Articles from October 2026

Preschool students hold up foam letters of the alphabet

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.
A teacher and student looking at word flash cards at a desk.

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.
Learning Disability Hub

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.
Q&A with Dr. Seth King, Professor of Special Education

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.
A young girl writing in a book.

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.