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What is Academic Language Therapy
LEARNING SOLUTIONS
Academic Language Therapy, also known as dyslexia therapy, is a targeted approach designed to address the specific needs of individuals with dyslexia. This therapy focuses on improving reading, writing, and language skills and is delivered by professionals who have completed rigorous training and hold a certification as a Certified Academic Language Therapist (CALT).
Academic language skills play a significant role in the context of dyslexia. Dyslexia is a language-based learning difficulty primarily affecting reading and spelling abilities. It is characterized by challenges in decoding words, recognizing letter-sound associations, and accurately understanding written text. here at Learning Solutions, a licensed and certified dyslexia therapist will personally guide your child through a multisensory program of explicit, systematic instruction for both reading and spelling. instruction is clinically diagnostic and prescriptive, multisensory, intensive, and results.​
Areas of Instruction Include
The study of sounds and how they
work within their environment and the understanding of internal linguistic structure of words.
Phonology and Phonological Awareness
The six basic syllable types in the
English language and the syllable
division rules in relation to word structure.
Syllable
Instruction
The sequence and function of words in order to convey meaning to include grammar, sentence variation and language.
Syntax
The knowledge of the sounds in our language and their correspondence to the letters and combination of letters which represent those sounds.
Sound-Symbol Association
The study of how smallest units of meaning are combined from words, to include base words, roots, prefixes, and suffixes.
Morphology
The instruction in comprehension of written language.