Dyslexia Duo Podcast

Dyslexia Duo Podcast

The Dyslexia Duo Podcast is an educational podcast dedicated to sharing stories, insights, and research about dyslexia, literacy, and learning differences. Your hosts are Aimee and Melissa. We are dyslexia therapists who have decades of experience in dyslexia education at both the student and teacher education level. The podcast episodes will discuss the early signs of dyslexia and delve into the intricacies of various dyslexia approaches and curricula. Many episodes will be dedicated to the challenges that parents experience when attempting to obtain the support that they need for their child from their school system. We will also have guest speakers who are dyslexia researchers, advocates, and leaders.

Episodes

June 6, 2026 66 mins
The Dyslexia Duo: Executive Function and Dyslexia - Putting Thinking on the Table with Dr. Kelly Cartwright   Melissa Dean and Aimee Rodenroth of the Dyslexia Duo interview Dr. Kelly Cartwright (UNC Charlotte) about how executive functions—working memory, inhibition, and cognitive flexibility—emerge within reading and help manage decoding, meaning-making, and comprehension. Dr. Cartwright explains why some dysfluen...
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The Dyslexia Duo: Dr. Maria Murray on The Reading League, the Science of Reading, and Dyslexia as an Equity Issue   On the Dyslexia Duo podcast, hosts Melissa Dean and Aimee Rodenroth interview Dr. Maria Murray, founder and CEO of The Reading League, about its origins in 2015 and its growth to 46 state chapters (including DC) with a goal of reaching all states by year’s end.   Dr. Murray explains the science of read...
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May 23, 2026 69 mins
The Dyslexia Duo: Bridging Research and Practice in Dyslexia -  Intensive Intervention, Spelling, and Data-Based Individualization (with Dr. Brennan Chandler)   Melissa Dean and Aimee Rodenroth of the Dyslexia Duo interview Dr. Brennan Chandler, assistant professor of dyslexia at Georgia State University, about his path from classroom teaching to researching intensive reading interventions and training educators. Dr. Chan...
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The Dyslexia Duo:  Early Identification, RAN, and Mental Health -  Dr. Elizabeth Norton on the Science and Policy of Dyslexia   The Dyslexia Duo hosts Melissa Dean and Aimee Rodenroth interview Dr. Elizabeth Norton, a Northwestern University associate professor who studies reading development, dyslexia, early identification, and brain-based factors that make reading difficult. Dr. Norton describes how her childhood l...
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May 9, 2026 105 mins
The Dyslexia Duo: Dr. Jan Wasowicz on Dyslexia, Developmental Language Disorder, and the Language Literacy Network   Melissa Dean and Amy Rodenroth of the Dyslexia Duo interview Dr. Jan Wasowicz, an ASHA-certified speech-language pathologist and literacy specialist with 40+ years of experience, inventor of Ear Aerobics, and creator of Spell Links and the SpellTalk listserv. Dr. Wasowicz explains the quadrant model distinguishi...
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The Dyslexia Duo: Dr. Pam Kastner on Structured Literacy, the Instructional Hierarchy, and the Role of Syntax in Reading   Melissa Dean and Aimee Rodenroth of the Dyslexia Duo interview Dr. Pam Kastner, a longtime educator and former Pennsylvania state literacy lead, about her career and why she shifted from balanced literacy and whole language approaches to structured literacy after seeing students struggle and having a dysle...
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The Dyslexia Duo:  Inside Ireland’s Right to Read Conference: Building a Global Movement for Dyslexia and Literacy   The Dyslexia Duo hosts, Melissa Dean and Aimee Rodenroth, interview Deirdre “Dee” O’Toole, chairperson of Right to Read Ireland and organizer of Ireland’s inaugural Right to Read Conference, along with U.S. literacy advocates Missy Purcell and Elise Lovejoy. Dee describes movin...
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April 18, 2026 2 mins

The duo bid adieu to the ALTA 2026 conference

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April 18, 2026 8 mins

The duo have a lively discussion with the founder of Celebrate Dyslexia, Jasmin Dean.

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April 18, 2026 8 mins

The duo discuss best practices for therapists in private practice with Sally Gerstner

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The duo talk with Vonda McFarling about her work in Multisensory Math

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The duo discuss Reading Services of Arkansas.

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The duo talk with Mary Belvin of the Belvin Literacy Institute.

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April 18, 2026 10 mins

The duo talk with ALTA 2026 speaker Dr. Monica McHale Small

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The duo sit down for an exit interview of sorts with now former ALTA president Michelle Qazi.

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The duo meet Laura Rich, marketing director of Illuminations and hear her moving story.

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April 18, 2026 1 min

The duo start their second day of podcasting at ALTA 2026.

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April 17, 2026 7 mins

The duo talk with the designer of the Dyslexia International Symbol and advocate Rebecca Warner

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The duo talk with another former guest and newly elected ALTA Board member, Karena Hayes.

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April 17, 2026 10 mins

The duo welcome former guest and author of the Take Flight curriculum, Karen Avrit.

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