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ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka

EP. 155: ADHD, Dyslexia and Unexplained Underachievement with Founding Director of REED Charitable Foundation, Jennifer Knopf

ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka

Tracy Otsuka

Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

4.81.6K Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2021

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

Can you tell that dyslexia is my current hyper-focus? This will be the last episode on the subject for a while (I promise!) but I couldn’t pass up an opportunity to speak with my extraordinary guest today, Jennifer Knopf. Jen is the Founding Director of REED Charitable Foundation, which is committed to putting an end to the literacy crisis and ensuring all children learn to read, write and spell by providing financially accessible, best-in-class structure literacy training - known as Orton-Gillingham - to all teachers. Jen first learned about dyslexia when her son Reed was diagnosed after a long, emotional struggle to figure out why reading was so difficult for him. As she dove deep into the research to find her son the right kind of intervention, Jen discovered there was a literacy training program that was not only ideal for dyslexic students but also the best instruction for all kids learning to read, only for some reason it was not being used in schools. Ever since this discovery, Jen has made it her mission to provide this literacy training to as many teachers as she possibly can, something she knows firsthand has the power to transform lives. Join our conversation to hear about Jen’s inspiring story, the incredible work of her foundation, and much more. Resources Foundation website: Instagram: @reedcharitablefoundation Email address: [email protected]

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0:00.0

As a foundation, we are talking to people globally all the time.

0:05.4

I also believe that when we say 1 in 5 or 20 percent, that is grossly underestimated.

0:13.9

And part of that is because if you look at our nation's report card, 65-66 percent

0:22.2

of fourth graders can't read on grade level.

0:24.4

And then that number gets worse when they test again at eighth grade.

0:28.1

So clearly we're doing something wrong.

0:31.6

I mean, that surely it can't be that 65 percent of our kids not being able to read at grade

0:36.5

level is an acceptable standard.

0:39.2

But how many of those kids even have mild dyslexia, maybe not with dysgraphia, but when

0:47.3

you get the proper instruction, I mean, it's game changing.

0:56.8

Miss Edison, Richard Branson, John F. Kennedy, Mozart, Michael Jordan, Will Smith.

1:06.2

That sounds like a list of highly successful titans in a variety of locations.

1:12.0

Why is it that we rarely hear that they have or have ADHD?

1:18.3

And you know what we hear even less about?

1:24.0

Serena Williams, Emma Watson, Mel Robbins, Woopy Goldberg, Agatha Christie, Erin Brockovich,

1:32.8

Cher.

1:33.8

Yeah, the successful women navigating ADHD.

1:38.4

And that's exactly why I started this podcast, ADHD for smart ass women.

1:44.0

I'm your host, Tracy Otsuka.

1:46.3

I'm a lawyer, not a doctor, a lifelong student, now a coach.

1:51.1

I'm also the creator of your ADHD brain is AOK, a system that helps people like you figure

1:58.6

out what they should do with their life.

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