Articles from October 2026
D Is for Decontextualized Instruction
Tuesday, October 27, 2026
Preschool students who receive decontextualized alphabet instruction demonstrate higher outcomes in phonemic awareness and letter-name and letter-sound identification accuracy and fluency than those who receive contextualized instruction.
Reading Interventions for Students With or at Risk for Dyslexia: What Does the Research Say?
Tuesday, October 20, 2026
What do we know about effective literacy instruction for students with or at risk for dyslexia? This post provides a breakdown of research by Hall et al. (2023) that analyzed forty years of reading intervention research.
New Learning Disability Hub Provides Resources to Support All Learners
Tuesday, October 6, 2026
The Learning Disability Hub provides resources to educators and caregivers interested in learning about characteristics of students with learning disabilities and how to support and advocate for these students.
You Can Do Both: Growing up Twice Exceptional With Seth King
Tuesday, October 6, 2026
Dr. Seth King, a professor of special education at the University of Iowa, shares his experiences of being a twice-exceptional student with dysgraphia.
More Than Messy Handwriting: What Dysgraphia Is and How It Appears Across Grades
Thursday, October 1, 2026
In Part 1 of this blog post series, Hardeman and Young address what dysgraphia is and how it can present across grade levels.