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Who Can Benefit
It's a great time to be in the field of reading and comprehension development. Over the last decade, profound advancements in the research of the brain and learning have been made. It was once thought that a person's IQ was unchangeable and that the brain was what it was. Now, we know that's not true.
Today's research has made it very clear; the brain has plasticity and the brain's cognitive processes can be stregnthened. Improving the processes associated with successful reading can be accomplished by using a scientifically based reading research program. With research-based approaches, including daily treatment, new neuro-pathways can be developed in the brain. The results? The brain is more efficient at processing language leading to higher confidence in learning.
From our own clinicial experience and from today's scientific research on reading devleopment, anyone who want's to improve their reading development can benefit.
Clients at Langsford strengthen their learning because of effective methods and a deliberate approach. However, each client brings with him or her several factors that must exist for sessions to be effective. Basic language skills must be intact. Any medical or emotional concerns and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder should be addressed. Perhaps most important, all successful clients have a desire to overcome their learning weakness.
Our approaches are steeped in research, and clients must want to attend Langsford. No one who displays notable resistance is accepted. Our offerings require the interest and active participation of the client, factors essential to any meaningful learning situation. Success stories at Langsford Learning Acceleration Centers are always attributable, in part, to motivation.
Having said that, most of the students we work with have some sort of aversion to reading and learning. Built into our training and our implementation of services are techniques to bring, as quickly as possible, the client to a level success and confidence.
Characteristics of People We Help
Langsford Intake Stories
Can dyslexia be tested for in kindergarten or 1st grade?
Jennifer, a mother of a 9 year old, 4th grader called. Her daughter has always struggled as an emerging reader. Last year she was diagnosed with dyslexia. When asked if her daughter was tested before last year, Jennifer said "she was tested in Kindergarten and she didn't pass the Phonemic Awareness test, but her IQ was high no one suspected dyslexia".
Current scientific evidence continues to show that future reading struggles can be predicted as early as kindergarten by completing a diagnostic assessment in the cognitive skills associated with the alphabetic principle, phonological processing, and phonemic awareness.
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