Early Literacy and Focus on Phonics should be taken first as prerequisites to Understanding Dyslexia.

The National Institutes of Health state that dyslexia affects 15% of the population. It is often misdiagnosed. Signs of Dyslexia may include the following: slow in acquiring reading skills, omits, substitutes and guesses at words, oral reading is slow and laborious, does not like to read, disastrous spelling, messy handwriting, and trouble reading math word problems. Specific signs of dyslexia will vary from person to person. If this sounds like someone you know we invite you to please join us as we discuss dyslexia and solutions for your struggling reader.

Prerequisite courses are Early Literacy and Focus on Phonics.

Please remember to bring your CRS notebook.

Instructor: Brenda Fitzgerald, Ed.S.,SLDP

This course is approved for one (1) CEU.

The class is in The East Meeting Room located at GAC 1500. The 1500 Building is GAC’s administration building, across the street from the main GAC campus, and right next to Starbucks. 

The East Meeting Room is located at the corner of the 1500 Building at the intersection of Georgia Belle and Indian Trail and at the farthest point from Starbucks.