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Bridging the Divide: Uniting General and Special Education for Students with Dyslexia
This interactive workshop will equip educators and administrators with actionable strategies for building cohesive systems of support that integrate general and special education efforts to improve outcomes for students with dyslexia. Participants will explore how to use data and evidence-based practices across multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS), align instruction and intervention, and bridge communication gaps between teams. The session draws from the National Center on Improving Literacy’s technical assistance work with schools and districts, offering tools and templates participants can use immediately to improve literacy risk identification and support systems in their schools and classrooms. Attendees will work in small groups to examine case scenarios and co-create cross-disciplinary action plans tailored to their roles.
This talk was presented at:
2026 National ESEA Conference
February 2026
in
Denver, CO
For more information:
https://www.improvingliteracy.org/
Speakers
Sarah Sayko
Sarah Sayko is a Senior Research Associate at RMC Research Corporation and a Deputy Director of the National Center on Improving Literacy (NCIL). In this role Dr. Sayko oversees the family, technical assistance, and dissemination strands of work. She was also a technical assistance specialist with the Region 8 Comprehensive Center, assisting the Ohio and Michigan Departments of Education in their state-wide literacy initiatives. Previously, she was a literacy content specialist for the Center on Instruction (COI) and a technical assistance provider with the National Reading Technical Assistance Center (NRTAC). Dr. Sayko was an elementary reading coach and literacy specialist in two public school districts and is a certified K-12 literacy specialist.
Kristin Kane
Kristin Kane is a senior research scientist with the National Center on Improving Literacy (NCIL) at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Ms. Kane has dedicated the last 15 years to advocacy and awareness, with a focus on family engagement and the intersection of public school, special education, and dyslexia. This includes her time as a family engagement specialist with the Virginia’s Center for Parent Training and Information (PEATC). Her work includes contributions at both the federal and state policy level related to dyslexia and literacy laws. Previously, she was the senior advisor for the Office of Early Childhood Development in the Administration of Children and Families for the US Department of Health and Human Services. She is a founding member of Decoding Dyslexia Virginia, a grassroots movement. She is a mom to three awesome children, two of whom happened to be diagnosed with dyslexia.
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