What are simple high-impact early literacy activities and routines that parents and caregivers can do with their young readers to support and strengthen their growing literacy skills at home? Join IDA-GA, Parent to Parent of GA, host Ashley Evans, and guest Dr. Brennan Chandler on October 9 and walk away with ideas to implement right away!

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Dr. Brennan Chandler is an assistant professor of dyslexia at Georgia State University where he develops and tests intensive interventions to improve literacy outcomes for students with dyslexia and other reading difficulties. A former special and general education teacher,  Dr. Chandler is committed to bridging research and practice by partnering with educators, schools, and families to support the implementation of evidence-aligned literacy instruction that improves outcomes for all students.

Our host, Ashley Evans, M.Ed., Ed.S., joined the IDA-GA Board on January 1, 2025.  Ashley graduated from Mercer University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Early Childhood Education in 2001. She earned a master’s degree in teaching reading from Georgia Southern and a specialist degree in curriculum & instruction from Georgia College & State University.  Her credentials include a reading and gifted endorsement, certification as an Orton Gillingham Classroom Educator (IMSE), and recognition by the Center for Effective Reading Instruction (CERI) as a Structured Literacy/Dyslexia Interventionist.  Ashley spent 22 years as an educator in Georgia’s public school system and currently serves as a second-grade teacher at Roberts Academy at Mercer University, an independent school in Macon, GA, for students with dyslexia. She is currently completing associate coursework for the Orton Gillingham Academy, with plans to continue her learning as a Fellow-in-Training. Ashley serves as a member of the K-2 Stakeholders Committee for the Georgia Department of Education’s Literacy Council. She is the proud mother of two amazing children and wife to her biggest fan.