Teaching Beyond the Diagnosis: Empowering Students with Dyslexia

by Casey Harrison

Tips for tailoring instruction and meeting the needs of dyslexic learners

Looking through both academic and social-emotional lenses, this book will deepen your understanding of dyslexia and help you feel confident in your interactions and implementation of instruction with your dyslexic learners. Written for educators and schools looking for ways to meet the social and emotional needs of dyslexic learners, scaffold instruction, and successfully implement accommodations, Teaching Beyond the Diagnosis provides a concrete framework for promoting self-confidence and student success. Author Casey Harrison, creator of The Dyslexia Classroom, shares her unique approach to creating dyslexia-friendly classrooms, providing accommodations and in the moment scaffolds as well as helping students build self-advocacy skills. This book will allow you

Meet the needs of dyslexic learners both academically and emotionally Understand what dyslexia is, how it impacts learning, and what implications it has beyond the reading classroom Learn research-based techniques to enhance, differentiate and scaffold instruction, promoting learning in students with dyslexia Develop empathy and understanding, both in yourself and in the broader educational community, and promote inclusive classrooms This book is for anyone who wants to help students with dyslexia find self-confidence and K-12 educators, as well as parents, administrators, and aspiring teachers.

Genres: Education

316 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 5, 2025

Reviews

[Leann N Hakala]

This is an absolutely essential, foundational book that has helped deepen my understanding of dyslexia and more importantly, how to support students with dyslexia. The current systemic school structure has some of these strategies already; we have a significant way to go, however. It is a critically under supported area, especially as students get older. I am incredibly grateful to have read this, because now there are clear anchoring points that sorely need to be put into effect.

[Karin Haggerty Lewis]

Excellent chapters on reading instruction scaffolds for struggling students…

[Chris]

If you are a dyslexia therapist, this book has some great tools in it to use with your therapy. if you are a teacher, you should read this to learn more about dyslexia and what you can do to help your students and advocate for them in your classroom.