Episode 001 - Literacy Now - Mindy Patrick

SUMMARY: Today on Literacy Now, we are excited to share with you our conversation with an amazing parent advocate, Mindy Patrick. Mindy is a co-founder of the Olentangy Dyslexia Network and a former president of her school district's Board of Education.  She never expected to become an advocate for reading disabilities.  But the cause came to her when she became aware of her child's challenges with learning to read and then learned about the problem with how reading was being taught at his school.   Listen in as we learn about Mindy's journey to identify and get services for her son, then how she turned to thinking about her community, formed the Olentangy Dyslexia Network and worked with her school district to bring evidence-based instructional practices and programs to all classrooms.  ⁠⁠https://olentangydyslexianetwork.com/⁠⁠ ______________________________ Parents For Reading Justice is a nonprofit grassroots movement dedicated to ensuring every child learns to read by engaging parents and educators in adopting the science of teaching reading. Our mission is to activate, train, and guide parent groups to flip their school districts to evidence-based reading instruction. Our vision is to speed the nationwide shift to evidence-based literacy instruction so that 95% of students read proficiently. ______________________________ Host Brett Tingley is the President of OH-KID, a grassroots parent group dedicated to ensuring all children in Ohio learn to read. She is also an advisory board member of the International Dyslexia Association Central Ohio. She is the founder and President of Parents for Reading Justice. ______________________________ Please join us on our socials, watch our documentary, take our Masterclass, register your parent group, pay it forward and DONATE on our website! ⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Our Dyslexic Children - Documentary⁠⁠ ⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Masterclass⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Parent Group Directory⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Donate⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ParentsForReadingJustice.org⁠