Support for Dyslexics & Web Resources

ASHA’s website is for professionals (i.e. speech-language pathologists, audiologists) and students who are members of ASHA. It contains information about different language disabilities and a directory for you to find a professional within your state.

IDA is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping dyslexic individuals and the families who support them. Their website contains information on dyslexia, an online bookstore, and much more.

LD Online provides up-to-date information on learning disabilities and ADHD for adolescents, adults, parents, and professionals. There are numerous articles and forums, as well as a directory of professionals, schools, products, and much more.

Lime Connect recognizes that people with disabilities should be able to reach their goals and not be branded by their disabilities. Develop a profile, apply for positions, attend webinars, and more.

NCLD is an online resource striving to ensure that every individual with learning disabilities has the tools to succeed in school, work, and life. Browse their deep pool of information by school, by age, or a custom search.

This website offers a wealth of information for assisting children ages birth through 21 with disabilities. OSEP also offers resources to help states, local district personnel, and families to better assist students with disabilities.

This non-profit center is dedicated to the prevention of reading failure. They provide evidence-based professional development to educators and information and resources to families. The explicit, systematic approach to teaching the basic language skills of reading, writing, and spelling allows all students to thrive.

This non-profit is dedicated to empowering the parents of children with learning disabilities and ADHD. They strive to change the perception of learning disabilities as a stigmatizing condition.

Decoding Dyslexia—MI aims to raise dyslexia awareness, empower families to support their children, and inform policy makers on best practices to identify, remediate, and support students with dyslexia in Michigan public schools.

Grand Traverse Dyslexia Association serves children and adults with dyslexia by providing one-on-one tutoring in reading and spelling, training to tutors and teachers, and community education to enhance awareness of dyslexia and the challenges faced by people with dyslexia.

If you live in Michigan and need (or know someone who needs) resources on special education rules and regulations, this section of michigan.gov is a great place to look.

Brainspring provides quality, research-based professional development to educators, special education teachers, and reading specialists across the country and has six tutoring centers in the metro Detroit area. They developed Phonics First^®, their very own nationally accredited Orton-Gillingham methodology to teaching literacy.

SLD Read, based in west Michigan, teaches social, emotional, and whole life skills to help boost reading skills. They enhance curricula to effectively reach learners with dyslexia and other reading challenges through their 1-to-1 literacy tutoring and educator and parent training.

Developed by the Stern Center, the Building Blocks for Literacy course promotes early literacy skills for children in preschool and K-3 environments. The Building Blocks on-demand course is suited for classroom teachers, ELL educators, literacy coaches, paraprofessionals, reading specialists/interventionists and includes 9 professional development hours.

Are you looking for a specific college major, location, or school size and are unsure of where to begin? CollegeBoard has a wonderful search tool that you can use. Just enter in your specific criteria and search colleges that will suit your needs.

This free, easy-to-use website is designed for parents to help their children with math. The site contains math games, video lessons, flashcards, printable math worksheets, and much more. Be sure to also visit these two sister sites: HelpingWithWriting.com and HelpingWithVerbs.com.

These short lessons for adolescent and adult learners will increase ability to decode (read), pronounce, and/or understand meanings of words while supplementing world knowledge. Selections focus on words found in academic textbooks, classical literature, and high-stakes testing. More words are added weekly.

This free website is filled with worksheets and teaching tips on how to incorporate extra practice reading in the classroom. It is a great supplement for developing good reading skills or teaching good reading habits.

Rhyme Desk is an interactive writing tool for poets, songwriters, and copywriters. Use features like the synonym and antonym search, dictionary, and thesaurus to help you.

If you are a speech-language pathologist, this website has dozens of great activities, games, worksheets, and other resources for you to use with your clients.

The Yale Center for Dyslexia & Creativity strives to illuminate the strengths of those with dyslexia and disseminate information, practical advice, and the latest research to transform the lives of people with dyslexia. Their website is a great resource

This is a great resource to discover new learning opportunities through the Universal Design for Learning. There are descriptions of new research the Center is working on, learning tools, and much more.

If you are looking for information on independent schools across the country that specialize in teaching students with dyslexia and learning disabilities, our Independent Schools page has dozens for you to research.

The University Center for Language and Literacy has offered intensive language and literacy intervention, evaluations, and consultations to clients of all ages and from all parts of the country.

This website provides excellent information and resources to assist parents and professionals. Areas targeted included attention, reading, writing, and mathematics.

This Facebook group is a great support system for anyone in special education using iOS devices or apps. The group includes teachers and other professionals who share their recommendations for apps or products for those who need them.