July 9, 2017, New Haven (CT) Register: North Haven organization helping Connecticut school district develop strategies for dyslexia http://www.nhregister.com/social-affairs/20170709/north-haven-organization-helping-connecticut-school-district-develop-strategies-for-dyslexia
Heiligenthaler estimates as many as 20 percent of the students identified as having special needs in Norwalk have reading difficulties, including dyslexia. Just how many is uncertain. Until a state law was passed two years ago, dyslexia wasn’t tracked as a specific diagnosis.
The first cohort of six trained Norwalk teachers will be followed by five Norwalk psychologists who will receive training by Fairfield University in how to diagnose dyslexia.
Childhood Lost
Children today are noticeably different from previous generations, and the proof is in the news coverage we see every day. This site shows you what’s happening in schools around the world. Children are increasingly disabled and chronically ill, and the education system has to accommodate them. Things we've long associated with autism, like sensory issues, repetitive behaviors, anxiety and lack of social skills, are now problems affecting mainstream students. Blame is predictably placed on bad parenting (otherwise known as trauma from home).
Addressing mental health needs is as important as academics for modern educators. This is an unrecognized disaster. The stories here are about children who can’t learn or behave like children have always been expected to. What childhood has become is a chilling portent for the future of mankind.