Embracing Dyslexia is a thoughtful and moving exploration of dyslexia from an insider’s perspective, weaving together interviews with parents, adult dyslexics, researchers, educators and experts to provide an accurate portrayal of a learning difference that affects between 15-20% of the population. Parents share emotional stories of their frustration over failing to understand why their children were struggling with reading, writing, and spelling and the life-altering impact the word dyslexia had on their lives. Adult dyslexics courageously open up and speak…

The Gift of a Dyslexia Mind: Growing Up with Dyslexia In this talk, advocate, Cristina Bequer, describes a different take on Dyslexia. By looking at the unique mindset of Dyslexia as a strength, Cristina redefines a perceived weakness as a useful tool. She will share her story and then open up the session for Q&A. Cristina graduated from the University of California Davis with a Bachelors' Degree in Animal Science and is currently applying to Veterinary school. She is also…

From Laboratory to Classroom to Benefit Students and Families: Partnership between the UCSF Dyslexia Center and a School for Children Who Learn Differently. This presentation describes how a school for children with learning differences and a nearby academic medical center built a productive relationship to benefit students and parents and how they shared what they learned in the process. Educators want immediate access to relevant research results that can help them immediately to improve their classroom teaching. Researchers look at…

STRUCTURED LITERACY: IT'S MUCH MORE THAN JUST PHONICS What is structured literacy and how does it support ALL readers? Join Dr. Dale Webster with CORE and Rachel Solis with Center for the Collaborative Classroom. Decades of research have revealed that learning to read does not come naturally. Therefore teaching reading must be done intentionally and purposefully based on what we know to be true. Only 5 percent of the population will learn to read effortlessly. On the other hand, 60…

OUR DATE --- is still "to be determined".  If we are not allowed to have it October 24th, then we will have it January 30, 2021.  Watch our website for future information. Join us for a fun evening playing poker, blackjack or craps.  If you don't know how to play, the dealers are there to help you learn.  It is SOOO much fun - come and join us.  At the same time, you will be helping the Tri-Counties Branch of…

The Effect of Reading Comprehension on Unique Minds is being sponsored by the So CA Tri-Counties Branch on April 10, 2021.  We will be exploring the relationship of how students with unique minds exhibit and learn reading reading comprehension skills more effectively. The Keynote Session will be The Learning Difficulties of Autism Spectrum Disorder and Dyslexia by Dr. Peter Mundy. Dr. Mundy is a professor at UC Davis School of Education and the M.I.N.D. Institute at UC Davis. This will…