Reading Disorders
The field of reading disorders, also referred to as dyslexia, has an overwhelming variety of programs and techniques. Parents are understandably confused. A great many children struggle with reading because they have under developed auditory memory and phonological processing skills. Once they develop these skills at the automatic level, reading can become automatic.
Treating auditory memory and phonological/phonemic awareness along with phonics is known as the “speech to print” method, and it is what I use. You might also hear it referred to as “orthographic mapping.” I use the following speech to print programs to treat reading: Equipped For Reading Success, That Reading Thing, and SPELL-Links.
Some reading disorders also have a visual motor component, and these children can benefit from vision and/or occupational therapy.
