Nancy Young

Nancy Young is an experienced educator and speaker with extensive knowledge of evidence-based approaches to teaching reading, spelling, and writing for both the general classroom and intervention programs. She provides consulting services to schools and individual families across Canada and internationally. Her speaking engagements cover a wide range of audiences, including parents, teachers, administrators, and businesses, and are delivered in-person and online to global audiences.

Young's areas of specialty include dyslexia, giftedness, ADHD, and ELL. Her extensive training includes a Bachelor of Education Degree in Elementary Education (giftedness focus) and a Master of Education Degree in Special Education (dyslexia focus). She is the author of Secret Code Actions™: A Resource to Support Learning to Read and Spell the English Language. A "dictionary for the code" full of reading and spelling Clues and Alerts is a unique tool to master code-based skills using fun and creative movements. Written to support both teachers (Teacher Edition, August 2016) and parents (Parent Edition, March 2017), this resource is designed to enhance any reading/spelling instruction. Young is also the author of the Ladder of Reading, an infographic showing the ease at which children learn to read irrespective of IQ. Her Ladder of Reading is now being used by educators and parents globally to better understand the importance of evidence-based reading instruction for all children and the particular needs of children with dyslexia.