Services
Dyslexia Screening:
We provide screening resulting in an 'at risk' index for likely literacy difficulties and a profile of strengths and weaknesses. The screener can be used as a basis for the development of appropriate support strategies for therapy or for referral for diagnostic testing.
We provide screening resulting in an 'at risk' index for likely literacy difficulties and a profile of strengths and weaknesses. The screener can be used as a basis for the development of appropriate support strategies for therapy or for referral for diagnostic testing.
Dyslexia Therapy: Take Flight
Take Flight: A Comprehensive Intervention for Students with Dyslexia is a two-year curriculum written by the staff of the Center for Dyslexia at Scottish Rite Hospital. Take Flight builds on the success of the three previous dyslexia intervention programs developed by the staff of Scottish Rite Hospital: Alphabetic Phonics, Dyslexia Training Program and TSRH Literacy Program.
Take Flight was designed for use by Certified Academic Language Therapists for children with dyslexia ages 7 and older. The two-year program is designed to be taught four days per week (60 minutes per day) or five days per week (45 minutes per day). It is intended for one-on-one or small group instruction with no more than six students per class.
KEY FINDINGS:
Students who complete Take Flight instruction show significant growth in all areas of reading skill.
Follow-up research with children who completed treatment indicates that students maintain the benefits of instruction on word reading skills and continue to improve in reading comprehension after one year.
Take Flight is effective when used in schools by teachers with advanced training in treating learning disorders.
Students with the lowest reading skills acquire the strongest gains from Take Flight instruction.
Source: https://scottishritehospital.org/research-and-education/education/dyslexia-educator-center
Early intervention: We use multi-sensory curricula to teach phonological awareness, letter recognition, sound/ symbol association, alphabet sequencing activities and oral language activities including: vocabulary, comprehension, listening, and verbal expression in order to prevent reading difficulties.
Basic reading needs: We can provide instruction in basic reading needs, such as syllable types and comprehension, as well as vocabulary, writing, and grammar for students who simply need additional support, but who do not need a deep therapeutic program for dyslexia.