Legislation Promises Help for Dyslexic Kids in New Jersey Schools
Early screening, more training, and better identification of dyslexia among recommendations of state task force.
In 2005, an Ocean City mother started asking legislators, educators, and other parents to help address what she saw as the failure of New Jersey public schools to help children with dyslexia -- starting with her daughter. Eight years later, Beth Ravelli has seen a state reading-disabilities task force created, a host of recommendations completed, and a half-dozen bills submitted to transform them into law. The next challenge, she said, is getting the legislation heard and passed. “It’s been a long road,” Ravelli said this weekend, for both mother and daughter. The bills were filed last month by state Sen. Jeff Van Drew and Assemblyman Nelson Albano, both Cape May County Democrats. They would require schools to conduct early screenings for …
Joan Parmer
8:20 pm on Tuesday, January 15, 2013
There may still be informatiion regarding a program that was available in the South Brunswick Public Schools that aided children with visual difficulties. The program was put into effect by school superintendent Dr. James Kimple, he wrote a book on the subject called Eye Q and the Efficient Learner in 1997. The book was published by the Optometric Extension Program Foundation Inc., 1921 East … more ›