October is Dyslexia Awareness Month, and it is a good moment to separate what we actually know about dyslexia from what gets repeated online. Whether you are just starting to wonder about your child's reading or you have known for years, this guide covers what dyslexia is, what is happening in the brain, how it connects to executive functioning, how to talk with your child about it, what it can look like as kids grow, and what truly helps. A one-page reference guide for your

This post is part of Practitioner Conversations, an ongoing series born out of the everyday moments that come up in our work — the questions raised in an IEP meeting, a hallway conversation, or a case that just doesn't sit right. Each conversation starts with something real and asks the same underlying question: how do we best support kids in schools, their families, and each other, while staying honest about what the research does and doesn't tell us? These posts are as much

I spend my days helping other people's kids understand their own nervous systems. I can talk for an hour about co-regulation, about window of tolerance, about why a meltdown at 5pm is not a discipline problem but a depleted-battery problem. And then I pick up my own kid from a long day at school and by the time we're five minutes into the car ride home, I am the one who is dysregulated. Or when I know my husband is picking our son up, I try to soak in the silent car ride home