Eye to Eye at College of the Holy Cross

Throughout October Eye to Eye is celebrating Learning Disabilities Awareness month! We'll be sharing student stories, community activities, as well as myths and facts about learning disabilities on all of our social channels. You can help us increase understanding and remove the stigma surrounding learning disabilities! Join us throughout the month to spread awareness and celebrate the 1 in 5 who learn differently!
Click the button below for a toolkit full of resources.
www.eyetoeyenational.org/LDAwareness2020

The safety and well-being of our mentors, mentees, stakeholders, and the broader community continues to be top of mind as the situation surrounding the COVID-19 Coronavirus rapidly unfolds. The current uncertainty and sudden change in routine is difficult for any student but it is especially challenging for our students with learning differences.

Eye to Eye is here to provide resources and support throughout this, and we have compiled information that may be useful to our community of educators, students, parents, and supporters during this time. You can access this at any time on our website using the link below.

We are a community of creative problem-solvers full of grit and determination, and together we will all get through this challenging time.


http://bit.ly/E2Ecovid19

Social and emotional learning boosts disabled students' confidence To help students succeed, some educators are approaching learning differences differently.

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Eye to Eye knows from experience and research that the three factors proven to change the trajectories of students with learning and attention differences are strong social emotional skills, effective IEP/504 plans, and supportive environments. Our Amplify and Innovate plan is developed around promoting and facilitating these three factors.

We want to focus this week on breaking each of these factors down. So, what is social emotional learning (SEL), and what are the social emotional skills that promote it?

SEL is the process through which children and adults understand and manage emotions, set and achieve positive goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain positive relationships, and make responsible decisions.

Through involvement with the Eye to Eye, students will gain social emotional skills such as developing a growth mindset, grit, a strong self-concept, self-management, theory of intelligence, positive identity, a sense of belonging, interconnectivity, and hope for the future, all of which will promote lifelong social emotional learning.

Stay tuned for more info on the importance of effective IEP/504 plans and supportive environments!

Want to know more about this movement and how you can be involved? Visit eyetoeyenational.org/E2E25

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We are proud to be the most improved Eye to Eye Chapter this year!!!

Meet our National Program Coordinator!

Hey, everybody! My name is Christie, and I wear my ADHD as a badge of honor and pride. However, for the majority of my life, it was something I was incredibly ashamed of and hid from people at all costs. Although I wasn’t diagnosed with ADHD until I was a sophomore in high school, I always knew I was different than everybody else. School seemed to come so easy to most of my friends, but tests, quizzes, and homework took me at least 3 times as long, which took an extreme toll on my self-esteem and mental health. I was constantly comparing myself to my peers and always thought there was something wrong with me or that I was “stupid,” even though I got straight A’s and B’s all throughout school. In middle school, I was bullied by some of my classmates for my learning challenges and had a substitute teacher ask me if I was “slow” or “had problems” in front of all my friends, simply because I was pages behind them on my Social Studies worksheets.
For as many negative and traumatic experiences as I had with teachers, bullies, and the school system itself, I had just as many positive ones. I was incredibly fortunate to have amazing allies in my life that supported me through thick and thin and changed the entire trajectory of my life. My parents were my advocates long before I ever knew how to do that for myself, acting as my personal audiobooks when I couldn’t find the one I needed at the library or online, and spending countless hours doing homework with me every night. I also had life-changing teachers who appreciated and celebrated my work ethic, who accommodated me in ways that my private school couldn’t, and who trusted me enough to let me bring my test or quiz home with me when I didn’t have enough time to finish it in class. If it wasn’t for allies like these who believed in me, saw my potential, fought for me, and pushed me to be the best I could be, I probably would’ve ended up as another sad LD statistic.
I’m so passionate about the work I do for Eye to Eye because I believe every student is one ally away from being a success story, and now it’s my turn be that ally for the 1 in 5 students out there who learn differently, just like myself.

Did you know that October is LD/ADHD Awareness Month?
Here is a story form one of the Chapter Leaders from HC:

Hi! My name is Maggie O’Hagan and I am on of the Co-Chapter Leaders of Eye to Eye Holy Cross! My LD/ADHD journey has often focused on people not fully understanding what dyslexia and/or ADHD is. I have often had to respond to questions such as “You have dyslexia? But you seem smart?” There are so many misunderstandings about what it means to have LD/ADHD. That’s why awareness month is important to me. I want to spread the word of what it means to have dyslexia and ADHD. I want to share my stories

LD/ADHD Awareness Fact #1

October is LD/ADHD Awareness Month!!

We are loving seeing our mentors and Chapter Leaders actively sharing out their stories, and we encourage you to share your stories with us throughout the month, as we will be sharing them out! If you'd like to be featured as a guest blogger on our website, please email your LD/ADHD story to [email protected].

Thank you to everyone sharing their personal stories, and to our continuous supporters and allies.

If you are interested in social graphics to share out, don't hesitate to send us a message!

Cracking the code of dyslexia Researchers who say one in five children they studied was dyslexic have also found there is no link at all between dyslexia and intelligence

Be the Mentor you wish you had! If you are a college or high school student who has learning and attention differences, consider becoming an Eye to Eye mentor at your school today. Eye to Eye’s national mentoring program pairs college and high school mentors with learning and attention differences, like dyslexia and ADHD, with similarly identified middle school mentees. Learn more about becoming an Eye to Eye Mentor here: https://eyetoeyenational.org/mentoring

Feel free to message us with questions!

Eye To Eye | Mentoring We train high school and college students with learning differences, including dyslexia and ADHD, to mentor similarly-identified middle school students. We are an easy-to-implement social-emotional intervention with high-impact results.

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