Trust Your Gut and Raise Your Voice with Missy Purcell

📚 Join Me for My Stop the Summer Slide Workshop – June 14thLearn practical, evidence-based strategies to help your child maintain reading progress and confidence over the summer.👉 Register here:https://go.thereadingsymphony.com/offer-5901Katie Megrian hosts Missy Purcell, a literacy and inclusion advocate, educator, and parent, to discuss what parents can do when they know something is wrong but the school data says their child is “fine.”Missy shares how advocating for her dyslexic son’s right to read led her into parent advocacy, structured literacy work, and state-level dyslexia reform. She explains why grades can hide serious reading struggles, how dyslexic children often compensate, and why parents should trust their gut when reading, spelling, writing, or school avoidance feels off.Katie and Missy discuss dyslexia, reading intervention, evidence-based instruction, Orton-Gillingham style support, IEP meetings, school pushback, dyslexia screening, and how to support children after a long, exhausting school day.This episode is for parents of struggling readers, educators, and advocates who want to better understand dyslexia, the science of reading, structured literacy, and how to support children who learn differently.Missy is the co-founder of Gwinnett Advocates for Dyslexia and serves as Education Chair with Decoding Dyslexia Georgia.Missy’s links:Website: https://misspurcell.com/Instagram: @misspurcelladvocatesFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/misspurcelladvocates/X / Twitter: @MissyPurcellLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/missy-purcell-84061b143/📩 Join My Email ListGet practical literacy tips, resources, podcast updates, and insights to help every child become a confident reader.Join here:https://link.fgfunnels.com/widget/form/M03vMOX9hAn6YOt6J7HNChapters:00:00 – Opening: “I Shouldn’t Be the Most Knowledgeable Person in the Room”01:18 – Meet Missy Purcell: Dyslexia Advocate & Educator03:10 – Fighting the School System to Get Her Son Help09:40 – When Good Grades Hide Reading Struggles15:20 – How Parents Can Spot Dyslexia Early and Push for Support33:59 – What Effective Reading Intervention Looks Like36:20 – Why Dyslexia Laws Need Real Accountability43:50 – How Parents Can Advocate With School Boards50:20 – Being Brave When Your Child Is Being Failed01:03:00 – Helping Dyslexic Kids Decompress After School#dyslexia #scienceofreading #structuredliteracy #strugglingreaders #parentadvocacy