Embracing Dyslexia, a
documentary film currently in production, takes a hard look at dyslexia
in the classroom and the role administrators, teachers, and parents play
in ensuring that dyslexic students are given the tools they need to be
successful in school and in life.
Directed by Luis Macias, father to a dyslexic child, the film will feature parents who share emotional stories of their anxiety and frustration over failing to understand why their children were struggling with reading, writing, and spelling and the life-altering impact the word dyslexia had on their lives. Dyslexic children and adults courageously open up and speak honestly about their dyslexia, sharing the failures and successes they have had inside and outside of school. Experts and educators will define dyslexia, illustrate why it is absolutely vital that schools screen these struggling learners for dyslexia as early as possible, and reveal how support at home, accommodations in the classroom, and effective instruction can take a child from feeling stupid, dumb, or broken to believing in themselves and knowing they can be successful.
For being the most common learning disability, dyslexia is grossly misunderstood in the one environment where it can least afford to be -- our schools. Embracing Dyslexia sets out to change this by enlightening and inspiring those who are responsible for the education of these precious children.
Directed by Luis Macias, father to a dyslexic child, the film will feature parents who share emotional stories of their anxiety and frustration over failing to understand why their children were struggling with reading, writing, and spelling and the life-altering impact the word dyslexia had on their lives. Dyslexic children and adults courageously open up and speak honestly about their dyslexia, sharing the failures and successes they have had inside and outside of school. Experts and educators will define dyslexia, illustrate why it is absolutely vital that schools screen these struggling learners for dyslexia as early as possible, and reveal how support at home, accommodations in the classroom, and effective instruction can take a child from feeling stupid, dumb, or broken to believing in themselves and knowing they can be successful.
For being the most common learning disability, dyslexia is grossly misunderstood in the one environment where it can least afford to be -- our schools. Embracing Dyslexia sets out to change this by enlightening and inspiring those who are responsible for the education of these precious children.
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