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How This Approach Helps Students With Dyslexia Learn to Read

By Jaclyn Borowski — April 18, 2023 4:47
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The Odyssey School just outside Baltimore is an independent K-8 school for students with dyslexia and other learning differences.

To teach students to read, they utilize a reading intervention strategy called Phono-Graphix.

Here, Gaby Edwards, a speech language pathologist at the school, explains how this approach works, and discusses the results the school has seen in their students.

Jaclyn Borowski
Director of Photography & Videography,  Education Week
Jaclyn Borowski is the director of photography and videography for Education Week.
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