In this episode, you’ll hear about dyslexia from individuals and families from around the country who’ve learned to thrive with it during our “In the Know” segment. Next, our national panel of experts will provide advice on how families can empower children who have dyslexia during our “Ask the Experts” conversation. Later, you’ll met our latest “Difference Maker,” a Florida mother whose advocacy for her son with dyslexia morphed into a worldwide mission to equip parents and educators to decode dyslexia.
Past Episodes
S2, E7: Ask The Experts – Empowering Students with Dyslexia
For strategies and advice to empower your child with dyslexia, on this episode of “A World of Difference,” we turn to the experts: Jen Burch, Rosemarie DeJarnett, Dr. Dennis Eastman, and Dr. Nicole Tetreault.
S2, E6: Ask The Experts – Assistive Technology with Google’s Laura Allen
Our “Ask the Expert” guest gets personal with assistive technology, offering insights and strategies to help families best leverage assistive technology to enhance your child’s chances for success. Laura Allen is the Head of Strategy for Accessibility and Disability Inclusion at Google.
S2, E5: Ask The Experts – Magic of Music for Kids who Learn Differently
Discussing the magic of music for children who learn differently are this episode’s panelists: Frank Fitzpatrick and Dr. Alice Hammel.
S2, E4: Ask the Experts – Getting the most out of IEPs
For answers to questions like what happens at IEP meetings and for strategies to ensure your child’s IEP provisions are implemented, we turn to the experts: Melissa Mayor, Fiona Rattray, and Ann Siegel.
S2, E3: Ask the Experts – Teaching LD Kids to Love Their Differences
For families rearing children with learning differences, teaching them to embrace their differences can be tricky. For help, we turn to the experts: Venus Beulah and Monica Barreto, Ph.D.
S2, E2: Ask the Experts – Timing College for LD Teens
For families rearing children with learning differences, figuring out whether college is in the offing, and if it is, how to actively take part in the transition planning process, can be tricky. For answers to these and other important questions, we turn to the experts: Dr. Jill K. Corbin, Dr. Wanda M. Hadley, Josephine Vonarburg, and Alexander Morris-Wood.
S2, E6: Difference Maker – Jeanne Betancourt
Growing up, Jeanne Betancourt struggled to learn to read and write. Her struggle to master those skills led her to hone in on the world around her, soaking up details. Years, later, Betancourt discovered a passion for making up stories and writing them down. Good thing. Betancourt parlayed her storytelling into a successful career as a children’s book author, a chapter in her life that she credits her dyslexia for authoring.
S2, E6: Assistive Technology for Students Who Learn Differently
On this episode of Beacon College’s A World of Difference, you’ll discover the latest assistive tech gadgets and gizmos in our “In the Know” interview with Assistive Technology Industry Association CEO David Dikter. Next, we’ll take a deeper dive into AT in our “Ask the Experts” conversation with Google’s accessibility guru Laura Allen. Finally, you’ll meet our latest “Difference Maker,” Jeanne Betancourt, who leveraged her dyslexia to write a happy ending as a popular children’s book author. All episodes at AWODTV.org
S2, E5: Difference Makers – Ulysses Owens Jr.
For Ulysses Owens Jr., the three Rs often was accompanied by a backbeat as he often passed time in class treating his desk as a drum kit. He was later diagnosed with ADHD, but the little drummer boy parlayed his BAR-RUMP-A-THUMP-THUMP into becoming the first African-American drummer admitted into The Juilliard School and later into a Grammy Award-winning jazz career.
