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Dyslexia
Reading is a foundational skill for all other academic work. The
ability to read is made up of several sub-skills, each of which
contributes to the ability to derive meaning from the printed
word. If a student has a disability in one or more of the
sub-skills of reading, they are said to have dyslexia, and they
will commonly have trouble with one or more aspects of reading
instruction.
The traditional way reading is taught in elementary schools does
not address many of the disabilities that stand in the way of a
child learning to read. Research has shown that both dyslexic
and non-dyslexic students benefit from direct instruction in
reading, although students who are not dyslexic will normally
learn to read regardless of the method employed. Therefore, it
is essential that students who are going to have difficulty
learning to read be identified as early as possible, or that all
students are taught to read by using methods that work with all
students, rather than just the ones who have been identified as
dyslexic.
At Pacific Learning Center NW, we have teachers who have been
trained in one or more methods of direct instruction of reading.
They use these research-tested methods with all our students to
get them reading with greater fluency and comprehension as
quickly as possible. Not all our students are dyslexic, but all
our students will receive the most effective reading instruction
available anywhere.
Two of the reading programs we use at PLC are the Wilson
Reading System and the Lindamood-Bell Learning Process. Both of
these outstanding programs utilize direct instruction methods to
teach phonemic awareness, phonics, and comprehension in a
multi-sensory curriculum. Because we have a small
student-teacher ratio, we are able to place each student in one
or the other or both of these programs at their optimal level
for maximum growth in the minimum amount of time. Our program is
structured to go more slowly in the earlier grades and more
quickly with older students who struggle with reading and are
motivated to make rapid progress.
At Pacific Learning Center NW, reading is a priority, and we use
the materials and the methods that make reading instruction
successful.
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At PLC, we use
three complimentary Lindamood-Bell programs to integrate
the skills needed for successful independent reading.
Your student may receive daily or bi-weekly instruction
in one, two, or all three of these programs as part of
their individual academic plan. Our curriculum also
includes the Wilson Reading System. Most
important, our reading specialists, Karen Deeter and
Sarah Rose, have years of training experience and the
ability to draw from a variety of approaches that
individualizes the instruction for each student.
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AUDITORY: The
Lindamood Phonemic Sequencing® (LiPS®) Program (formerly called
the ADD Program, Auditory
Discrimination in Depth)
VISUAL: The
Nancibell® Seeing Stars®:
Symbol Imagery for Phonemic Awareness, Sight Words and Spelling
Program
LANGUAGE: The
Nancibell® Visualizing and
Verbalizing for Language Comprehension and Thinking® (V/V®)
Please go
to the Lindamood-Bell website at
http://www.lindamoodbell.com/ for more information on
these programs.
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