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We are now offering completely customized virtual neuropsychological testing assessments and remote neurofeedback! Schedule your assessment and treatment today
Learning to read takes practice. We often compare it to learning how to play an instrument. Practice, repetition, and outside support are crucial. This is why our reading occupational therapy program is a multi-sensory approach to reading and language. We’ll do our best to get students to go from learning to read to reading to learn new things (and hopefully enjoying it, too).
It is thought that reading challenges come from three different areas:
A child can read something but not understand what they read.
There is an issue with connecting oral sounds to written words.
There is an issue with reading speed and accuracy of what’s being read.
Conditions that make reading difficult for one or more of these reasons include:
Our reading intervention program focuses on developing foundational reading skills such as phonological awareness (patterns of sounds turning into words), decoding (the connection between sounds and letters), vocabulary, and reading comprehension and fluency. We will also work on cognitive skills such as working memory, attention, processing, and sequencing.
An initial assessment will be administered to help your child get started with the appropriate reading level. You will then be assigned specific reading and language development exercises to help your child strengthen their skills.
While a child doesn’t need an official diagnosis to start reading occupational therapy, taking an assessment and discovering a diagnosis will make the process easier. When our expert team with years of experience knows your child’s specific needs, diagnosis or not, they can offer better reading intervention plans.
Learning how to read doesn’t have to be punishing. Our reading therapy program, Fast ForWord, offers exercises that turn reading lessons into fun games. These exercises focus on phonics, sound pairs, contrasting sound pairs, and word contrasts (antonyms vs. synonyms).
The other portion of the reading program, Reading Assistant Plus, gives your child a large library of books with various reading difficulties to choose from and read online. This portion allows students to practice pronunciation, vocabulary, and fluency.
The benefit of doing the Fast ForWord and Reading Assistant Plus programs at the same time is that they allow your child to build and apply their foundational skills in an interactive environment. This environment will provide immediate, real-time feedback.
Using our reading comprehension therapy program ensures your child will have the support of an experienced reading intervention specialist. They will provide productive sessions, add additional learning modalities to the program, and motivate and encourage your child to succeed.
Our clinic is now offering Telehealth to clients in California, Texas, and Florida!
Fast ForWord is an adaptive reading program created by Carnegie Learning to help various struggling readers. It has over 30 years of research to back up its programming and results.
Reading Assistant Plus is an interactive program by Carnegie Learning that focuses on reading out loud and word pronunciation. It offers more than 350 different book options for readers to choose from.
The level of assistance and expertise is the difference between reading occupational therapy and tutoring. A tutor focuses only on the subject the child is struggling in—reading—and is only trained for that.
Meanwhile, an occupational therapist looks at the larger picture: Why is the child struggling to read? They will identify various factors, such as a medical condition, environment, or potential sensory triggers, that derail the process. They can offer reading aids and strategies to make the reading process easier.
Our expert team uses every strategy and tool available to help children not only learn how to read but thrive while doing so. We will offer both structural and emotional support throughout the process so your child knows they aren’t alone on this journey.
