The Writing Glitch: Hack Dysgraphia No Pencil Required

Jennifer King is the Founder of Dysgraphia.Life. This research and awareness organization links parents, teachers, therapists, and research teams to promote the Science of Writing. This conversation is a supplement to the one on the Summer Camp Summit.

Their Mission: Our purpose is to provide information, education, beneficial products and services to  those with learning disabilities and writing difficulties. We aim to create a supportive community where people can share in common experiences and help others succeed.

They have lots of free workshops for you to enjoy.

Watch this presentation from June 2021. Dysgraphia? What is it anyway?

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In today's episode, Marie Lewis shares how her son's life with autism changed her life. She hired multiple lawyers and kept demanding that her son be helped. By the time her son was leaving school, she realized that she could help others advocate for their children. Her background as a nurse administrator gave her a unique perspective on the IEP. She relates the IEP to a care plan. Anyone who has taken her course hears these words repeatedly during her training: Specially designed instruction and well-written goals make a great IEP. Listen to our conversation. Meet my mentor and Executive Director of the National Special Education Advocacy Institute, Marie Lewis.
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She is offering a free gift through the end of 2023. 20 IEP questions to ask at the IEP table.

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My guest today is Tanya English. She is a chiropractor from Iowa who has found healing through not only chiropractic care, as you normally think about it, but she also incorporates other techniques into her practice to support healing without "cracking" the bones. In this episode, she decreases some pain in my back. We also talk about the reticular activating system.

The reticular activating system (RAS) is a collection of nerve fibers that filter the sensory information to our brain. Without this system working efficiently, we would be mentally interrupted by every sensation around us. For example, have you ever had a tag on your clothes that just won't stop bugging you? Your RAS has not filtered the tactile sensation efficiently, so that you can ignore it.

Listen in to allow Tanya to calm your day.

Dr. Tanya English
https://healingwiththeblues.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/drtanyaenglish/
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Cheri Dotterer
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https://thewritingglitch.com/
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Nancy (Disterlic) Hannagan is passionate about empowering teachers with the latest research-based, practical strategies so they can assist their students in reaching their full reading potential. Nancy loves to share her expertise in equipping students, parents, and school districts with the skills they need to develop academic and social independence. Today, shares some of her innovative solutions to build independence and confidence in our students with disabilities. Listen in to hear how this champion dyslexia teacher and consultant helps students, parents, and teachers. Therapists, there are gold nuggets for you also.

Connect with Nancy:
Dyslexia Connects
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Heather Hodgins-Chan and I met several years ago because I responded to a post she put on Facebook from On the Ball Pediatric Physio & Occupational Therapy. She reached out, and we have had several discussions over the years. Her specialty is trauma-informed care. As a co-founder of the practice, she is also a mentor to the other therapists working there. Her unique perspective sheds light on how students respond to their environment, and she guides the other therapists who may be struggling to achieve success with students.

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Intervention: Breathing with The Handstand Flip

Cheri Dotterer, Dysgraphia Expert
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Here is the rest of the podcast episode with Jennifer Choi. In this part of our conversation, we talk about truancy in schools, especially in NYC. Have you ever considered polling your community as to why students are missing days at school? Jenn and her partners released this survey last fall. They let it accumulate responses for a few weeks. They posted the results recently.

She offers a free IEP Meeting Checklist and information about her survey. Links are listed below.

Reach out to Jenn
Website: Special Support Services
School Refusal Survey
IEP Meeting Checklist
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Today's Sponsor:
Dotterer Educational Consulting
Writing Challenge
Math Challenge

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Cheri Dotterer
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Today is part one of a two-part series with Jennifer Choi of Special Support Services in New York City. She discusses the untapped brilliance of students with Twice Exceptionalities and how they can be supported in the classroom. As a parent of a gifted student with writing challenges, Jenn hired an advocate who is now one of her business partners. They offer assistance to help parents have a voice in educational planning through IEP advocacy, role-playing and skill-building with students, and sharing information with the community. Yet, they remain affordable for single parents.

I also share my story of being denied support for my son, who is exceptional in math, yet is average in literacy. He does have several scores that lowered his overall IQ, which impacted his executive function skills. These barriers to self-direction interfered with a unique program that we trialed for him in 7th grade.

Reach out to Jenn
Website: Special Support Services
Email: [email protected]

Today's Sponsor:
Dotterer Educational Consulting
Writing Challenge
Math Challenge

Reach out to your host:
Cheri Dotterer
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Tammy Musiowsky-Borneman and Christine Arnold, authors of The Minimalist Teacher, share ideas for creating culture changes and lifelong learning. Cheri speaks to Tammy while she is in Hawaii and Christine from the Netherlands. These international teachers create innovative pedagogy to decrease stress and minimalize visual stimulation around the classroom. They share their Framework of the 3 Ps: Purpose, Priorities, and Pared down.

Tammy owns Plan Z Professional Learning Services. Through her business, Tammy partners with other teachers to speak worldwide. In addition to partnering with Christine, Tammy has also partnered with LaVonna Roth of Ignite Your SHINE, an educational consulting agency that supports building confidence. SHINE is an acronym for Self - Heart -Inspire - Navigate -Exceptional

Contact Tammy @PlanZPLS on Twitter and Planzplservices.com
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Contact Christine @carnold005  on Twitter
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Their book: The Minimalist Teacher MinimalistTeacherBook.com

Freebee: To-do Toolkit

Mentions:
Ignite Your Shine with LaVonna Roth
The Energy Clock by Molly Fletcher

Intervention:
White space: Increasing space to support students with difficulty tracking.

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Seventeen years ago, Peggy Ployhar put her career on hold to help her autistic son. Three children later, she now owns a non-profit called SpEdHomeschool. The agency offers free resources for parents to educate their children, especially those with special needs. In this episode, Peggy shares why homeschooling her son changed his life and where he is today.

Her non-profit also offers a summer camp for families with special needs in Minnesota. They need volunteers, funds, and supplies. If God leads you to donate, thank you in advance for your time, supplies, or money.

Intervention: Cheri shares several ways to air-write letters and words using a technique that stimulates both sides of the brain and embeds memories using all forms of sensory-motor input. The intervention is completed in 30 seconds! How cool is that?

Connect:
Peggy Ployhar
SpEdHomeschool.com
Facebook
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Join The Writing Glitch Community to hear when the next 5-Day Challenge begins. Each month is different. Each week is catered to the people coming live to the Challenge. We offer one for writing  and another for math challenges.

Please note we take the summer for our families. We do not offer Challenges or podcast episodes in June and July. Register your email for weekly updates.

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For speaking opportunities, go to my home page: Cheridotterer.com
You will find information about my book, Handwriting Brain-Body DisConnect.
While you are there, download my free guide, "What is dysgraphia?"

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Sarah Collins is an occupational therapist who is also homeschooling her children. Her journey began when she worked in home health and was helping a family who was homeschooling their children. She realized that she could do that too. After some time, she also realized that she could help this new community of homeschooled families that she was now part of. She trains OTs how to be sensitive to homeschool needs and parents about OT-related topics such as handwriting. We met because she reached out to me asking to do a presentation for her parent community. Then, we realized that we both live in Pennsylvania and are only about an hour apart. Today, she joins us to share her thoughts about how OT, handwriting, and homeschooling come together to support students.