+ Central Ohio Group for Dyslexic Teens: Volunteer!

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Attention All Teens: COBIDA  (the Central Ohio Branch of the International Dyslexia Association)  is forming a Middle School and High School group for dyslexic kids.

 

Come to Cobida’s first activity for teens at Homestead Park on Cosgray Road.   July 28th, 4 to 6 pm.    

 

In exchange for  COBIDA’s   help in cleaning up and preparing  the park, they are able to hold their annual DASH there in October.

 

So come to Homestead Park on Cosgray Road in Hilliard at 4pm on Thursday July 28th. This will be a fun, volunteer activity –clean-up day in preparation for the October DASH.

 

• Thursday July 28 
•  4 -6 PM
• Cosgray Rd. Hilliard.

If you need more information, contact  Amy Reardon at 614-560-3109 or amywindon@aol.com or Charlotte Andrist at charlotteandrist@gmail.com​.

tutoring in Columbus OH:  Adrienne Edwards  614-579-6021 or email aedwardstutor@columbus.rr.com 

+ Central Ohio Dyslexia Community: June Dates

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RAVE-O Workshop 

 JUNE 14+15 .

RAVE-O  workshop at Marburn Academy.  This is a first time it has been offered in Ohio.  RAVE-O (Reading through Automaticity, Vocabulary, Engagement, and Orthography) is a proven initiative .  It’s an interactive, multisensory small group reading intervention that targets serious reading challenges. 

 It activates multiple sources of information, connects them, and integrates them quickly enough to foster deep reading and therefore deep comprehension.

There are still a few seats left for this professional development opportunity.    For information contact COBIDA president Charlotte Andrist, 614-767-0438 or email charlotteandrist@gmail.com

SUMMER BEACH PARTY

June 18, 1:30-4pm.

A Summer Beach Party for Children With Dyslexia!  Join the fun  at the Shealy’s home, 4626 Gwynedd Ct, Dublin OH 43016.  614-760-7725.  

Meet some new friends.  Bring your towel for swimming and a water balloon toss.  And don’t miss out on creating your own ice cream sundae masterpiece.  Bring your favorite topping to customize the sundae the way you like it!

Find out about

• COBIDA’s upcoming fall parent meeting and parent support seminars.
• COBIDA’s  grass roots efforts to work on dyslexia legislation in Ohio.
• Dyslexia resources and information.
• Becoming an active member of the dyslexia community in Columbus, including COBIDA’s new Facebook parent-to-parent group. (Beginning this month, parent membership rates have been reduced from $80 to $45)
• Due to limited space, they ask that siblings stay home.  However if it means your child could not attent, they would rather you come with the siblings!
• RSVP to Suzanne and Ray Shealy at suzshealy@columbus.rr.com

tutoring in Columbus OH:  Adrienne Edwards 614-579-6021  or email aedwardstutor@columbus.rr.com

+ Central Ohio: Free Literacy Screenings for Kindergartners

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Free early Literacy Screenings for Dyslexia will be held by the Central Ohio Branch of the International Dyslexia Association (COBIDA).

• Saturday, April 30, 2011
• 9:00-11:30 am
• Dublin (OH) Public Library
• Open to kindergarteners from ALL school districts
• Appointment: call Marianne LaRosa 614-595-9448
• Screenings will take 15 minutes

Read more on  www.cobida.org.

COBIDA .  PO Box 340426, Columbus OH 43234.  Phone 614-899-5711.  Email: info@cobida.org.

tutoring in Columbus OH:  Adrienne Edwards  614-579-6021  or email aedwardstutor@columbus.rr.com

+ Central Ohio: Your Testimony is Needed Wednesday MAR 2

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A hearing on HB 96, about the need for early identification of dyslexia in our schools, is scheduled for Wednesday, March 2 at 5:00 pm. 

We need you to help show the members of the Education Committee (and our opponents) that we are a formidable force.  And we have truth on our side.

We are asking YOU to share your story about why early detection of dyslexia is critical; why waiting for a child to FAIL is ultimately more costly both in financial and in human terms.

It is dismaying to discover that opposition to this bill comes from those in charge of our schools.

