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Oct 6
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5.2 Honoring the Emotional Landscape of ...

Emily Gibbons & Casey Harrison
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This week on Together in Literacy we’re starting off Dyslexia Awareness Month by discussing the needs of a demographic that can get left behind – older students with dyslexia in middle school, high school, and beyond. We talk about the social emotional side of working with older students who can struggle with internalized shame, frustration with services, or lack of trust in educators and the tools they use.

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