Fran Levin Bowman
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Fran Levin Bowman
@franbowman1
Educational Specialist. Love testing kids, training tutors, writing programs for dyslexics, and running my business.
Work on language comprehension at their thinking level.Ultimately,dyslexics will be able to read text on their own-but until then,make comprehension a “print-less” activity.Keep them intellectually engaged,learning vocab. & not guessing at words they can’t decode. #ogwinter2021
"One of the most exciting outcomes of dyslexia research is the firm conclusion that with early identification and appropriate instruction it is possible to 'overcome' dyslexia (Shaywitz, 2003) or even 'prevent' it (Fletcher, et al., 2019; Gaab, 2019)." Hasbrouck, in press
#juneogplus2021 Liberman, Shankweiler&Liberman: “Awareness of phonological structures is lacking in preliterate kids & adults;the degree to which it does exist is the best single predictor of success in learning to read...”#startingwithwholewordsdoesntmakesense #startwithsounds
Requires BUSD to universally screen for risk of dyslexia, supplement its core curriculum to include phonics & PA instruction, adopt reading intervention programs aligned with the Science Of Reading🧵 dredf.net/student-a-sett… #dyslexia #CAdyslexialawsuit #UniversalScreening #SB237
I completed my OG+ training and I am super excited! This was an awesome course and I can’t wait to help struggling students. Thank you @StephPratt3 @SarahAnnHawkey and of course @franbowman1 for making this course amazing! #julyogplus2021 #FCPSVanguard