Dyslexia and Georgia Senate Bill 48

Authors

  • Dr. Nora W. Schlesinger Kennesaw State University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.56887/galiteracy.16

Keywords:

dyslexia, laws, Senate Bill 48, dyslexia intervention

Abstract

The interest in and understanding of dyslexia has become increasingly important in educational fields and the legislative process in the United States. This article provides information on what dyslexia is, the history of research on dyslexia, dyslexia laws across the US, and Georgia’s Dyslexia Law: Senate Bill 48 and its impact on educational entities.

Author Biography

  • Dr. Nora W. Schlesinger, Kennesaw State University

    Dr. Nora Schlesinger ([email protected]) is a dyslexia expert and has been involved with dyslexia legislation in Arizona and Georgia. She was a classroom teacher for almost 20 years in Arizona. Her teaching career included working in early childhood, Title 1 schools, as well as private and independent schools. In addition to being a certified teacher she holds endorsements in teaching English as a second language, structured English immersion, and early childhood and is a reading specialist. Later in her career, to help her own child with dyslexia and the children she taught, she became a certified academic language therapist and a certified dyslexia therapist. The author holds a Ph.D. in Speech and Hearing Science from Arizona State University, her dissertation received an Annals of Dyslexia New Investigator Award. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Literacy at Kennesaw State University in the Department of Elementary and Early Childhood. 

Dyslexia and Georgia Senate Bill 48 (Schlesinger, 2020)

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Published

04/24/2020

Issue

Vol. 43 No. 1 (2020)

Section

Research and Practitioner Articles

How to Cite

Schlesinger, N. W. (2020). Dyslexia and Georgia Senate Bill 48. Georgia Journal of Literacy, 43(1), 6-29. https://doi.org/10.56887/galiteracy.16

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