California Department of Education’s
DYSLEXIA GUIDELINES WORK GROUP
Meeting at California Department of Health Care Services
1500 Capitol Avenue, Training Room A
Sacramento, California
AGENDA
April 21, 2016
8:30–9:00 a.m. Registration
9:00–9:15 a.m. Welcome
9:15–9:30 a.m. Group introductions
9:30–10:00 a.m. Purpose and functions of the Dyslexia Guidelines Work Group: Overall outcomes; today’s outcomes; meeting expectations and norms; overview of today’s agenda and meeting packet; contact list
10:00–10:30 a.m. Legislative and regulatory overview:
- Review of current laws
- Overview of Assembly Bill 1369
15-Minute Break
10:45–11: 45 a.m. Presentation on the Neuroscience of Dyslexia:
Fumiko Hoeft, M.D. Associate Professor
University of California, San Francisco
School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Dyslexia Center
11:45 a.m.–1:00 p.m. Lunch on your own (see list of nearby restaurants)
1:00–2:00 p.m. Table Breakout Session: Review of other states’ guidelines for educating students with dyslexia
2:00–2:45 p.m. Report out on review of other states’ guidelines:
What works, what do you like?
Resulting suggestions for California’s guidelines…
15-Minute Break
3:00–3:45 p.m. Review of draft table of contents of California’s guidelines:
Topics to add as new sections or to build out existing sections? Changes to make?
3:45–4:00 p.m. Next steps:
- Review of meeting calendar; May agenda
- Consideration of writing assignments