Dyslexia Journey | Real Stories & Strategies for Thriving with Dyslexia

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we share 10 specific things you can do right now to ensure that your #dyslexic kid starts out the school year strong! Links to a few resources that we mentioned: https://portal.learningally.org/login https://www.grammarly.com/ https://chat.openai.com/ We're Sonja and Nick — parents of a dyslexic kid and your guides on this journey. We created Dyslexia Journey...

Send us Fan Mail In this video, we discuss four ways that dyslexia can affect the lives of our kids outside of school and academics. We're Sonja and Nick — parents of a dyslexic kid and your guides on this journey. We created Dyslexia Journey because we know how isolating it can feel when your child struggles with reading and school isn't helping. Every episode brings practical strategie...

Send us Fan Mail Lynn and Jonathan Greenberg are the authors of the picture book, “Robby the Dyslexic Taxi And the Airport Adventure”, which is available at https://www.amazon.com/Robby-Dyslexic-Taxi-Airport-Adventure/dp/B0BTZVVX8H/ We are excited to share our interview with them, in which we explore what life was like for Jonathan growing up with dyslexia, and for his mother Lynn, who supported h...

Send us Fan Mail In part 3 of our popular series on dyslexia in everyday life, we discuss five more ways that dyslexia affects everyday life outside of a school setting. We're Sonja and Nick — parents of a dyslexic kid and your guides on this journey. We created Dyslexia Journey because we know how isolating it can feel when your child struggles with reading and school isn't helping. Eve...

Send us Fan Mail Amy Dobronyi (pronounced duh-BRO-nee) is a Co-founder and Co-chair of COKID (Colorado Kids Identified with Dyslexia - https://www.cokid.org/), a grassroots parent group, whose mission is to improve the lives of individuals with dyslexia through advocacy, education, and legislation. She also helps run the Dyslexia Resource Group and DCKid (Douglas County Kids Identified with Dyslex...

Send us Fan Mail Amy Dobronyi (pronounced duh-BRO-nee) is a Co-founder and Co-chair of COKID (Colorado Kids Identified with Dyslexia - https://www.cokid.org/), a grassroots parent group, whose mission is to improve the lives of individuals with dyslexia through advocacy, education, and legislation. She also helps run the Dyslexia Resource Group and DCKid (Douglas County Kids Identified with Dyslex...

Send us Fan Mail This week we bring you a rebroadcast of one of our most popular episodes. Also check out our YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/@ParentingDyslexiaJourney for some new shorts this week! Sometimes there are clues that a child is dyslexic that involve context and the big picture that you might see more clearly than others as a caregiver. In this video, we dig into some of the po...

Send us Fan Mail In part 1 of our new series on the benefits of dyslexia, we dive into visual-spatial strengths. We're Sonja and Nick — parents of a dyslexic kid and your guides on this journey. We created Dyslexia Journey because we know how isolating it can feel when your child struggles with reading and school isn't helping. Every episode brings practical strategies, expert interviews...

Send us Fan Mail In part 3 of our continuing series on ChatGPT and AI, we discuss the ramifications of AI for accommodations for students with dyslexia. Here are the three articles that Sonja mentioned: https://www.dyslexicadvantage.org/the-fight-with-robots-ai-writing-chatgpt-causing-trouble-for-dysgraphic-students/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/12/29/handwritten-essays-defeat-chat...

Send us Fan Mail In the final segment of our three-part interview with author and literacy advocate Cheri Rae, she shares her top tips to help you advocate for your dyslexic child on their journey! Here is a biography of Cheri: Two words best describe the direction of Cheri Rae’s writing career: worthy causes. After graduating from California State University Northridge with a degree in Political...

Send us Fan Mail 5 tips for helping your dyslexic child during summer break! We're Sonja and Nick — parents of a dyslexic kid and your guides on this journey. We created Dyslexia Journey because we know how isolating it can feel when your child struggles with reading and school isn't helping. Every episode brings practical strategies, expert interviews with psychologists, educators, and...

Send us Fan Mail In this video, we provide five more specific ways your dyslexic student can benefit from using ChatGPT. You can find ChatGPT at https://chat.openai.com/ We're Sonja and Nick — parents of a dyslexic kid and your guides on this journey. We created Dyslexia Journey because we know how isolating it can feel when your child struggles with reading and school isn't helping. Eve...

