[kids-lib] Statistics and new laws: Why should public libraries in Oregon learn more about dyslexia?

[Katie Anderson]

After sending this email<http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/pipermail/kids-lib/attachments/20150723/c96704ee/attachment.html> about library services for dyslexic patrons, I was invited to attend a workshop about dyslexia presented by Barbara Steinberg at Multnomah County Library (thank you!). Many of you know Barbara because she has presented 'Becoming Thinkers' about how children learn to read at an OLA Annual Conferences, CSD Workshop, and two Focus Institutes.

This is the first in a series of three emails about dyslexia.

Why should public libraries in Oregon learn more about dyslexia?

*         5%-20% of school-age children in the U.S. have a reading disability-depending on definitions of the reading disabilities (American Academy of Pediatrics, 2011)

*         80% of people with learning disabilities have dyslexia (American Academy of Pediatrics, 2011)

*         That is a lot of people; perhaps as many as 1 in 5 people have dyslexia! We will soon start learning how many people with dyslexia there are in Oregon specifically because two bills that were just passed into law by the Legislature this year.

*         Every student enrolled in public school in Oregon will be screened for dyslexia in kindergarten or first grade (Senate Bill 612<https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2015R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB612/Enrolled>)

*         Standards for approval of educator preparation programs must require that the program provide instruction on dyslexia and that the instruction be consistent with the knowledge and practice standards of an international organization on dyslexia (House Bill 2412<https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2015R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2412/Enrolled>)

*         Where will families with children recently diagnosed with dyslexia go for help? The library!

Get more information about Oregon's new dyslexia legislation and statistics here: http://www.decodingdyslexiaor.org/legislation/

The second email will be about what dyslexia is and the third email will be about what libraries can do for people with dyslexia. Expect them in one and two weeks.

Thanks,
Katie


Katie Anderson, Youth Services Consultant
Library Support and Development Services<http://www.oregon.gov/osl/LD/pages/index.aspx>
Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301
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