These are dyslexia resources I've found very useful over the past 8 years. Parents have to be the experts on dyslexia, then educate the schools (teachers, IEP team, school psychologists, board of educ...). Only a few states have comprehensive dyslexia laws to date, yet often the school districts are either not aware of the laws (federal "IDEA" or their state laws), and/or not implementing properly. Many of these articles I've emailed my son's teachers, thus I've provided those that are brief and to the point.     
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1 – SIGNS of DYSLEXIA at Different AGES
http://www.dyslexia-reading-well.com/dyslexia-symptoms.html
 
2 - U.S. Depart of Educ- 10/23/15- letter “Use of DYSLEXIA in IEP’s”
http://www2.ed.gov/policy/speced/guid/idea/memosdcltrs/guidance-on-dyslexia-10-2015.pdf
 
3 - 20 Things To Know About Dyslexics
http://healthcaresolutionsplus.org/20-things-only-parents-of-children-with-dyslexia-would-understand/
 
 
4 - GREAT Book: “The Secret Life of the Dyslexic Child” by Dr. Robert Frank (dyslexic author) – Terrific book!!!  I have 3 copies, which I lend to his teachers each year.
 
5 - International Dyslexia Assoc. http://eida.org/fact-sheets/
 
6 - The Dyslexic Advantage (book) - reviews the advantages a dyslexic person has in four specific and unique abilities

7- Overcoming Dyslexia (book) - by Sally Shaywitz (leading authority at Yale)

8-  The Yale Center for Dyslexia & Creativity    http://dyslexia.yale.edu/Accommodations.html

9 - The Dyslexia Handbook (Texas)  - a state that is far ahead of the rest of the states - good material 
    http://www.decodingdyslexiatx.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Dyslexia-Handbook-Updated-2014.pdf

10 - "Sample" CHART to SHOW Reading Progress or Lack of It- (see sample chart above). This is a sample only. You can chart anything on the Y- axis that you want -i.e. DRA level, wpm... Chart your child's, and the regular /normal progression through the past and recent academic year, to show "lack of progress".

11 - Letter from US Depart of Education  (Use of RTI) -http://www.rti4success.org/sites/default/files/RTI%20Memo_1-21-11r.pdf

12- Feb. 2016 - READ Act (federal level) BILL PASSED!!! Gives $2.5M /yr 2017-2021 - to educate on identification of dyslexia, training educators... 

13- Oct 2016 - ADA Guidelines for Work & School - Testing, Retesting... http://www.dyslexicadvantage.org/dyslexia-and-accommodations-new-ada-guidelines-2016-for-school-and-work/

​14 -Sept 2017 - https://www.apmreports.org/story/2017/09/11/hard-to-read- EXCELLENT ARTICLE_ "How American Schools Fail Kids With Dyslexia"













Learning about dyslexia can really help teachers with struggling kids, as it’s estimated approx. 20% of the population has some degree of dyslexia (85% of those with an LD).

SAMPLE CHART: You can create a chart showing progress or lack of reading progress. VISUALS tell the story! This sample shows the upward trend after intervention was introduced. You could also create a similar chart showing "no progress" and use as a basis for additional support. Use DRA, or other metrics used to monitor progress. Get data as far back as you can - last years at a minimum.