Ep.2 | Special Education Parent Warrior with Camillia Whitehead
October 6, 2021
Join Winifred A. Winston with Camillia Whitehead as they talk about her journey as a parent of a
dyslexic child. For this Bad Azz Parent segment, Camillia shares the process she went through
to pinpoint her child’s diagnosis, the struggle with schools, and her advocacy towards dyslexia
as well.
Join Winifred A. Winston with Camillia Whitehead as they talk about her journey as a parent of a
dyslexic child. For this Bad Azz Parent segment, Camillia shares the process she went through
to pinpoint her child’s diagnosis, the struggle with schools, and her advocacy towards dyslexia
as well.
Here’s a breakdown of what to expect in this episode:
Here’s a breakdown of what to expect in this episode:
- Manifestations of dyslexia from a parent’s perspective.
- Loopholes of the education system when assessing dyslexia.
- How Decoding Dyslexia pushes the advocacy for dyslexia and other learning disabilities
- A network of parents to help each other with concerns on dyslexia.
- Great results that Camillia and her son reaped from the advocacy.
- And so much more!
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About Camillia Whitehead:
Camillia Whitehead is a Licensed Clinical Social Work Supervisor with over 15 years of
experience providing advocacy, programming, and consultation for families from diverse
economic, social, and geographic backgrounds. She has advanced experience working with
families struggling with comorbid mental health illness and chronic substance abuse, focusing
on Opioid dependence in perinatal/postpartum women and infants. Camillia also has vast
knowledge in theory, implementation, and clinical consulting. She is truly passionate about
dismantling myths, barriers, and disparities within the healthcare, education, and behavioral
health systems.
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You can find Camillia Whitehead on . . .
Baltimore City Decoding Dyslexia Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/DDMDbmore
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Connect with Winifred!
Website: https://www.soallcanread.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/soallcanread
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/soallcanread/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/soallcanread
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Connect with LeDerick!
Website: https://lederick.com/
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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lederickhorne/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/lederick?lang=en
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Resources mentioned during this episode:
What is the Child Find Process: https://www.understood.org/articles/en/child-find-what-it-is-and-how-it-works
What is Ortion Gillingham? https://www.understood.org/articles/en/orton-gillingham-what-you-need-to-know
Ronnetta Stanley’s “Loud Voices Together Educational Advocacy Group”:
Why do kids have to fail before they can get special education services? - https://ldaamerica.org/info/eligibility-determining-whether-a-child-is-eligible-for-special-education-services/
Study - “Prevalence of dyslexia among Texas prison inmates”: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10876375/
What is FAPE?:
“The Denial of Innocence: Implicit Racial Biases and Judgments of Child Behavior based on Brief Observations”
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THIS PROJECT IS FUNDED BY MORGAN CARES AND THE CENTER FOR URBAN HEALTH DISPARITIES RESEARCH AND INNOVATION AWARDED BY THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH DISPARITIES (NIMHD 1U54MD013376-01A1)