A recent "MTSU On the Record" radio program tackled the challenging learning disability called dyslexia and the new Tennessee law aimed at serving students who are dyslexic. Host Gina Logue’s interview with Dr. Tim Odegard, holder of the Murfree Chair of Excellence in Dyslexic Studies at MTSU, first aired Oct. 3 on WMOT-FM/Roots Radio…
An MTSU freshman whose early struggles with school work frustrated him and befuddled his parents has embarked on a college career with pride and confidence. After his school tested him in the third grade, Aaron Lile’s parents found out he had a specific learning disability in reading fluency. To learn…
Tennessee teachers adapting to a new state law are getting some valuable assistance from MTSU’s Tennessee Center for the Study and Treatment of Dyslexia. Effective July 1, 2016, school districts were required to screen children in kindergarten through second grades for characteristics of dyslexia, a learning disability that adversely affects…
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