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Dyslexia awareness month is an annual event aimed to further understanding of dyslexia.

Check out our original comic series, starring Kayla, a girl with dyslexia. We recently added Issue #4!

Check out our original comic series, starring Kayla, a girl with dyslexia. We recently added Issue #3.5!

Listen to this podcast from Military Child Education Coalition and Dr. Sarah Sayko, Deputy Director of the National Center on Improving Literacy, on improving reading outcomes for children with dyslexia and other literacy-related disabilities.

The National Center on Improving Literacy has partnered with the Journal of Learning Disabilities to produce virtual abstracts for articles in a special series on improving outcomes for students with learning disabilities.

We caught up with Julianne Masser, Ph.D., who was diagnosed with dyslexia in the 1st grade, and she is still succeeding with Dyslexia!

Dyslexia awareness month is an annual event aimed to further understanding of dyslexia.

Checkout our new Implementation Toolkit that helps schools and families join efforts to support children’s literacy growth in remote or blended learning environments.

We've gathered some resources and activities you can do when your child is unable to attend school.

Explore this new Implementation Toolkit that helps parents and educators learn about dyslexia and how to support the literacy development of students with dyslexia.

Check out our original comic series, starring Kayla, a girl with dyslexia. We recently added Issue #3!

What's New in November? Read about the exciting new tools and resources we recently published.

Meet Julianne Masser, a Ph.D. student in the School Psychology program at the University of Oregon, who was diagnosed with dyslexia in the 1st grade.

Does your state have dyslexia legislation?

Dyslexia awareness month is an annual event aimed to further understanding of dyslexia.

NCIL’s Deputy Director, Sarah Sayko, discusses tools for research-based literacy in schools in this episode of PodClassed.

NCIL’s researchers, in partnership with experts from our Dyslexia Work Group, have authored a new paper to provide an overview and some insight into what is known about screening for dyslexia.

NCIL staff member Dr. Scott Baker was recently interviewed by Dawn Durham of the Pennsylvania Training and Technical Assistance Network (PaTTAN). Listen to this short podcast to learn more about NCIL’s mission, tools, and resources!

ReadingShire Campout was built by NCIL literacy experts with instructional design expertise. It includes 2 mini-games that have children identifying letter sounds to improve their phonemic awareness and alphabetic knowledge.

NCIL staff and expert coaches are working in several states to provide intensive technical assistance and professional development focused on students with or at risk for literacy-related disabilities, including dyslexia.

On October 1 and 2, 2018, NCIL hosted a meeting featuring experts in the fields of dyslexia research, advocacy, and instruction. The goal of the meeting was to obtain feedback to inform NCIL’s work specific to dyslexia for the upcoming years.

Dyslexia awareness month is an annual event aimed to further understanding of dyslexia. We have events scheduled and are releasing tools and featuring resources that aim to raise awareness and understanding of dyslexia all month.