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The Briarwood School is active on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.  Check out our new podcast, Briarwood Kids Ask, below.  Lower School students will interview a range of adults, including experts in fields relating to learning differences and disabilities.  They learn, and we learn!

More episodes to come!

Season 1 Episode 2 - October 15, 2022

Does dyslexia make you a better athlete? Can you outgrow dyslexia? Lower School Student Council Treasurer Rhett asks all the questions and Speech Pathologist Marianne has the answers!

Click here to watch the second episode of Briarwood Kids Ask on YouTube! 

https://youtu.be/k7t9FSexaUw

You can also listen to the podcast by clicking here to listen on Apple Listen, 

or here to listen on Spotify.  

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Marianne Nice, MS, CCC-SLP, is a speech-language pathologist and reading specialist with over 20 years experience in K-12 education. Marianne specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of dyslexia and related literacy disorders. She regularly provides professional development and consultation to school systems both nationally and internationally. She consults to school districts on the development of multi tiered system of supports models and the use of effective school-wide literacy interventions designed to close achievement gaps. She has been a speaker at several national language and literacy conventions to include both ASHA and IDA. Marianne comes from a long line of family members with ADHD and dyslexia. These personal experiences and insights have further fueled her passion for educational change. Marianne lives southern New Hampshire with her husband, also a reading teacher, and her two children ages 18 and 15.

Season 1 Episode 1 - September 15, 2022

Click here to watch the premier episode of Briarwood Kids Ask on YouTube! 

https://youtu.be/KoAqTamCo54

You can also listen to the podcast by clicking here to listen on Apple Listen, 

or here to listen on Spotify.  

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Tiffany P. Hogan, PhD, is a Professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at MGH Institute of Health Professions in Boston, Director of the Speech and Language (SAiL) Literacy Lab, and Research Associate at Harvard University. Dr. Hogan has published over 100 papers on the genetic, neurologic, and behavioral links between oral and written language development, with a focus on improving assessment and intervention for children with Developmental Language Disorder, Dyslexia, and/or Speech Sound Disorders. Her advocacy for children with reading difficulties has led her to co-
found a DLD informational website: www.dldandme.org, host a podcast, SeeHearSpeak Podcast (www.seehearspeakpodcast.com), and contribute information for articles in numerous news outlets including the New York Times, the Boston Globe, along with several television and radio appearances.