated in the taskforce that drafted this important document. It is a resource for educators and parents and we encourage all to read and share it!
Parents, Park City School District Articles, Park Record Articles, PC READS in the News, Structured Literacy & Orton-Gillingham, Teachers, Utah News · October 11, 2017 · Link to original article
PC READS is proud to be collaborating with the Park City School District, the Park City Education Foundation and The Hall Family Fund on a Dyslexia Initiative which includes implementing Wilson Fundations in our elementary schools. What a wonderful example of a public/private partnership to benefit our students!
“Reading is an essential life skill that is not always easy to learn. The Park City School District recognized that, and with help from the local nonprofit PC READS and donors, it began a new reading program for teachers to help all students learning to read.”
General, Student Videos, Students, Utah News · October 12, 2016 · Link to original article
Watch this segment of Good Things Utah featuring Decoding Dyslexia – UT‘s Karee Atkinson and YES! Program‘s Ava speaking about dyslexia. This is good to share with your kids, too!
Park City School District Articles, Park Record Articles, PC READS in the News, Structured Literacy & Orton-Gillingham, Teachers, Utah News · October 4, 2016 · Link to original article
Exciting news in Park City, UT during Dyslexia Awareness Month! Read about the Dyslexia Initiative pilot program which is bringing Wilson Fundations to one school and Comprehensive Orton-Gillingham to 5 educators. PC READS was instrumental to this project’s development and is very proud to be collaborating with the Park City School District, the Park City Education Foundation and the Ty & Karen Hall Foundation on this important work.
General, Utah News, Videos · September 30, 2016 · Link to original article
Watch and share this Public Service Announcement made by DD-UT, in conjunction with Reading Horizons! It also features Utah’s YES! Ambassadors!
National News, Research & Science, Teachers, Utah News · July 1, 2016 · Link to original article
Research Report written by Utah Foundation. Two sections of particular interest to PC READS are entitled, “Literacy Efforts in Colorado” and “Literacy Efforts in Utah.” A quote from the report:
In 2008 the Commissioner established the Colorado Literacy Council to advise the CDE on literacy initiatives, including systems for the review of literacy content in educator preparation programs. That same year, the Colorado Legislature passed HB08-1223, which created technical assistant programs to help teachers intervene early with children who have literacy challenges such as dyslexia. Sponsor of the bill representative Mike Merrifield, explained at the time that effectively addressing dyslexia was one of the keys to reaching the governor’s goal of increasing the literacy rate and cutting Colorado’s drop-out rate in half in the subsequent 10 years.
National News, Utah News, Videos · July 7, 2015 · Link to original article
This KSL news feature about CO schools outperforming UT schools is based on a study and report prepared by Utah Foundation. We encourage all PC READS members to read the full report: Lessons from Our Neighbor: Learning from Colorado’s Educational Success. Specifically, take a few minutes to read the sections entitled, “Literacy Efforts in Colorado” and “Literacy Efforts in Utah.” A quote from the report:
In 2008 the Commissioner established the Colorado Literacy Council to advise the CDE on literacy initiatives, including systems for the review of literacy content in educator preparation programs. That same year, the Colorado Legislature passed HB08-1223, which created technical assistant programs to help teachers intervene early with children who have literacy challenges such as dyslexia. Sponsor of the bill representative Mike Merrifield, explained at the time that effectively addressing dyslexia was one of the keys to reaching the governor’s goal of increasing the literacy rate and cutting Colorado’s drop-out rate in half in the subsequent 10 years.
National News, Utah News · February 5, 2015 · Link to original article
Article about SB117, which would implement a three-year pilot program providing $650,000 to be set aside to train teachers on how to recognize and intervene for students with dyslexia.
IEPs & 504 Plans, Utah News · Link to original article
Information provided by the USOE on Section 504 of the ADA.
IEPs & 504 Plans, Utah News · Link to original article
Information specific to Utah Special Education services may be found in this section of the USOE website.
Parents, Student Videos, Students, Teachers, Utah News, Videos · February 19, 2015 · Link to original article
This video features Utah students with dyslexia (including a few Park City students!) and was shown at the State House when DD-UT was working to gain support for S.B. 117: Interventions for Reading Difficulties Pilot.
Utah News · Link to original article
Congratulations to the 5 Utah school district who applied for and are receiving grants from SB 117 to support dyslexic students: Cache County School District ($115,000); Box Elder School District ($60,000); Provo School District ($60,000); Tooele School District ($60,000); and Layton Elementary in Davis School District ($30,000).
Utah News · October 7, 2015 · Link to original article
The focus of this NY Times article from October 2015 is on a social impact bond providing funding to preschools in Utah.
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