Reading Therapy

NOW OFFERING ORTON-GILLINGHAM APPROACH TO READING SUCCESS IN OUR CRANBERRY OFFICE!
All of our Reading Specialists have a Bachelor's Degree in Elementary Education and Special Education as well as a Master's of Education in Reading.  Our Reading program is designed to directly and systematically  teach struggling readers specific decoding, word recognition, reading comprehension  and reading fluency skills.  Intervention for writing and spelling deficits will also be provided as needed.  During your first reading therapy session, the therapist will evaluate your child's reading, writing, and spelling needs and interview the parents/family to see what your goals are for helping your child learn to read.  Based on this information, the therapist will then design a treatment plan that will help to meet your child's individual needs. Parents will be given an update on progress, instructions for working with their child at home, and home activities after every treatment session.   

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How Do I Know? 

Children who struggle academically may benefit from reading therapy.  Some examples of children who may benefit are:

Children with but not limited to:

• Dyslexia
  
• Learning Disabilities
  
• Specific Language Impairment
  
• Concussion
  

Children who have difficulties with but not limited to:

• Phonemic Awareness Skills (ex:  rhyming, segmenting words into sounds, blending sounds together to form words, etc.)
  
• Decoding words
  
• Sight word recall
  
• Reading Fluency
  
• Reading Accuracy
  
• Reading comprehension ( ex:  understanding what they read)
  
• Writing
  
• Spelling
  
• Vocabulary

How Will My Child Benefit?

Reading therapy will:

• Help your child make the transition from “learning to read” to “reading to learn”
  
• Provide the basic phonemic instruction that research shows to be critical to reading success.  
  
• Empower your child to quickly master reading, writing and spelling
  
•  Ensure your child’s academic success
  
•  Allow successful readers to advance to more complex material
  

The essential skills developed are:

• Phonemic Awareness
  
• Decoding Skills
  
• Sight Word Recognition
  
• Reading Accuracy
  
• Reading Fluency
  
• Vocabulary
  
• Reading Comprehension
  

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