Dystinct - Issue 13 | January 2023

In this issue

The January 2023 issue of Dystinct Magazine brings to you:

1) What's Stopping You? - Trying a New Reading Approach - by Donna Hejtmanek (Retired teacher and Founder of Science of Reading—What I Should Have Learned in College FB group) and Mary Rudzinski

2) Dystinct Report - by Flynn Eldridge (Journalist at Dystinct.org)

3) Another Way: How Can One Teach Decoding without Rules and Syllable Types? - By Dr Marnie Ginsberg (Literacy Consultant and Founder of Reading Simplified)

4) Then and Now: How Linguistic Phonics and EBLI have transformed my literacy instruction - By Jennifer Newman

5) Supporting Structured Linguistic Literacy at home with games and decodable reading books - By Clair Wilson

6) Journey to Structured Linguistic Literacy - by Nicki Prati

7) The Dystinct Journey of Flynn Eldridge

8) On a Mission - By Nora Chahbazi

9) How and Why a Structured Linguistic Literacy Approach Closes the Gap Quickly

10) Journey to Structured Linguistic Literacy

11) The Dystinct Journey of Nancy and Catie Dressel

12) My Journey Through Literacy Instruction - by Amy Manning

13) Will the Real Sight Word Please Stand Up? - By Dr Svetlana Cvetkovic

14) A Parent Guide to effective practice - by Clare Wood

15) Journey to Structured Linguistic Literacy – by Erin Sain

16) The Dystinct Journey of Ann

17) Tips for the best start on the road to literacy - by Dr Jeannine Herron

18) Journey to Structured Linguistic Literacy - By Wendy Crick

19) The Dystinct Journey of David Chalk

Dystinct Magazine Description:

Dystinct Magazine seeks to find the extra ordinary that lies within the ordinary. Every dyslexic child is blessed to be distinctively different. We have set out to identify and nurture these differences to instil a strong sense of achievement in children who are often forgotten about. We also bring to you relevant up to date advice from leading experts in the industry to help you navigate the path to success.

1 in 5 children who pass through our one size fits all education system are on the dyslexia continuum, diagnosed or not. They are repeatedly dismissed as too dumb or unaidable leaving desperate parents with very few avenues to turn to. Our beautiful children are broken by the very system that is meant to nurture and raise them. These are promising young minds who are made to feel worthless over and over again because the system has failed to recognise their differences. Their struggles are often brushed under the rug or the system recognises their existence but lacks the capacity to make the changes necessary to accommodate their uniqueness.

There is a need to change the narrative around dyslexia from that of ‘slow’, ‘not working hard enough’, ‘lazy’ to one of hardworking, passionate, uniquely different and worthy.

Dystinct Magazine aims to instill a strong sense of self-worth in dyslexic children who have had unfair opportunities chipping away at their self-esteem throughout their existence. Our mission is to foster a community that celebrates the difference of dyslexia.

Not every dyslexic child is magically a genius. Oftentimes, we spend hours looking for the genius or outside the box thinking in our dyslexic kids failing to realise that it was in them all along, hidden in plain sight under the years self-doubt and shame that the society ingrained in them for not matching up to their peers. We aim to peel back at these negative layers of damaged self-esteem and provide the children with a platform to truly appreciate their uniqueness, take pride in their difference and revel in the knowledge that within their difference, lies their strength.

We are here with a commitment to empower dyslexics and their champions so that, they can discover the strengths within themselves and appreciate the uniqueness that dyslexia has offered them.