How I Help Students and Families
Literacy Assessment
parent consultation
Literacy Assessment
Comprehensive assessment of literacy skills to identify characteristics of dyslexia, strengths, areas of support, and specific deficits commonly associated with dyslexia.
Dyslexia therapy
parent consultation
Literacy Assessment
Individualized structured literacy therapy designed to strengthen reading, writing, spelling, and comprehension skills for students with dyslexia and other persistent literacy difficulties.
parent consultation
parent consultation
parent consultation
Do you already have test results or school data? I help parents understand what the scores mean, how they may affect classroom performance, and what questions to ask or what next steps to consider.
Why Specialized Training Matters
Certified Academic Language Therapist (CALT)
Providing effective dyslexia therapy requires specialized knowledge of how reading and spelling skills develop. It also requires the ability to identify specific areas of difficulty and adjust instruction based on a student’s individual needs and progress.
As a Certified Academic Language Therapist (CALT), I have completed extensive graduate-level coursework and supervised clinical training in dyslexia and multisensory structured language education. This specialized preparation allows me to assess literacy skills, identify specific areas of need, develop individualized therapy goals, and provide explicit, systematic instruction that responds to each student’s progress.
My goal is to help students build stronger foundations for reading and spelling while helping families better understand their child’s individual learning needs.
April Neese, Ed.S., CALT
Certified Academic Language Therapist
Parent Information and Educational Meetings
Understanding dyslexia can make a meaningful difference in how families support their children. I offer parent meetings and informational sessions on dyslexia, structured literacy, reading development, and ways to support struggling readers.
Sessions can be tailored to the needs of parent groups and community organizations, focusing on practical, research-based information families can understand and use.
Contact me to learn more!
April Neese, Ed.S., CALT
Making a DIFFERENCE for children with Dyslexia
Meeting with US Senator Katie Britt (AL) and US Senator Bill Cassidy (LA)
Meeting with US Senator Katie Britt (AL) and US Senator Bill Cassidy (LA)
Meeting with US Senator Katie Britt (AL) and US Senator Bill Cassidy (LA)
The roundtable featured K-12 educators from around Alabama in the CALT program and gave them an opportunity to speak about their experiences supporting students with dyslexia in their respective schools and the positive outcomes they’ve had as a result of the CALT program. Senator Britt and Senator Cassidy are passionate about how they can support teachers and students at the federal level.
US Senator Katie Britt
Meeting with US Senator Katie Britt (AL) and US Senator Bill Cassidy (LA)
Meeting with US Senator Katie Britt (AL) and US Senator Bill Cassidy (LA)
U.S. Senator Katie Britt visited the University of Alabama, her alma mater, last week for a roundtable discussion on dyslexia education and the school’s Certified Academic Language Therapist program. She was joined by U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, Dr. Laura Cassidy, a Dyslexia Resource Center board member, and participants from the university’s CALT (Certified Academic Language Therapist) program.
“This program not only helps students, but helps other teachers understand the tools and innovation that are out there and the science that supports it, so that they can take what they’ve learned back to their communities and change the trajectory of children’s lives,” Sen. Britt said.
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