[Listen Again] Trauma and Reading with Dr. Steven Dykstra

Episode 100 from April 1, 2022

Over time, the chronic trauma of not being successful with reading wears down  many students. It has devastating effects. In our official 100th episode, Dr. Steven Dykstra discusses trauma and reading. He explains the connection between not being taught to read using evidence-based practices and the subsequent, unnecessary trauma this causes in children’s lives. This is a pervasive problem happening everywhere. 

Dr. Steven Dykstra is a psychologist, advocate, and troublemaker in the reading world. His passion for reading comes from the recognition that the thousands of children he has served often pay the highest price for our failures and mistakes. 

Resources: 

• Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) 
• NAEP Report Card: Reading 
• Teaching Reading is Rocket Science by Louisa Moats

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