Plain-language policies for how ELAwise works and how your information is handled.
Effective date: February 2026 · Last updated: February 2026
ELAwise (elawise.com) is a free, non-commercial educational resource for parents supporting their children's literacy development. It is not affiliated with any school, clinic, publisher, or commercial product.
ELAwise collects very little personal information:
ELAwise does not use tracking cookies or behavioral advertising cookies. Your hosting platform may set technically necessary session cookies to serve pages — these do not identify you and are not used for tracking.
ELAwise links to many external resources — such as DIBELS, Acadience, Yale Dyslexia Center, Reading Rockets, and others. Once you click a link and leave ELAwise, you are subject to the privacy policies of those external sites. We are not responsible for their practices and encourage you to review their policies.
ELAwise is a resource for parents and caregivers — not for children. We do not knowingly collect any personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has submitted information to us, please reach out via the contact link on the site and we will delete it promptly.
Because we collect minimal personal information, our data security risk is low. Emails you send us are stored in a standard email inbox. We do not store form submissions on external servers or databases.
If you have emailed us and would like us to delete any information we hold, please reach out via the contact link on the site and we will do so promptly. If you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA), you may have additional rights under GDPR including the right to access, correct, or erase your personal data.
If we make meaningful changes to this Privacy Policy, we will update the effective date at the top of this page. We encourage you to review it periodically.
Effective date: February 2026 · Last updated: February 2026
By accessing and using elawise.com, you agree to these Terms of Use. If you do not agree, please do not use the site. We reserve the right to update these terms at any time — continued use of the site constitutes acceptance of any updated terms.
ELAwise is a free, non-commercial educational resource intended to help parents and caregivers understand literacy development and research-based practices. All content on this site is provided for general informational and educational purposes only.
Nothing on this site constitutes:
The screening tools, checklists, and milestone guides on this site are informal resources to help you ask better questions — not to reach conclusions. Always consult a qualified professional (educational psychologist, speech-language pathologist, pediatrician, or licensed specialist) for diagnosis, treatment, or eligibility determinations.
ELAwise is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind. While we make every effort to present accurate, research-based information, we cannot guarantee that all content is complete, current, or error-free. Reading research evolves, and specific statistics or findings cited on this site may be subject to ongoing debate or revision in the scientific community.
All research and information on this site reflects the state of available evidence at the time of writing. ELAwise does not undertake to update content as new studies are published, and we are not responsible for any changes in scientific consensus that may occur after content was written.
We are not responsible for decisions made based on information found on this site.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, ELAwise and its creator(s) are not liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, or consequential damages arising from your use of this site or reliance on its content. This includes, without limitation, damages related to decisions made about your child's education, health, or development.
ELAwise links extensively to third-party resources — including free screeners, curricula, research institutions, and advocacy organizations. We do not control these external sites and are not responsible for their content, accuracy, or availability. Links are provided for convenience and do not constitute an endorsement of any specific organization, product, or commercial offering.
The written content, organizational structure, and design of ELAwise are the original work of its creator. You are welcome to share links to this site and to quote brief passages with attribution. You may not reproduce substantial portions of this site's original content without permission. All referenced research frameworks, screeners, and curricula belong to their respective copyright holders, and ELAwise makes no claim to ownership of those works.
ELAwise does not sell products, run advertisements, or charge for any content. ELAwise will clearly disclose any affiliate relationships if and when they are introduced. Until such disclosure is made, no affiliate relationship exists.
These Terms are governed by the laws of the United States. Any disputes arising from your use of this site shall be resolved in accordance with applicable law.
We may update these Terms of Use at any time. Updates take effect upon posting. The effective date at the top of this page will reflect when terms were last changed.