About ​Dyslexia

DY​SLEXIA DEFINED

Dyslexia is a specific learning disability that is neurobiological in origin. It is marked by unexpected ​difficulties with accurate and/or fluent word recognition, spelling, and decoding despite intelligence, ​motivation, and education. The cause of these difficulties are deficits in the phonological ​components of language: phonological awareness, phonological memory, and rapid naming.

BUS​TING THE MYTH

People with dyslexia are NOT unusually prone to seeing letters or words backward. The deficit ​responsible for the disorder is phonological in nature. The problem is linguistic, not visual. Typical ​readers convert letters to their sounds and appreciate that the words are composed of smaller ​segments or phonemes. Dyslexic children and adults have difficulty in developing an awareness that ​spoken and written words are composed of these phonemes. People who are dyslexic perceive ​words as amorphous blurs failing to appreciate their segmental nature and internal sound structure.

NOT SO RARE​

Data from the Connecticut Longitudinal Study indicates that dyslexia affects approximately one in ​five children. Girls are just as likely to have dyslexia as boys. The key to reading success is e​arly detection and intervention. If your child is struggling, have them tested. Once a diagnosi​s of dyslexia is confirmed, it is important to seek intervention services as quickly as possible. Rea​ding disabilities diagnosed after third grade are often extremely difficult to remediate. The sooner​ the bette​r!

RE​COMMENDED PARENT READS

• Overcoming Dyslexia by Sally Shaywitz, M.D.
• The Dyslexic Advantage by Brock L. Eide, ​M.D., M.A. and Fernette F. Eide, M.D.
  

Services Offered

Curricula used

Both evidence based, systematic, and explicit literacy programs, Reading Readiness and Basic Language Skills ​curricula are designed to provide effective therapy for students with dyslexia, other language based disorders, ​and those developing and beginning readers. Reading Readiness is intended for Pre-Kindergarten through 1st ​grade students. Basic Language Skills is intended for students 2nd grade and up. Which program and at what p​ace is best for your child will be determined after a Mastery Check is completed at the time of consultation. All ​students follow the same curriculum; however, therapy is tailored to each child’s individual are​as of struggle.

program requirements

At LEAST 180 minutes of instruction per week is required to participate in therapy sessions. This is equivalent to ​three days/week given in one hour sessions. This amount of time has been scientifically proven to be the ​minimum requirement for dyslexia therapy to be effective in remediation. And this is true no matter which ​curriculum is administered. Services are offered up to five days/we​ek.

pricing

Individual Therapy: $60/one hour session + a one-time materials fee of $50 due before beginning therapy.

Group Therapy: Discounts available. This rate is dependent on how many students participate. Groups must ​have no more than a six-month differential in reading levels between students and no more than two grade ​levels can be represented in a group. Groups are capped at six students.

In-home/Neutral Location Therapy

Personalized instruction meeting in your ​home or mine or at a neutral location ​such as a public library.

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