Author: susanwhitehead
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Free Webinar: Co-Creating Neuroinclusive Spaces
The Literacy Spark and the Dyslexic Positive Libraries Initiative are teaming to offer a free webinar: Co-Creating Neuroinclusive Spaces, Thursday, September 24th, 7:00–7:30 p.m. EDT, Free to all (registration required). You can also register to receive recordings of other sessions in the Return to School Ready! Series. Return to School Ready Series You’re invited to…
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Rainbow Harvest Fest
The Literacy Spark and The Dyslexic Positive Libraries will be tabling at Mosaic Vermont’s Rainbow Harvest Festival on Saturday, September 19 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on the Vermont Statehouse Lawn. Join us as we share our advocacy work so all can learn to read through engaging, hands-on activities, including a Frank the Fish…
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Literacy Games in the Library
There are so many ways to make literacy learning fun while building foundational skills. In this video, literacy specialist Emily Carley and academic librarian Susan Whitehead sit down to play three literacy games: Alphabet UNO, Alphabet Sequence Game, and Fistful! A VCCCV Syllable Game. Along the way, they share candid, unscripted conversations about today’s literacy…
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DPLI Adventures
The DPLI team is presented at ALA Annual 150 Year Anniversary Conference this summer in Chicago. We worked hard and we had fun! Instructional Methods to Reach Neurodiverse Students Did you know that lectures and demonstrations are problematic forms of implicit instruction? These methods heavily rely on working memory and neurotypical processing speeds in the…
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Literacy Nook
Literacy Nooks are intentionally prepared welcoming spaces in the library for engaging hands-on literacy learning that directly supports programming with access to letter games, phonogram cards, decodable narrative and expository text and positive message that support all learning to read. Learn more about Literacy Nooks & Decodable Books See All DPLI Programming & Materials
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We Believe in SoR Literacy
“We believe in evidence-based, Science of Reading (SoR)-Aligned literacy instruction.” -The Dyslexic Positive Libraries Initiative Team Terms Used What is Structured Literacy Instruction? Structured Literacy, as defined by The Reading League, is a comprehensive approach to literacy instruction that emphasizes the structure of language, including phonology, sound-symbol associations, syllables, morphology, and syntax/semantics. It focuses on…
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Diverse Thinkers
Let’s celebrate the value diverse thinkers bring to our world! Picture of the ceiling of the Sagrada Família cathedral by dyslexic architect Antonin Gaudi in Barcelona, Spain. cosmicenema. 2011. Sagrada Familia Ceiling. Deviant Art, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 Eide, Brock, and Fernette Eide. Dyslexia WOW Poster. Dyslexic Advantage. Used with permission.
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Translating Literacy Research into Resources
The Dyslexic Positive Libraries Initiative (DPLI) is committed to translating literacy research into free, practical, resources that are ready for library use. DPLI Materials
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VLA Exhibit & Giveaway
The Dyslexic Positive Libraries Initiative (DPLI) will be presenting an interactive Literacy Nook Exhibit at the upcoming Vermont Library Association conference on June 1st at the University of Vermont Howe Howe Library. The exhibit will include: Thanks to generous support by Vermont Humanities, the Vermont Library Association, and the Community College of Vermont, we will…