She's a 22-year veteran.

A resource teacher. A mom.

And she spent years believing the same myths about dyslexia that most teachers were trained to believe.

When her son started showing signs — reversals, struggling with letter sounds, a blockage she couldn't explain — she thought she was catching it early.

She wasn't. He wasn't diagnosed until age nine and a half.

"I had mom and teacher guilt," Melanie Brethour told me. "When it comes to my son — he's 15 now, he's doing great — but I think about where he would have been."

Melanie's episode is a myth-busting conversation about dyslexia that every PreK through 2nd grade teacher needs to hear.

The reversals thing? Not a vision problem. Completely normal through 2nd grade.

The "wait and see" approach? One of the biggest mistakes we can make.

The idea that dyslexic students can't become fluent readers? Not true.

This episode is full of things you can use this week.