Dyslexia and Avoiding Reading

Dyslexia

I can help those diagnosed or undiagnosed with dyslexia. You do not need to receive a diagnosis to receive the help you need to learn to read or improve your reading.

Avoiding Reading

Many people who say they hate reading, have underlying issues contributing to this feeling that they themselves do not recognize or understand.

Sometimes the underlying cause can be lack of reading proficiency, or vision issues not tested at optometrists, such as tracking, convergence/teaming, or working memory or processing speed difficulties.

Sub-Literacy is Common

Some students have not received systematic and explicit literacy instruction, and some have not received the kind of instruction that moved the learning from short term to long term memory.

69% of 4th graders are not proficient at reading

67% of 8th graders are not proficient at reading

Rewiring the Brain

Here is an article written by someone who struggled with reading through grade school, college, and into adulthood, and then through her process of learning the EBLI approach, she "created many new neural pathways (and) rewired (her) brain!"