#70: OT and Dyslexia with Penny Stack

Dyslexia is the most common form of neurodivergence.

It affects around 20% of the population, meaning that people with dyslexia are on almost every occupational therapy professional’s caseload. And yet, not enough OT-specific research and resources have been devoted to how we can help this population.

Today, we look at a leading theory of dyslexia that basically reads like a call to action for OT’s to re-examine how needed our skills are.

As you’ll see it pushes us to take a strengths-based approach to treating dyslexia, and to regard the condition as rooted in a sensory processing difference (hello, OT!)

To help us unpack what this means for your practice, next week we will welcome to the podcast Penny Stack, OTD, OTR/L. She is the founder of DyslexiaRx.

In order to earn credit for this course, you must take the test within the OT Potential Club.

You can find more details on this course here:
https://otpotential.com/ceu-podcast-courses/ot-dyslexia

See all of our pediatric OT courses here:
https://otpotential.com/ot-pediatric-courses

Learn more about our guest:
https://otpotential.com/occupational-therapy-directory/penny-stack

Here's the primary research we are discussing:
Theories about Developmental Dyslexia

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Reading is an occupation

Highlighted the important role OTs have in the treatment of dyslexia and advocated for OT to be part of the treatment team.