• COMMITTEE: House Education
• CHAIRMAN: Representative Stebelton (614-466-8100)
• DATE: Wednesday March 2, 2011
• TIME: 5:00 pm
• ROOM: 17

Please contact Charlotte Andrist at charlotteandrist@gmail.com, or phone her at 614-767-0438 (cell 614-288-8784) if you want to give oral testimony.

And bring friends!  Buttons and t-shirts available for the first 100 people to show up to support this bill!

Guidelines

1. Testimony:  Everyone who provides oral or written testimony is required to fill out a Witness Information Form.  Speak to Charlotte Andrist about emailing you the form.  If you can email it back by Tuesday, that is best; or bring it with you on Wednesday.
2. Oral Testimony:  A range of experts are expected to provide background information about why early identification of dyslexia is critical.  The plan is to follow this expert testimony with LOTS OF PERSONAL STORIES.  Your oral testimony should focus on how you or your child would have benefitted if s/he had been identified early and had received appropriate instruction in school.  Remember, we are trying to help committee members understand what happens when you wait until a child fails before s/he is identified, versus what happens when you PREVENT reading failure through early identification.  Share the pain of what happened to you or your family member; or what was entailed by having to find your own outside help.  Just teel your story.  There is no “formal” time limit to oral testimony, but please try to keep yours to 5-7 minutes.  (Remember: the focus of testimony for HB 96 is on the importance of the early identification  of dyslexia.  We have another dyslexia bill coming up in the next week by Rep. Schuring, which focuses on appropriate instruction and teacher training.) 

The Central Ohio Branch of the International Dyslexia Association (COBIDA) and the Ohio Dyslexia Group are responsible for getting the word out and seeing that these bills are passed.  Contact: Charlotte Andrist, President COBIDA; 2948 Scioto Place, Columbus OH 43221.  Phone 614-767-0438, or cell 614-288-8784.  Email charlotteandrist@gmail.com

tutoring in Columbus OH:  614-579-6021  or email  aedwardstutor@columbus.rr.com

+ Central Ohio IDA Offers Tutoring Scholarship

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Twice each year, the Central Ohio Branch of the International Dyslexia Association (COBIDA) offers a $500 scholarship to a dyslexic student receiving scientifically proven, multisensory structured language education (MSLE).

In the spring (April) and in the fall (November), the Scholarship Committee accepts applications.  To receive an application call the COBIDA helpline at 614-899-5711, or email helpline@cobida.org.

The award will be given to applicants that the committee feels will most benefit from the assistance, based on any of the following criteria: educational profile, appropriateness of selected intervention, applicant age, financial need and personal family commitment to remediation.

Student Eligibility

• must be between 5 and 18 years of age
• diagnosed with a specific learning disability, language disability and/or dyslexia
• be receiving or about to receive tutoring in MSLE based therapy to improve reading, writing and/or spelling

Follow These Steps

• fill out the parent portion of the application
• have the instructor fill out the tutor portion of the application (which can be mailed separately)
• attach a short narrative which addresses questions such as how your family has dealt with learning issues, what effect the scholarship would have on your future, and any other information you would like them to know
• copy child’s testing (multi-factored evaluation team report or special education testing); if you don’t have a copy, contact your school district’s special education office or the school psychologist and request one; testing conducted by a private psychologist will also be accepted;  these must include an academic achievement test such as the Woodcock-Johnson Psycho-Eduational Battery (WJ-R or WJ-III)

Send the completed application and copy of the testing to

The Cobida Scholarship Committee c/o Precise Resources, Inc., 635 Parkmeadow, Suite # 213, Westerville OH 43081

Applications will be received twice a year in April and November, and must be postmarked by the first day of the month when it is due.  Applicants will be notified by May 1 or December 1, respectively, as to whether or not they are the recipient of a Cobida Student Scholarship.

Each student scholarship will be awarded in the form of direct payment to a service provider that has been trained and supervised in multisensory structured language education (MSLE) in accordance with the guidelines of the Academy of Orton-Gillingham Practitioners and Educators (AOGPE), the Academy of Language Therapy Association (ALTA), the International Multisensory Structured Language Education Council (IMSLEC), or appropriate training in multisensory structured language strategies as determined by the scholarship committee.

