"Dale has been on the
Honor Roll for the past
six consecutive quarters.
...His time and effort
spent in your program
has yielded results that
have far exceeded our
expectations." -- Kim K.

Academic Therapy

A significant percentage of the population, almost 30% of students, struggle with learning and reading problems. Specific difficulty with reading is commonly called Dyslexia, while other specific learning problems often go undiagnosed.

Causes of Learning Problems

Learning problems can have many different and often overlapping causes. The primary learning problems include deficiencies in:

• Phonemic Awareness
  Ability to recognize the number, order and identity of sounds in words.
   

• Orthographic Coding
  Ability to visualize and remember letter patterns in words.
   

• Weak Concept Imagery
  Difficulty creating accurate images from what is read which can cause comprehension problems and a limited vocabulary.
   

• Memory Problems
  Includes both visual and auditory memory issues with both short-term and working memory.
   

• Attention with and without Hyperactivity
  Includes sustained, divided and selective attention. Attention problems disrupt reading, comprehension, learning and behavior.

Learning problems do not go away with time or age. Our results speak for themselves:

Students in our reading program show average gains of 2.8 years for word attack skills. 
Students in our comprehension program average 3 years gain in just 35 hours.
Students in our cognitive training program average over 3 years gain.

How We Begin

We begin by doing thorough assessment testing with standardized, nationally recognized measures to determine exactly what an individual’s needs are. We identify a one-on-one tutoring approach that will be most effective in helping that individual overcome their learning problem.

Academic Therapy

With the learning problems identified, we have extensive expertise in a number of different research-based Academic Therapy programs. We choose the most effective approach for the individual. Often what is needed is research based, one-on-one Academic Therapy to help an individual overcome their learning problems.

– Colorado Reading Center Staff