We know you trust us to use the best curriculum available for your child. We take this seriously and only implement proven and research-based methods. Many of you are seeking a specific approach and we want to make sure you know what resources we have available to you and your family. We use several different interventions depending on the needs of each student. All instruction uses multi-sensory Orton-Gillingham principles and is tailored specifically to the needs of each student. Below are a few of the dyslexia intervention programs we feature. We use visual, auditory and kinesthetic pathways to help make deeper and stronger reading connections. Individualized instruction builds phonemic awareness, automatic word recognition, fluency, comprehension, reading stamina, spelling accuracy, and confidence.
Curriculum
BARTON READING & SPELLING: We provide different multi-sensory, structured literacy interventions for students depending on results from initial student screening or parent preference. The Barton Reading & Spelling System is one of the most widely-used Orton-Gillingham-based dyslexia intervention programs in the world. This system is multi-sensory, systematic, and hits decoding, encoding, morphology, phonemic awareness, fluency & comprehension. The Barton curriculum is especially good at strengthening the skills of those with poor spelling.
SPALDING: This scientifically-based language arts program is a multisensory method that teaches the foundational skills of reading and writing. Successful teaching of this method results in a student’s ability to read fluently, draw on a rich vocabulary, understand the structure of language, and become a skilled reader and writer. The curriculum is structured, sequential, and cumulative. The methodology is explicit, interactive, diagnostic, multisensory, and integrated. The content covered in this course includes phonemic awareness, systematic phonics, vocabulary, and sentence construction.
TAKE FLIGHT: This curriculum was written by the staff of the Luke Waites Center for Dyslexia and Learning Disorders at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children and designed for use by Certified Academic Language Therapists for children with dyslexia ages seven and older. Take Flight is a structured literacy intervention program that is multi-sensory, systematic, and hits decoding, encoding, morphology, phonemic awareness, fluency & comprehension. This Orton-Gillingham-based curriculum has alphabetic phonics roots and takes place in both small group sessions, as well as individually. There are 4 books in the program and each is highly effective in moving kids across grade levels but does not align to grade levels. Students move through the program at different paces based on the number of weekly sessions and, depending on their mastery of each concept. Those attending a minimum of 3 sessions per week can complete the curriculum in an estimated two-year time frame.
WILSON READING: Wilson is a structured literacy program based on phonological-coding research and Orton-Gillingham principles, WRS directly and systematically teaches the structure of the English language. Through the program, students learn fluent decoding and encoding skills to the level of mastery. From the beginning Steps of the program, students receive instruction in; Word structure, Word recognition and spelling of high-frequency words, Vocabulary, word understanding, and word-learning skills, Sentence-level text reading with ease, expression, and understanding. Listening comprehension with age-appropriate narrative and informational text, Reading comprehension with narrative and expository text of increasing levels of difficulty, Narrative, and informational text structures, Organization of information for oral or written expression, and Proofreading skills.
LIPS & FOUNDATIONS IN SOUNDS: Often students have difficulty hearing the individual sounds within words. We pre-reading programs such as LiPS and Foundations in Sounds to increase phonological awareness, sound discrimination, memory, and sequence.
IRLEN: Irlen Syndrome isthe way the brain interprets light signals. It can manifest as light sensitivity, but it is more than that. When a person has Irlen Syndrome, their brain becomes overactive when exposed to certain wavelengths of light. This over activity causes symptoms beyond the visual distortions. It is very harsh for eyes to read black letters on white paper. We test the students and with colored overlays to see which color is best for them. About 50% of children and adults read better with a colored overlay.