Dyslexia Awareness Month

Dr. Hollis Scarborough received AIM's inaugural eponymous award at our 2019 Research to Practice Symposium. Her talk, A Case History of a Twisty Metaphor, provides an informative and entertaining history of her Reading Rope graphic. Go to minute 16 for the start of her presentation following the award presentation.

In order to examine the content and coursework of both AIM Pathways training programs and the curriculum we use with our students at AIM Academy, we worked closely with researcher Dr. Julie Washington, a member of our Research Advisory Board.

Dr. Elsa Cárdenas-Hagan shares information about assisting English learners in this recap of her talk at a past Center for Literacy and Learning Plain Talk conference. We look forward to welcoming her back to AIM on 3/14 as a panelist at our 10th Research to Practice Symposium. 

This Harvard Graduate School of Education 8-minute video by professor Nonie Lesaux is a good reminder the importance of Teacher Talk, the ways teachers can support and boost literacy and student growth when using complex vocabulary and detailed sentences. 

Resha Conroy, founder of the Dyslexia Alliance for Black Children, shares her perspective as a parent of a child with dyslexia in this video for the Decoding Dyslexia Oregon - Black Literacy Summit. We look forward to having her present our our March 14, 2022 Research to Practice Symposium - Understanding the Influence of Linguistic Variation on Reading.

Whether she's teaching AIM students how to make a Play-Doh brain or presenting on neuroscience research, Dr. Fumiko Hoeft is always a Literacy Voice we like to hear and learn from. This TEDxSausalito talk focuses on the union between dyslexia and creativity.

Kareem Weaver's declaration that there can be no equity, no social justice, without literacy resonates with us. We look forward to him joining our 3/14 Research to Practice Symposium to further this important discussion. This radio interview focusing on reading in Oakland highlights how important the the Science of Reading and training teachers in structured literacy is for all children.

Emily Hanford has brought the Science of Reading to mainstream media. Her in-depth APM reports on dyslexia, reading comprehension and literacy instruction for teachers are driving parents and schools to make important changes in how we teach children to read and how we teach our teachers. She was a panelist at our 2020 symposium where she shared her thoughts on the importance of research in the field of literacy.