AVKO Media Vitae

Don McCabe,
Research Director of the AVKO Foundation, a learning disabilities/dyslexia specialist.

• Ph.B. (Bachelor of Philosophy)-University of Detroit,
• M.A.-University of Detroit,
• Ph.D. ABT (All But Thesis)-Michigan State University

Print:

Articles by Don McCabe:

• "Spelling" - chapter in Easy Homeschooling Curriculum by Lorraine Curry, God's Gardener Publishing (2007)
• "Vocabulary" - chapter in Easy Homeschooling Curriculum by Lorraine Curry, God's Gardener Publishing (2008)
• SEEN Magazine, Summer, 2007 The Art of Teaching Spelling
• Homeschooling Parent Magazine, May/June, 2007 Spelling: Using a common sense approach
• Christian School Products, January, 2007 How To Develop Your Own Sequential Spelling Tests
• The Link - A homeschool newspaper, Spring, 2006 Save Your Money! Don't Waste it on Testing for Dyslexia.

Articles Written About Don McCabe:

• The Jonesboro Sun - Oct 18, 2008 - "Area Junior High Will Host Expert in Teaching Dyslexics" by Karin Hill, pp. B1 & B4
• The LINK, Vol. 9, Issue 3 2008 - "AVKO-Facing the Literacy Challenge and Dyslexia" by Michael Leppert, pp. 31 & 59.
• Homeschooling Parent, 2008 - "Learn How AVKO.org Can Help You", pp. 26-27
• The Flint Journal - Jan 20, 2001 - "German Woman Masters English, Dyslexia in Clio" by Charlotte Wall, p. B3
• The Flint Journal - Oct 18, 1997 - “Expert’s Expert” knows how to overcome dyslexia” by Charlotte Wall
• Sunday Advance - Dec 31, 1995  “Local Scholar Promotes Overlooked Method of Instructing Dyslexics”
  

Radio:

• Home Schooling Radio Show, homeschoolingradio.com, January, 2007 Spelling Problems for Home Schoolers
• J.P. McCarthy show, WJR/Detroit, 1995 Dyslexia: How you can help your child improve his reading skills
  

TV:

• Kaleidoscope, Jeannie Clark Interviewer, Channel 17- The Spelling and Reading Connection
• People in Our Community. Lois Cheesebro, Channel 25 - How to Overcome Dyslexia

Conference Speaker:

2008

• Home Schooling Works Book Fair - March 15, 2008, Farmington Hills, Michigan
  • “I Think My Child Is Dyslexic. Does It Matter?”
• Cincinnati Homeschool Conference – Mar 27-29, 2008 Cincinnati, OH
  • “You Don’t Need a Master’s to Teach Your Kids – Just a Degree of Caring”
  • “Phonics: The Most Misunderstood Approach to Teaching Reading”
  • “Create Your Own Spelling program, One that Really Works!”
  • “The Mechanics of English Spelling”
  • “Accentuate the POSITIVE: Eliminate the negative; Don’t Mess with Mr. In-Between!”
• MACHE, (MN Association of Christian Home Educators) April 18-19, 2008, Duluth, Minnesota
  • “Accentuate The Positive, Eliminate The Negative, Don’t Mess With Mr. In-Between!”
  • ”I Think My Child Might Be a Dyslexic. Does It Matter?
• LINK Conference- April25-27, 2008, Agoura Hills, CA “Featured Speaker”
  • “The Mechanics of English Spelling”
  • “Phonics: Most Misunderstood Approach to Teaching Reading”
• INCH, (Information Network for Christian Homes) – May 2 & 3, 2008, Lansing, Michigan
  • “Using Humor to Teach Reading Comprehension”
  • “I Think Mt Child Might Be Dyslexic. Does It Matter?”
• FPEA (Florida Parent-Educator Association) - May 22-24, 2008, Orlando Florida
  • “I Think My Child Is Dyslexic, Does It Matter?”
• Alaska Homeschooling Cruise- July 18 -25, 2008 Rhapsody of the Seas Learning Cruise
  • Workshops for parents and children

2007

• Home-Schooling Works Book Fair, Farmington Hills, MI, March 17
  • “Accentuate the Positive. Eliminate the Negative, Don’t mess with Mr. In-Between”
• Cincinnati Home School Convention, March 22-24
  • “I Think My Child Might Be Dyslexic. Does it Matter?“
  • “Using Humor to Teach Reading Comprehension”
  • “Sequential Spelling: Speech to Spelling and the Patterns of English Spelling”
  • “The Patterns of English Spelling”
  • “Speech to Spelling”
• Minnesota Christian Home Educators, St. Paul, MN. April 13-14
  • “Phonics: The Most Misunderstood Approach to Teaching Reading”
  • “I Think MY Child Might be Dyslexic. Does It Matter?”
• MACHE, Maryland Association. Of Christian Homes Educators, Frederick, MD, April 20-21
  • “Accentuate the Positive, Eliminate the Negative, Don’t Mess with Mr. In-Between”
  • “Speech to Spelling”
• INCH Information Network for Christian Homes, Lansing, MI, May 4-5
  • English Spelling: the Simple, the Fancy, the Insane, the Tricky and the Scrunched Up
• Arkansas HomeSchool Convention, Searcy, AR, May 18-19
  • The Patterns Of English Spelling
  • Phonics: The Most Misunderstood Approach to Teaching Reading
• SETHA,, South East Texas Homeschooling Association, Houston, TX, June 8-9
  • English Spelling: The Simple, the Fancy, the Insane, the Tricky and the Scrunched Up
  • Accentuate the Positive. Eliminate the Negative, Don’t Mess with Mr. In-Between
• Southeast Homeschool Expo, Atlanta, GA, Aug 3-4
  • I Think My Child Might Be Dyslexic. Does it Matter?
  • Using Humor to Teach Reading Comprehension

2006

• MACHE, Minnesota Association of Christian Home Educators, St Paul, MN - April, 2006
  • English Spelling: The Simple, the Fancy, the Insane, the Tricky and the Scrunched Up
• Coalition Of Adult Basic Education, Houston, TX - Apr, 2006
  • Breaking the Cycle of Adult Illiteracy
• MTHEA, Middle Tennessee Home Educators Association, Nashville, TN - May, 2006
  • Spelling: Accentuate the Positive, Eliminate the Negative; Don’t Mess with Mr. In-Between
• LINK, California Home School Conference, Los Angles, CA - June, 2006
  • Save Your Money! Don’t Waste it On Testing for Dyslexia
• Landesverband Legasthenie, Cologne, Germany – April, 2002
  • Concepts of Sequential Spelling

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