Free Parent/Caretaker Virtual Workshop – Dyslexia/Reading Difficulties

1p.m. – Reading 101

• How reading happens in the brain
• Types of reading difficulties
• Who do I talk to if I think my child has reading difficulties?
• Dyslexia in Kentucky
• Hindman Settlement School Dyslexia Services in Knott, Perry, Hazard and Leslie County Schools

2 p.m. – What to do if my child has been identified with a reading disability?

• Angry and afraid: It’s normal!
• Don’t ask for the PROGRAM, ask for the PLAN
• What can I do at home?

Break

3 p.m. – Older learners with reading difficulties
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• What do I do now?
• How can we embrace the uniqueness of the brain?
• Study skills, study skills, study skills!

Presented by:

• Anna M. Hardway, Master’s level Reading Specialist and Educator
• Ola Pigman, Dyslexia Program Director, Hindman Settlement School