READ Academy of Sacramento
Videos
Video explainers from READ Academy of Sacramento's specialized tutoring center for children with dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, and ADHD. Each one breaks down a single topic from the clinical work of founder Dr. Leah Skinner, Ed.D., with chapters and a full transcript.
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Student Advocacy
How to Ask Your School for a Dyslexia Evaluation
The short answer To have your child evaluated, send your school district a written request saying you suspect a disability and want a…
7:57
Student Advocacy
What Research Actually Says About the Dyslexic Brain
What this video explains Most of what parents hear about dyslexia is framed as a deficit — what a child cannot do yet.…
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Student Advocacy
Is It Anxiety, or Is It Reading?
What this video explains When a child starts avoiding schoolwork, melting down over homework, or saying they hate school, the behavior is usually…
4:55
Learning Differences
How Smart Kids Hide Dyslexia Until High School
The short answer A bright child with dyslexia can read a page without decoding most of it. Strong vocabulary, good memory and fast…
5:41
Learning Differences
Why Summer Hits Dyslexic Kids Harder
What this video explains Every child loses some ground over summer. Children with disabilities lose considerably more — NWEA measured two to three…
6:21
Learning Differences
Dyslexia, Dysgraphia and Dyscalculia: How to Tell Them Apart
What this video explains Dyslexia affects reading, dysgraphia affects writing, dyscalculia affects number sense. They are distinct conditions with distinct instruction — and…
4:48
Tutoring and Intervention
What Multisensory Learning Actually Looks Like
What multisensory structured learning is Multisensory structured learning teaches reading by engaging sight, sound, touch and movement at the same moment, in an…
5:30
Tutoring and Intervention
Dyslexia and Anxiety: Breaking the Cycle
The short answer Anxiety and dyslexia reinforce each other. A child who struggles to read experiences daily, public failure, which produces anxiety; anxiety…
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Tutoring and Intervention
How EBLI Teaches Reading: Speech to Print, Explained
What this video explains EBLI stands for Evidence-Based Literacy Instruction. It is a structured literacy program created in 1997 by Nora Chahbazi, and…
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Assessment and Testing
How to Read Your Child’s Dyslexia Test Results
The short answer Most dyslexia reports use standard scores, where 100 is exactly average and roughly two-thirds of children fall between 85 and…
4:30
Assessment and Testing
Dyslexia Testing in Sacramento: What Each Route Actually Gives You
The short answer There are three different things people call “dyslexia testing”. A screener is a short check that flags risk; California requires…
3:45
Assessment and Testing
Is It ADHD, or Is It a Reading Problem?
The short answer ADHD can absolutely make reading harder — a child who cannot sustain attention will lose the thread of a paragraph…
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IEP and 504 Plans
Does an IEP Teach a Child to Read?
What this video explains Not by itself. An IEP only teaches reading when specially designed instruction is written into it — a structured…
IEP and 504 Plans
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A new explainer in this series is in production.
IEP and 504 Plans
Video coming soon
A new explainer in this series is in production.
