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Evaluations and Therapy
Screener Letter from School
Has your child received a letter from his/her school stating he/she failed a Dyslexia Screener?
In accordance with Mississippi Code Ann. § 37-173-15, each local school district must screen students for dyslexia in the spring of Kindergarten and the fall of Grade 1 using a State Board of Education approved screener. The screener must contain the following components: Phonological Awareness, Phonemic Awareness, Sound Symbol Recognition, Alphabet Knowledge, Decoding skills, Encoding skills, and Rapid Naming. If the student fails the screener, the parent or legal guardian will be notified of the results of the screener.
Your child may have received 2 letters, one in their Kindergarten year and one in their first grade year.
What do you do now?
One of the first things you can do is contact Illuminations Center for Dyslexia at 601-484-7430 or staff@illuminationsdyslexia.com
When you contact Illuminations, one of our knowledgeable staff members will be able to answer your questions regarding dyslexia, dyslexia evaluation, tutoring, and dyslexia therapy.
What you should know:
Schools do not have to evaluate for dyslexia, they only have to screen children to determine who might be at risk.
Children with dyslexia can learn how to read and write successfully.
Dyslexia therapy is available to your child in person and on-line even as you wait for results of evaluation.
Therapy
What about school?
What is Dyslexia Therapy?
What is Dyslexia Therapy?
Your child may be receiving remediation at school. Under the Every Student Succeeds Act, all students not making progress should receive "tier" interventions. As a parent of a child with dyslexia, look for instruction that is:
Intensive
Very frequent for sufficient time.
Explicit
All skills for reading, spelling, and writing are explained, directly taught, and modeled. Children are discouraged from guessing at words.
Systematic and cumulative
The concepts follow a logical, sequential order, from simple to more complex; each new concept builds upon previously introduced concepts, with built in review to aid memory and retrieval.
Structured
Step-by-step procedures for introducing, reviewing, and practicing concepts.
Multi-sensory
To link listening, speaking, reading, and writing together; we involve movement and “hands-on” learning.
What is Dyslexia Therapy?
What is Dyslexia Therapy?
What is Dyslexia Therapy?
- Alphabet instruction
- Recognition of letters/sounds
- Categories
- Rapid Automatized Naming
- Learned Words
- Reading accuracy and fluency
- Comprehension
- Grammar and writing
- Cursive handwriting
- Phonological awareness
- Etymology (language of origin)
- Oral language development
- Vocabulary
- Spelling rules
- Affixes and word roots
All in one hour sessions designed for mastery, quick pace, and FUN!
What curriculum is used?
What curriculum is used?
What curriculum is used?
The National Institute of Mental Health reports that 95% of children can achieve grade-level grading success with specialized help early. The core of Illuminations methodology evolves from the Orton-Gillingham based methods: a scientific, universally-successful, specific teaching approach that combines auditory, visual, and kinesthetic learning modalities.
Most of our therapists are trained in Alphabetic Phonics or a derivative, Neuhaus Basic Language Skills, earning a master's degree and certification by the Academic Language Therapy Association. Some are certified by the Children's Dyslexia Centers, and other by the Center for Effective Reading Instruction and the International Dyslexia Association. All our therapists are highly trained to deliver structured literacy in direct, explicit lessons designed for your child.
We can deliver therapy in person or online. We are a Lexercise Certified Structured Literacy Provider.
Individualized Schedules
What curriculum is used?
What curriculum is used?
We craft each schedule according to your child's needs, taking into consideration extracurricular activities and your family's time constraints. We ask that you commit to at least 50 sessions per semester for maximum growth.
Package pricing is available. We do offer a sliding scale for those families that qualify.
Therapy (3-5 days per week): $45/session
Tutoring: $30/half hour
Lexercise: $395-$495 a month depending on current promotional codes and grants stipends.
Please note: Sliding Scale is based upon the Federal Poverty Guidelines. If your family earns below 200% of the federal poverty guidelines, your family will be eligible for a reduction in the fees for therapy, tutoring, and reading comprehension. Please note the posted fees are guidelines and may be adjusted based on your income, expenses, and ability to pay. Children and other dependents should be included in the number of household members. All income sources should be considered. A continuance of Sliding Scale benefits is not guaranteed and is subject to modification and/or elimination at the sole discretion of Illuminations Center for Dyslexia.
Our Partners
Illuminations begins our 10th Year!
10 years... over 700 students. Can we reach 1000 by the end of the year? We can with your help!
10 years... almost $100,000 raised in grants, donations, and fundraisers! Can we do that same amount in one year? We can with your help!
10 years... hundreds of schools impacted with professional development, advocacy meetings, and resources for teachers. Can we start 100 book studies this year? We can with your help!
We have big goals for year 10. Be a part of change as structured literacy spreads into the lives of children, families, teachers, and schools across the nation.