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When a child with long-term reading problems is assessed with us and found to have dyslexia, we don't just tell them to keep practicing this or that. We want to make sure that the underlying causes that have prevented them from learning to read or read well, are dealt with, so they will be able to improve in reading very quickly. We do that because you know you can't afford to have your child wait, hoping that they'll grow out of these problems while missing those important years of schooling.
Understanding Dyslexia and reading problems
Most children who have trouble reading or learning to read, have underlying neurological causes for the problem. Sometimes these neurological problems show up and are labelled as "developmental delays", "inattention", "hyperactivity", "laziness" or other behaviour concerns. The difficulty is that the parts of the brain required for reading and comprehension are not networking efficiently. Sometimes the essential visual and auditory information is not processed accurately. It's like attempting to take a measurement with an inaccurate tape. No amount of re-measuring (practicing reading) will get it right. When your child attends our clinic, we work to "re-calibrate" the tape measure (the skills required for reading). Like James, your child can become not only a competent reader, but one with increased confidence in their ability to read, helping them succeed at school and in life.
Proven track record
As parents, you want your child to succeed – and that's important for us too. Our motto is"when you succeed, we succeed". With more than 40 years experience in education (as teachers, lecturers in Special Education and Educational Psychology, trainers and psychologists in private practice), our passion is to provide the most up-to-date and effective education tools which make a dramatic difference to lives of children and their families.
Now we know that children with dyslexia have many other, sometimes amazingly good strengths. But it is discouraging for children and distressing for parents when reading does not improve, even after extensive support. Unfortunately, in many cases, the support has been like putting the cart before the horse. Children need to develop critical brain pathways and networks to enable the skills of reading to be put together effectively before expecting them to improve in reading. And that's what we help them do well.
How we can help
Our dedicated team will provide you with:
- Comprehensive assessment of reading so you know exactly where your child is at right now.
- Assessment of underlying processing difficulties (including a special optometric assessment) so you can understand what the problem really is.
- A thorough report outlining causes of problems along with detailed treatment recommendations, so your child can succeed at school and realise their potential.
- Follow-up assessment and committed support to ensure progress continues.
As you can imagine, accurate assessment involves a lot of time – anywhere between two and a half and four and a half hours, because unless we know the precise problem, we cannot create an effective plan to remedy it.
And though our treatment programs work quickly and when integrated, better than any other so far, they do involve reasonable input, effort and organisation by parents or other caregivers.
So if you are ready,
- to see you child more confident and relaxed, less stressed, reading more and no longer worried about school; and
- to put in the resources required, working together to get your child up to reading speed in a much faster time than you ever expected,
...then we can help you!
Take action now!
To request an initial consultation, simply contact us via:
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Web |
Fill in the form below (recommended) |
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Email |
readinghelp@dyslexiaclinic.com.au |
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Phone |
head office on
(08) 7127 4938
Please note, due to regular appointments, we are often quite busy so you may have to leave a message. We will call you back within 24 hours (Monday - Friday). |
