Listen Again: Dr. Brennan Chandler

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Dr. Brennan Chandler discusses bridging research and practice in dyslexia interventions with hosts Melissa Dean and Aimee Rodenroth.

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. Chandler emphasizes bridging research and classroom practice through explicit instruction in language structure (phonology, orthography, morphology, syntax), stronger attention to writing and spelling, and empowering teachers to use data for decision-making. He highlights misconceptions that older struggling readers only need more K–2 phonics and that accommodations alone replace remediation, arguing adolescents need qualitatively different instruction including flexible vowel “flexing,” morphology, and connected “stretch” text practice. He explains diagnostic versus progress-monitoring data, outlines data-based individualization to intensify validated interventions, shares research showing spelling supports durable learning, and describes developing an open-source…

People in this episode

Hosts: Melissa Dean, Aimee Rodenroth

Guest: Dr. Brennan Chandler

Topics covered

• dyslexia
• intensive intervention
• spelling
• teacher training
• data-based individualization
• research and practice

Keywords

• dyslexia
• reading interventions
• spelling
• teacher training
• data-based individualization
• phonology
• morphology
• orthography

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Georgia State University

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