Dyslexia Resources
Phone: 720-972-4000
Dyslexia Parent Resources
- CDE: Dyslexia Fact Sheet- Colorado Department of Education quick fact sheet about dyslexia
- Understood- Website, tools, articles, webinars for teachers and parents
- IDA- International Dyslexia Association Website
- ILA- International Literacy Association website
- Adams 12 KID - A group of Five Star parents promoting awareness of dyslexia and dysgraphia
Assistive Technology
Read&Write for Google Chrome: Read&Write for Google Chrome is an extension that provides comprehensive reading and writing supports for Google Docs and files stored in Google Drive.
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Read&Write offers a range of powerful support tools to help students gain confidence with reading, writing, studying and research, including:
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Text-to-speech to hear words, passages, or whole documents. Read aloud with easy-to-follow dual color highlighting, dictate words to assist with writing, proofreading & studying
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Text and picture dictionaries to see the meaning of words explained
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Word prediction offers suggestions for the current or next word as you type
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Collect highlights from text in documents or the web for summarizing and research
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Create and listen to voice notes directly inside of Google Docs
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Simplify and summarize text on web pages to remove ads and other copy that can be distracting
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Bookshare Web Reader: Allows students to read books (novels and textbooks) instantly in a web browser (Google Chrome) utilizing the following features based on the student's needs:
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Word- and sentence-level highlighting, synchronized with built-in Audio on Google Chrome and Safari
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Beeline Reader (the Beeline Reader's colors may help students that skip or repeat lines of text while reading)
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Text options including highlighting and background themes, font sizes and Open Dyslexic Font options (text option with weighted letters)
- Audio options including speech speed and voice