Dyslexia is defined by the National Institutes of Health as “a brain-based type of learning disability that specifically impairs a person’s ability to read.” (For thoughts on diagnosis and evaluation, see “When Should I Get My Child Evaluated?”)

Many parents have successfully taught dyslexic children at home. The resource list below is a good starting place for your research; for support and more suggestions, visit our forums and hear from other home educators about what’s worked (and what hasn’t).

Informative websites:

Dyslexic Advantage 

Yale Center for Dyslexia & Creativity

The Monarch Institute

Decoding Dyslexia

Training for parents and educators:

Orton-Gillingham Training 

Wilson Language Training

Discuss dyslexia with other parents:

https://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/588101-could-this-be-dyslexia

https://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/588904-when-to-take-a-dyslexic-student-out-of-public-school/

https://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/499390-dyslexia-long-term/

Helpful books:

Stanislas Dehaene, Reading in the Brain: The New Science of How We Read

Brock L. Eide, M.D., and Fernette F. Eide, M.D., The Dyslexic Advantage: Unlocking the Hidden Potential of the Dyslexic Brain

Sally Shaywitz, M.D., Overcoming Dyslexia: A New and Complete Science-Based Program for Reading Problems at Any Level

Reading curricula:

All About Reading

The Barton Reading & Spelling System

Dancing Bears

Other language arts resources:

Apples & Pears (spelling)

Spelling Success

Super Duper Grammar Processing

Magnetalk (general language skills)

Testing and diagnosis (these do not replace evaluation by a trained professional!):

Tests from Pro-Ed, Inc.

COVD (vision) screening

Math:

Ronit Bird