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Dyslexia Help for Kids: Reading, Spelling & Handwriting — Boost Your Child's Skills & Confidence with Days with Dyslexia
The Days with Dyslexia podcast helps parents support kids with dyslexia, reading struggles, spelling challenges, and handwriting difficulties.
I’m Michelle Morgan, a mom and speech-language pathologist, and each episode shares practical, research-based tips parents can use at home and in school.
You’ll learn how to help your child improve reading, spelling, and writing skills, boost confidence, and succeed at school. We also cover advocacy strategies, ADHD, executive function, learning differences, and tools to make learning easier for kids with dyslexia.
Whether your child has dyslexia, struggles with reading or writing, or you just want guidance to help them thrive, this podcast gives clear, actionable tips, hope, and support for parents every week.
Episodes
15 episodes
Dyslexia Advocacy for Parents, Part 1: Gathering Data and Documenting Concerns
Dyslexia Advocacy for Parents, Part 1: Gathering Data and Documenting ConcernsThe episode launches a new advocacy-focused mini series focused what parents can do when schools say a child’s reading and spelling are “fine" even when a pare...
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Choosing the Right Dyslexia Intervention, Part 5: How sight words are taught
In part five of a series on choosing dyslexia interventions, Michelle reviews differences between meaning-first (to avoid), letters-first programs (e.g., Orton-Gillingham, Barton, Wilson), and sounds-first instruction, then focuses on tea...
Choosing the Right Dyslexia Intervention, Part 4: What your child should say while writing words
In part four of a series on choosing effective dyslexia interventions, Michelle reviews three approaches (meaning-first/whole literacy, which they advise avoiding, and two structured literacy approaches: letters-first/Orton-Gillingham “print to...
Choosing the Right Dyslexia Intervention (Part 3): The job of letters in sounds-first vs. letters first approach
Part three of a series on choosing effective dyslexia interventions compares “letters first” (print-to-speech, often Orton-Gillingham) and “sounds first” (speech-to-print/linguistic phonetics) approaches, focusing on the job of letters. The spe...
Choosing Dyslexia Interventions, Part 2: Teaching Syllables—Letters-First vs Sounds-First
In part two of a five-part Days With Dyslexia series on choosing the right dyslexia intervention, the host explains why syllable instruction matters and contrasts letters-first versus sounds-first structured literacy approaches. A syllable is d...
Choosing the Right Dyslexia Intervention (Part 1): Structured Literacy and Sounds-First vs Letters-First
This Days With Dyslexia podcast launches a five-part series on choosing effective dyslexia intervention without wasting time or money, based on the host’s experience as a parent and as a speech language pathologist who specializes in literacy. ...
Sight words and Dyslexia: No more memorization of letters- there is a better way. Hear the data and the solution!
Effective Strategies for Teaching Sight Words- with data!In this episode of the Days With Dyslexia podcast, Michelle discusses the importance of teaching sight words by integrating sounds, letters, and meanings. The presentation, origina...
Dyslexia Interview: He struggled with reading as a child, and what he did to improve his reading as an adult. It's never too late to learn!
From Childhood Struggles to Adult Success - An Interview with Scott SmithIn this episode of the Days With Dyslexia podcast, the host conducts her first interview with Scott Smith, an adult who has dyslexia. Scott shares his early experi...
Teaching Kids with Dyslexia the Difference Between Letters and Sounds
Teaching Kids with Dyslexia The Difference Between Letters and SoundsIn this episode of Days With Dyslexia, host Michelle Morgan shares practical strategies for helping children differentiate between letters and sounds. Michelle explains...
Using sounds and letter names to improve reading and spelling for kids with dyslexia- even if social media tells you they don't need both
The Importance of Teaching Sounds and Letter Names in DyslexiaIn this episode of 'Today's with Dyslexia,' Michelle Morgan, a speech-language pathologist, explores the essential difference between letter names and sounds in language learn...
What is the new definition of dyslexia and what it means for children who struggle to read and spell
Breaking Down the New 2025 Definition of Dyslexia: What Parents Need to KnowIn this episode of 'Days with Dyslexia,' host Michelle Morgan, a speech language pathologist and mother of a dyslexic child, delves into the newly released 2025 ...
Why Orton Gillingham may not be the best way to teach your dyslexic child to read- and what to use instead
In this episode of Days with Dyslexia, host Michelle Morgan, a speech-language pathologist, discusses the differences between speech-to-print (sounds first) and print-to-speech (print first) literacy instruction. She explains why traditional Or...
How to fix letter reversals in dyslexia and dysgraphia
Understanding and Fixing Letter Reversals in Children with Dyslexia and DysgraphiaIn this episode of 'Days with Dyslexia,' host Michelle Morgan, a speech-language pathologist and mother to a child with dyslexia, dysgraphia, and ADHD, del...
Two Simple Dyslexia Strategies That Boost Reading and Spelling at Home
Two Small Changes for Helping Children with Dyslexia: Reading and Spelling StrategiesIn this episode of Days with Dyslexia, speech-language pathologist Michelle Morgan shares two simple, science-backed strategies parents can use...
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