The Dyslexia Mom Boss: Recent Episodes
Dr. Lauren
Hey Boss Moms! I am Dr. Lauren, CEO and founder of Think Dyslexia. I’ve been a special educator for over a decade working with elementary and secondary students ranging from specialized private schools to public schools to non-profits and working as a learning specialist coaching teachers, students, and parents through their child’s special education journey. From my experience as an Orton-Gillingham trained and certified practitioner and a dyslexia specialist, I have seen how undiagnosed (or even diagnosed) dyslexia can run through a family with little to no resources. Although I am NOT dyslexic, I did struggle in school with undiagnosed ADHD and anxiety and truly understand the struggles, pain, and trauma students face when they’re misunderstood or don’t get the support they truly need to thrive NOT survive.Understanding and attacking dyslexia and other language based learning differences isn't just about interventions and school partnership. Yes, those certainly matter but there is SO much below the surface for the child and family. It’s a five pronged approach: Parental Support, School Systems, Special Education Process, Understanding the Disability, and Social Emotional Education. Because I’m a mom, I am focusing on moms to become the BOSS of their child’s dyslexia journey. This podcast explores motherhood, mom guilt, understanding that this is a JOURNEY and how to put on YOUR oxygen mask FIRST before going full speed ahead with the special education process to fight for your child's rights and SO much more.I’m here to guide you every step of the way through this journey! Are you ready to gain resources and knowledge to become confident and lose the overwhelm? Are you ready to become a Dyslexia Mom Boss? Join me, and let’s level up together!
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Part 2: We delve into signs and symptoms and types of dyslexia.
Types:
1. Phonological dyslexia
2. Visual dyslexia
3. Surface dyslexia
4. Primary dyslexia
5. Secondary/Developmental dyslexia
6. Trauma or Acquired dyslexia
Signs & Symptoms from The Mayo Clinic
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It's hard being a mom, but it's even harder being a teacher mom helping other students when your child is struggling and you feel helpless. Tune into these 15 powerful affirmations to get your day started!
This is the beginning of a 4 part series. This episode will delve into the following:
- IDA definition of dyslexia
- Common myths to debunk
- Comorbid disabilities
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Homework can be a challenging time for both child and parent. All parties are tired because it's the end of the day and most likely, you're not in the right mindset. Boss up with these 15 affirmation to get your mind right!
We know how emotionally draining these meetings can truly be. It's time to boss up and feel confident walking into these IEP meetings. Take a moment to BOSS up with these 15 affirmations. Remember, you're a BOSS mom yesterday, today, and tomorrow.
Self regulation is a MUST! Go and listen to episode 2 if you haven't heard that one. Otherwise, prepare to soak in these 15 powerful affirmations to get your day kicked off.
New to the process? A veteran? Either way, IEP meetings can be contentious, emotional, and overall draining. Let's get prepared to be a BOSS and level up! We delve into 6 ways to approach an IEP meeting and feeling successful. We delve into the following:
- Write a list of issues that you feel are important
- Prepare your own questions and items to address
- Be an informed participant in the process
- Review the written notice of the IEP meeting and all attendants
5. Find your people and network - Know your child, focus on their strengths
Plant positive thoughts in your mind and release the mom guilt. Focus on these 15 powerful affirmations to start your day! Remember, you are a BOSS mom yesterday, today, and tomorrow.
You want to know how to start that conversation as a newly diagnosed family? I got you!
You want to know how to open up the conversation when you're not a new parent in the game but realize there are things you didn't know you could ask? I got you!
You're an educator who is tired of fighting the system and going through all the red tape and want to help your parents? I got you!
Together, we will delve into these 5 questions:
1. How is the term specific learning disability different from a term like dyslexia?
2. Can a school identify a specific learning disability and then use terms like dyslexia, dyscalculia, and dysgraphia in its evaluation?
3. Can terms like dyslexia, dyscalculia, and dysgraphia be useful in a child’s
evaluation and IEP?
4. Are there legal reasons for a school to avoid terms like dyslexia, dysgraphia, or dyscalculia?
5. How can using specific terms like dyslexia, dyscalculia, and dysgraphia impact
the interventions selected for a child?
Join me in this episode for this RICH discussion!
In today's episode, we will talk specialized private schools vs. public school and what’s right for you and your family! We will touch on the following topics:
- What's inclusion?
- Difference between specialized private school v. private school
3. Cost. Funding
Then, I offer 4 action steps to help you in the process! Tune in to this week's episode to delve in!
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In today's episode, we will talk about homework and what’s the purpose! This is a HOT topic because some believe in homework and some don’t. Homework is rooted in some teacher's philosophy and pedagogy. But let's get to the objective, is it for "busy work"? is it just to give homework to give homework? Let's delve into HOW you can navigate this. I will discuss the following topics:
- Why homework?
2. What's the purpose of homework?
3. How to accommodate homework
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In today's episode, we will talk about educating the educator. I get a lot of questions about this and I think it’s something to delve into. I want to give context and perspective from both the educator AND parent view. I will outline the following:
1. Teacher prep programs aren’t preparing educators.
2. The importance of a partnership between schools and parents
3. I offer 4 pro tips to help you educate the educator!
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Do you use affirmations to change your mindset? This episode delves into the power of affirmations for you and your neurodivergent child. Be sure to register for the virtual conference, Building Readers for Life hosted by The Literacy Nest.
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We know whenever our child is the objective of negativity or if they’re not performing well, or not doing well academically, we don’t feel good as parents. We start to internalize and ask ourselves negative questions like, “am I a bad parent?”, “why is my kid doing this?”, or, “Is there something I could’ve done or didn’t do?” all the things, right?
This episode applies the self regulating tools from episode three into an IEP scenario that can help you understand what tools you need to feel like a dyslexia mom boss in the journey.
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Let’s be honest here, when our children are hurt or in pain whether it’s physically or emotionally, we will do ANYTHING and everything to fix it and make it better. But we’ve got to learn the skills to regulate our emotions to be able to think logically when the tough gets going in those rough parent/teacher conferences or messy IEP meetings.
This episodes delves into 5 strategies to set you up for success in training yourself on how to self regulate. We will delve into the following:
- Reframe behavior
- Recognize stressor
- Reduce the stressor
- Reflect
- Restore energy
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This week's episode delves into the power of boundaries. I walk you through 6 strategies that work when you implement them consistently! Let's embark on this d3 journey TOGETHER.
6 Boundary Strategies
- Be clear & concise
- Be assertive
- Demonstrate appreciation
- Broken record
- Know your limits
- Release the guilt
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Welcome to the FIRST episode of the Dyslexia Mom Boss podcast. This episode gives you the context of who Dr. Lauren is and why you should tune in weekly!
This podcast is for anyone interested in learning more about d3 (dyslexia, dyscalculia, and dysgraphia) and strategies and ways to support the neurodiverse brain. The audience is geared towards moms, but everyone is more than welcome to list!
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