IDA Fact Sheets

Convenient, professionally reviewed materials designed to help improve understanding and support advocacy initiatives.

General information

• Definition Of Dyslexia
• Dyslexia Basics **NEW**
• Dyslexia and the Brain
• Helpful Terminology
• Understanding Your Dyslexia

Assessment

• Is My Child Dyslexic?
• Parent Checklist **NEW**
• Dyslexia assessment
• Testing and Evaluation
• Universal Screening   **NEW**
• Gifted and Dyslexic: Identifying and Instructing the Twice Exceptional Student

What works - Structured Literacy Instruction

• Structured Literacy
• Multisensory Structured Language Teaching
• A Parent's Guide to Effective Instruction **NEW**
• Orton-Gillingham-Based And/Or Multisensory Structured Language Approaches
• Spelling
• Gifted and Dyslexic: Identifying and Instructing the Twice Exceptional Student
• Evaluating Educational Professionals
• When Educational Promises Are Too Good to Be True **NEW**

Emotional issues

• The Dyslexia-Stress-Anxiety Connection
• Social And Emotional Problems Related to Dyslexia

Schooling

• Managing Your Child’s Education: Creative And Smart Ideas
• Accommodating Students With Dyslexia In All Classroom Settings
• Why Homeschool a Student with Dyslexia?
• At Risk Students and the Study of Foreign Language in School
• Transitioning from High School to College

Adolescents and Adults

• Information And Resources For Adolescents And Adults With Dyslexia — It's Never Too Late
• Transitioning from High School to College

Other conditions

• Understanding Dysgraphia
• Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (AD/HD) and Dyslexia **NEW**

Recommended Readings

• Recommended Reading for Children and Teens
• Recommended Reading For Parents
• Recommended Reading for Professionals