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IDA’s Updated Dyslexia Definition EXPLAINED with guests Dr. Charley Haynes and Dr. Hugh Catts
December 10 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Recording: The recording is housed on the IDA Georgia YouTube Channel.
Slide Deck: The link to the most comprehensive version of the slides is on IDA’s website, below the definition: https://dyslexiaida.org/2025-dyslexia-definition-project/
Final Statement: EXPLANATION of IDA’s 2025 Updated Definition of Dyslexia
Other Resources Mentioned During the Webinar:
EdWeek Webinar: Bringing Dyslexia Screening into the Future
Snowling & Hulme (2025), Risk Factors for Dyslexia: Addressing Oral Language Deficits
Share (2025), Blueprint for a Universal Theory of Learning to Read: The Combinatorial Model
The Southern Region of IDA (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Tennessee, South Carolina, and North Carolina) has invited the 2025 IDA Definition Steering Committee Chairs, Dr. Charley Haynes and Dr. Hugh Catts, to join us as our guest speakers on Wednesday, December 10. Dr. Haynes and Dr. Catts will explain why the new definition of dyslexia was needed, how decisions were made, and what it all means. Don’t miss this opportunity to dive deeper and learn information to share with others.
Review this page and consider what questions you have. We will allow time for Dr. Haynes and Dr. Catts to answer questions. Submit your questions when you register for the event.
This webinar has capacity for 500 to attend the live event. We are now at over 500 registrants. However, Dr. Haynes and Dr. Hughes have granted permission for us to record this event so that everyone is well-informed on this topic. All registrants will receive a link to the recording and links to resources mentioned during the webinar.
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Dr. Charles Haynes, Ed.D., Professor Emeritus at the MGH Institute of Health Professions, is a pioneer in language-based curricula for children with dyslexia and expressive language challenges. His cross-linguistic research spans English, Japanese, Arabic, and Portuguese, and he authored From Talking to Writing: Strategies for Supporting Narrative and Expository Expression (2018). He has been honored by the International Dyslexia Association with both the Margaret Byrd Rawson Lifetime Achievement Award and the Legacy Award for his enduring contributions to the field of dyslexia and related language learning disabilities.
Dr. Hugh Catts is a Research Associate in the School of Communication Science and Disorders at Florida State University. His research interests include the early identification and prevention of reading disabilities. He is a past board member of the International Dyslexia Association and past board member and President of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading. He has received the Samuel T. Orton Award from the International Dyslexia Association and the Honors of the Association from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association for his career contributions in each of these disciplines. His current research concerns the early identification of reading and language disabilities and the nature and assessment of reading comprehension problems.