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Parent Reading Guide: What parents need to know about reading skills and struggling readers

Reading instruction is undergoing changes in Ontario. To help you start making the change to evidence-based literacy instruction, LD@school created the Parent Reading Guide: What parents need to know about reading skills and struggling readers. This guide was intended to help improve the understanding of the Science of Reading among educators and concerned parents.

 

Click here to view and download the Parent Reading Guide: What parents need to know about reading skills and struggling readers.

Looking for more ways to help the parents of struggling readers and students with learning disabilities?

In 2017, LDAO launched a website for parents: LD@home (www.LDatHome.ca)! LD@home is a free resource for parents of students with learning disabilities (LDs) from kindergarten to grade 8. Its goal is to help bridge the gap between school and home.

Click here to visit the LD@home website.

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