Additional questions or concerns can be directed to the helpline at 614-899-5711 or helpline@cobida.org.  Cobida’s Web site is at www.cobida.org.

tutoring in Columbus OH:   Adrienne Edwards   614-579-6021  or email   aedwardstutor@columbus.rr.com

+ IDA Hosts Swingdance Fundraiser in Columbus Nov 7

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Help COBIDA raise money to help the one out of five children who are affected by dyslexia.

COBIDA, the Central Ohio Branch of the International Dyslexia Association, is joining Kurt Ludlow of Columbus’s WBNS 10TV and corporate sponsor American Electric Power to host a 1940s USO themed evening.

Date: November 7, 2008.  Place: The Grand Valley Dale Ballroom at 1590 Sunbury Road, Columbus OH 43219.

The evening includes dinner followed by the OSU (world class) dance team, a live auction and dancing to the Z Sharp Band.

EVENT SCHEDULE

• 6:30 PM: Cocktails
• 7:30 PM: Dinner
• 7:30 PM: OSU Dance Team Performance
• 8:00 PM: Live Auction
• 8:30 PM: Dance floor opens
• 10:00 PM: Auction closes

Your support for this event will help COBIDA provide Ohio’s dyslexic children with testing and diagnosis as well as specific training for educators working to provide one on one instruction for dyslexic learners.

COBIDA also provides awareness programs and related learning opportunities for parents and students with learning disabilities.

Help ensure success for students with this neurologically-based, heritable condition, who struggle in school because they have difficulty with reading or spelling. 

Join in an evening of fun, take a chance and bid on some fantastic items, and support a cause that will help our children who struggle in school.

Gold Sponsorship: $5,000; Silver sponsorship: $3,000; Bronze sponsorship: $2,000.

Individuals: $100.

Gold sponsorship includes two tables of ten, your company logo on a banner, recognition in the event program, your logo in the advertisement featured in Business First, marketing info in goody bags, prominent seating AND…

personal dance lessons with Shannon Farley of the Lindy for your table that evening.

Silver sponsorship includes  one table for 10, recognition in program and your logo in advertisement in Business First.

Bronze sponsorship includes  one table for 10 and recognition in program.

Register at http://2008swingfordyslexia-emailinvite.eventbrite.com/?invite=ODA5MjEvYWVkd2FyZHN0dXRvckBjb2x1bWJ1cy5yci5jb20vMQ%3D%3D%0A

Questions? Please email bmayo@preciseresource.com

Sample of Live Auction items:

OSU items with signatures, of course; 4 Club Level tickets to Browns vs. Bengals game; 4 Club Level tickets to Columbus Blue Jackets; 2 All Day Racing at Mid Ohio Racing; 2 VIP Packages to Sugar Bar; 2 VIP Packages to Spice Bar — and lots more.

tutoring in Columbus OH:   Adrienne Edwards   614-579-6021   or email  aedwardstutor@columbus.rr.com

+ Central Ohio IDA Let Us Walk in the Shoes of a Dylexic

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“Walk in the shoes of a Dyslexic,” a presentation of the Central Ohio Branch of IDA, is held every year.  The goal is to make real for parents, teachers, friends and interested others just what it feels like to “be dyslexic.”

In six simulations, participants at this Fall workshop confronted many of the difficulties that dyslexics face when performing language related tasks.

The hands-on workshop, in Columbus OH,  was designed to improve understanding and encourage the use of effective teaching techniques.

Presented by the Central Ohio Branch of the International Dyslexia Association (COBIDA), the presentations were held as usual at the Central Ohio Special Education Regional Resource Center (COSERRC) at 470 Glenmont Avenue, Columbus OH 43214.  Workshop fee was $15.

The annual membership meeting is usually held just before the workshop.

COBIDA phone: 614-899-4545.  Find them on the Web at www.cobida.org

tutoring in Columbus OH:   Adrienne Edwards   614-579-6021   or email aedwardstutor@columbus.rr.com