Send us Fan Mail In part two of our three-part interview with author and literacy advocate Cheri Rae, we dig into dyslexia denialism, misconceptions about dyslexia, and the reasons for our continued struggles to get our dyslexic kids identified, diagnosed, and taught to read. Here is a biography of Cheri: Two words best describe the direction of Cheri Rae’s writing career: worthy causes. After gra...

Send us Fan Mail In this video, we provide five specific ways your dyslexic student can benefit from using ChatGPT, plus a few things to watch out for. You can find ChatGPT at https://chat.openai.com/ We're Sonja and Nick — parents of a dyslexic kid and your guides on this journey. We created Dyslexia Journey because we know how isolating it can feel when your child struggles with reading and...

Send us Fan Mail In part one of our three-part interview with author and literacy advocate Cheri Rae we explore her own journey with dyslexia starting as the parent of a dyslexic elementary school kid, her advocacy work, and her book, DyslexiaLand. Here is a biography of Cheri: Two words best describe the direction of Cheri Rae’s writing career: worthy causes. After graduating from California Stat...

Send us Fan Mail Here are the three books we recommend in this episode: The Dyslexic Advantage: Unlocking the Hidden Potential of the Dyslexic Brain by Brock L. Eide and Fernette F. Eide https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9897792-the-dyslexic-advantage High School Dropout to Harvard: My Life with Dyslexia by John Rodrigues https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36304381-high-school-dropout-to-harvar...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we dig into dyslexia assessments, starting with the four components that the assessments look at, as well as considerations and caveats. We're Sonja and Nick — parents of a dyslexic kid and your guides on this journey. We created Dyslexia Journey because we know how isolating it can feel when your child struggles with reading and school isn't helping. Eve...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we dig into the research around the heritability of dyslexia. Here are our sources for this discussion: This is the 2021 study in Sweden that showed a heritability of 52%: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/dys.1681 This 2012 study identified 6 candidate genes: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0140673612601986 A study from 2020....

Send us Fan Mail Today we discuss several benefits of cooking with your dyslexic kid and provide three tips for making it a fun and successful experience! We're Sonja and Nick — parents of a dyslexic kid and your guides on this journey. We created Dyslexia Journey because we know how isolating it can feel when your child struggles with reading and school isn't helping. Every episode brin...

Send us Fan Mail In this sequel to our popular discussion of ways that dyslexia affects everyday life, we discuss four more ways that dyslexia affects everyday life outside of a school setting. We're Sonja and Nick — parents of a dyslexic kid and your guides on this journey. We created Dyslexia Journey because we know how isolating it can feel when your child struggles with reading and school...

Send us Fan Mail In part 2 of our interview with psychotherapist Donna McCutchen, we dig into the mental / behavioral health challenges that can be associated with dyslexia, how best to support the mental health of our dyslexic kids, what warning signs to look out for, and when to seek professional mental health support. Donna McCutchen is a licensed clinical social worker, experienced psychothera...

Send us Fan Mail In part one of our two-part interview with therapist Donna McCutchen, we explore the concept of radical acceptance as applied to dyslexia, and discover how it can help your dyslexic child thrive, as well as enable you to better emotionally support yourself and your child. Donna McCutchen is a licensed clinical social worker, experienced psychotherapist, and pediatric mental health...

Send us Fan Mail We're Sonja and Nick — parents of a dyslexic kid and your guides on this journey. We created Dyslexia Journey because we know how isolating it can feel when your child struggles with reading and school isn't helping. Every episode brings practical strategies, expert interviews with psychologists, educators, and reading specialists, plus real stories from dyslexic adults...

Send us Fan Mail Congressional School - Explorers Wanted An co-ed independent school in Falls Church, Virginia We're Sonja and Nick — parents of a dyslexic kid and your guides on this journey. We created Dyslexia Journey because we know how isolating it can feel when your child struggles with reading and school isn't helping. Every episode brings practical strategies, expert interviews w...

Send us Fan Mail Your kid may be diagnosed with dyslexia, but dyslexia is not a disease. It's a brain difference that has implications for learning, and perceiving and interacting with information in the world. So let's shift our mindset to support our dyslexic kids.  Here's a link to the book we mentioned in this video, The Dyslexic Advantage: Unlocking the Hidden Potential of the...