Walter E. Dunson, Jr., Ph.D.

Is your son or daughter experiencing difficulty in the classroom?

Has he been diagnosed with dyslexia?

Is she having problems keeping up with the volume of classwork or the pace of the class?

Does he struggle with assignment completion?

Does she have a difficult time with putting her thoughts on paper?

Does he have trouble with spelling?

Does her reading ability appear weak or lacking?

If you answered yes to one of these questions, your son or daughter may be experiencing difficulty with visual and/or auditory processing of academic language.  Students with deficits in auditory processing and visual processing of information are prime candidates for academic language therapy.

What Is Academic Language Therapy? 

Academic language therapy helps students who need either primary instruction or remediation with the
English "code".  Since the educational experience of American students is conducted primarily in the English language, adequate language skills are essential for school success.  Academic language therapy, therefore, serves as a foundation for lifelong learning.  Utilizing the multisensory strategies that are the cornerstone of the Orton-Gillingham approach, academic language therapy programs are designed to meet the needs of those who have auditory and visual processing deficits or language-based learning disorders such as dyslexia, dysgraphia, or dysnomia.

Our Services:

   * phonology

    * decoding 

    * morphology

    * composition

    * reading fluency 

    * reading comprehension 

    * writing mechanics

    * spelling

    * grammar 

    * learning strategies

    * learning styles 

    * study skills