Defined by Federal Law as: an unexpected difficulty in reading for an individual who has the intelligence to be a much better reader, most commonly caused by a difficulty in phonological processing (the appreciation of the individual sounds of spoken language), which affects the ability of an
S.3747 First Step Act of 2018
About Dyslexia
Our Mission
At Leaping Literacy Dyslexia Therapy LLC, our mission is to provide high-quality educational services to students of all ages. We believe that education is the key to success, and we strive to help our students achieve their full potential.
Research Supporting Early Intervention!
What effective intervention can do to the brain:
When children with reading disabilities were given intensive, systematic code-based reading interventions, they demonstrated increased activation in important brain regions associated with reading and made significant gains in reading fluency and comprehension even 1 year after intervention had ended. (Shaywitz, 2004)
Neural systems for reading are malleable and highly responsive to effective reading instruction. Research shows when students (ages 6-9) receive systematic phonics-based reading intervention evidence of plasticity of the neural systems for reading is found in fMRI studies. (Shaywitz, 2004)
Using a scientifically based reading intervention which is intensive and phonologically based with children who are poor readers made significant and durable changes in brain organization so that brain activation patterns resemble those of typical readers of the neural system for reading. (Birsh, 2018)
why early intervention is best:
As children get older research found that "the intensity and duration of reading intervention must increase exponentially" to achieve the same improvement possible with younger children. Older students will only attain grade-level standards with "instruction sufficiently powerful to accelerate reading development dramatically." (Torgesen, 2007)
74% of students who are reading below grade level in 3rd grade will still be reading below grade level in 12th grade. (Birsh, 2018)