R.E.A.D.S.

R.E.A.D.S. (Recognizing, Educating, and Advocating for Dyslexic Students)
(a non-profit organization serving Columbus, IN and the surrounding area)

Affiliation: Operates under the fiduciary of The Arc of Bartholomew County

R.E.A.D.S. Vision:
Ensure that children with dyslexia can realize their full potential

R.E.A.D.S. Mission:

• Promote policy changes at the federal, state, and local level to recognize and support dyslexia in our education system

• Bring scientifically validated teaching methods to our schools

• Provide support to children with dyslexia and their families

Currently, R.E.A.D.S. stays up-to-date with the first two areas of our mission, but is focused on supporting individual families by connecting them to the infrastructure of supports in our state.

Facebook: Columbus Indiana READS

Links on Dyslexia:

• Video Kelli Sandman-Hurley: What is dyslexia?
  https://www.ted.com/talks/kelli_sandman_hurley_what_is_dyslexia?language=en

• International Dyslexia Association
  https://dyslexiaida.org/

• Indiana's Dyslexia Toolkit
  https://www.in.gov/doe/files/dyslexia-toolkit-feb-21-v2.pdf

Links on Reading:

• The Reading League
  https://in.thereadingleague.org/

• Podcasts by Emily Hanford, APM Reports
  https://features.apmreports.org/reading/

• The Science of Reading Parts 1-3 from Zaner-Bloser

  • The Reading Brain
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWWCmuAEBB4

  • The Simple View of Reading
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtDEMHMRd8E

  • Scarborough's Reading Rope
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JR7GbAHntQ4

• Reading as Liberation—An Examination of the Research Base
  https://achievethecore.org/page/3336/reading-as-liberation-an-examination-of-the-research-base