Empowering Students with Dyslexia in the Classroom: Making Accommodations Meaningful and Accessible
Tuesday, October 8, 2024
Accommodations act as a bridge to the curriculum for students with dyslexia and other language-based learning differences. Within our classrooms and schools, mindful considerations must be made to ensure accommodations are meaningful supports, accessible to students, and designed with the student in mind to act as a vehicle for learning. During this session, we will dig into how we can introduce and address accommodations within classrooms to remove the stigma or shame that may accompany their use and instead focus on building and preserving self-esteem and developing agency.
Attendees will learn:
- How mindful and intentional application of accommodations sets students with dyslexia up for success.
- Key recommendations for supporting students with dyslexia in the academic setting.
- A deeper understanding of high- and low-tech accommodations within the classroom.
Presenter
Casey Harrison, founder of The Dyslexia Classroom and Wimberley Dyslexia and Learning Center, is a certified academic language therapist (ALTA), licensed dyslexia therapist (TX, ALTA), certified Structured Literacy dyslexia specialist (IDA), and a qualified teacher with more than 27 years of experience. She works with parents, teachers, and preK–12 students at her private practice, providing dyslexia therapy, literacy instruction, consultations, resources, and training. She also sits on the National Board of the Academic Language Therapy Association. In addition to her private practice, she has a podcast, Together in Literacy, which focuses on dyslexia, literacy instruction, and the whole child. She is a national presenter and author of Teaching Beyond the Diagnosis—Empowering Students with Dyslexia Through the Science of Reading (release 2025). Harrison’s dedication to advocating for all students, especially those with dyslexia, and highlighting the connection between academics and the social-emotional well-being of students with learning differences is evident in her work. She lives in Texas with her husband, their three daughters, and many animals in their little slice of the country.
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