What is Dyslexia?

• Difficulty reading single words in isolation
• Difficulty accurately decoding nonsense or unfamiliar words
• Slow, inaccurate, or labored oral reading (lack of reading fluency)
• Phonological memory
• Learning the names and letters and their associated sounds
• Rapid naming of familiar objects, colors, or letter of the alphabet

What causes Dyslexia?

• A difference in the way the brain works
• There are strong genetic effects

What is Dyslexia Therapy?

Dyslexia Therapy is a program for students who have an educational identification of dyslexia. These students have average to above average ability and struggle with reading, written expression, spelling or a combination of these.

Students with dyslexia need explicit, direct instruction that is systematic (structured), sequential and cumulative.

Dyslexia Therapy is a multi-sensory phonics-based program beginning with the very simple and moving to the very complex of the English language. Dyslexia Therapists receive specialized training in Academic Language Therapy.