Reading opens the door to limitless opportunities
The Dyslexia Resource Center is helping open the door for the 1 in 5 people with dyslexia.
The #1 hub for dyslexia resources, training, and support in Louisiana.
We believe every child with dyslexia deserves the opportunity to reach their full potential, and we're passionate about making a lasting difference in their lives.
read moreLet’s Take the Mystery Out of Dyslexia
If you or someone you love has dyslexia, you've likely witnessed their struggle. It's painful to feel helpless. That's why the Dyslexia Resource Center is a helping hand for parents, educators, and other community champions. Together, we can break the cycle of stigma and take the mystery out of dyslexia.
Parents and Caregivers
Schools and Districts
Educators and Community Champions
Institutions and Agencies
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Understanding Dyslexia Empowering Success for All
Our purpose is to take the mystery out of dyslexia so everyone can access the professional help they need to lead successful lives.
Bill of Rights
The Dyslexia Bill of Rights outlines the rights any person with dyslexia should be granted.
1.Accurate diagnosis
Students who have a suspected area of disability are entitled to an assessment, regardless of whether they are in a public, private, or charter school.
2.Evidence based
All students deserve to have a written plan of action from the school, specifying the evidence-based intervention, frequency, and measurable objectives. This must be arrived at by a consensus between parents and teachers.
3.Use the word “Dyslexia”
Schools must use the word “dyslexia” so that proper diagnosis and evidence-based instruction and intervention can be applied.
4.Accommodations
Accommodations must be provided to ensure that the students’ abilities, not their disabilities, are being assessed. Examples: extra time on tests, speech-to-text or text-to-speech technology, foreign language waiver or alternative.
5.Friendly enviroment
A supportive environment that promotes educational and professional progress must be provided to enable dyslexic individuals to flourish to their full potential.
Our Partners
Our key partnerships furthering dyslexia education and personifying the Dyslexia Bill of Rights include:
Yale Center for Dyslexia & Creativity
The mission at the Yale Center for Dyslexia & Creativity is a mission we share. In short, to illuminate, disseminate, and transform the world for dyslexic individuals and their families. Our founders partnered with the Yale Center's founders to further this close-to-our heart goal that led to the DRC becoming the only Louisiana-based organization recognized and endorsed by the Yale Center for Dyslexia & Creativity. We're both passionate about making accurate information accessible to communities so that we can work towards ending the stigma that surrounds dyslexia.
Louisiana Key Academy (LKA)
The founders of the Dyslexia Resource Center also founded Louisiana Key Academy, the only public charter school in Louisiana just for students with Dyslexia. Today, the 5+ year partnership between the center and the academy provides dyslexia screening and testing support and materials to the academy, as well as teacher training and professional development to the teaching staff.
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WHAT IS DYSLEXIA?
An unexpected difficulty in reading for an individual who has the intelligence to be a much better reader.
Dyslexia is most commonly caused by a difficulty in the phonological processing which is the appreciation of the individual sounds of spoken language, which affects the ability of an individual to speak, read, and spell.
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