Effective Instruction
Dyslexia or related language-learning difficulties and impacting future school progress. You might be asking what kind of instructional intervention could lead to improvement, or if your student is beyond the age where intervention could help. You might be wondering if your student will be college or career-ready when the time comes. There can be emotional stresses for both you and your student when faced with the challenges posed by reading difficulties. You may have noticed declining motivation and the threat of lost potential. How do you stop the downward spiral and find a way to help them?
Services
Instruction is provided by a retired, credentialed VA teacher, offering instruction using Orton Gillingham methodology and research/evidence based programs that illustrate the “Alphabetic Principle” which emphasizes structured language (a rules-based, highly predictable system). The problem is that some learners see reading and spelling words as an exercise in “randomness”—they don’t see the categories of patterns and features of words, rooted in letter sounds and syllable types. Once students are taught using how regular language really is when it is controlled, reading becomes a more successful, cumulative process.
Sounds and Syllables is a private tutoring service, offering intervention face-to-face or via televideo presence in:
- Phonemic awareness
- Reading decoding
- Reading fluency
- Reading comprehension
- Spelling
- Handwriting
- Vocabulary
Credentials
Instruction is provided by a retired, credentialed VA teacher, offering instruction using Orton Gillingham methodology and research/evidence based programs that illustrate the “Alphabetic Principle” which emphasizes structured language (a rules-based, highly predictable system). The problem is that some learners see reading and spelling words as an exercise in “randomness”—they don’t see the categories of patterns and features of words, rooted in letter sounds and syllable types. Once students are taught using how regular language really is when it is controlled, reading becomes a more successful, cumulative process.