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10 Questions To Ask If Your Child Struggles with Reading

Questions to Ask Struggling Readers

Ten Questions To Ask at Teacher Conferences When Your Child Struggles with Reading and Spelling From preschool through fourth grade, my son struggled with reading, writing, and spelling. At the time, I wasn’t sure what to ask during teacher conferences. After years of research and working with many children who face similar challenges, I’ve learned […]

The Honest Truth About Dyslexia

The Honest Truth About Dyslexia

Dyslexia is a genetic language based disability, or learning difference, that occurs in up to 1 in 5 people. 65% of Aspire Academy parents say that their child cannot pronounce longer words. It is more than elementary school reversals and differences in language processing. Dyslexia can affect overall communication.  In young people, dyslexia can cause […]

Does your child hate school? Dig deeper!

Late, sloppy work & acting out can signal late to emerge reading disabilities Some students do not struggle with reading until they get to the upper grades. Why is this? Some kids could master reading when the words were not complex. But when words began to have three or more syllables, they begin to struggle. Reading […]

Teenager with Reading Struggles? 5 Ways Tutoring Can Help A Struggling Teen.

ACT Scores Help

Reading help in middle school and high school: Improves ACT scores from the teens to the 20s Allows students to go to the college they want to attend not the only college that will accept them Allows students to achieve their career goals and dreams Makes reading achievable, more rewarding and it improves spelling and […]

Free Online Dyslexia Test

Free Online Dyslexia Test

One effect of COVID schooling, is that K-2 grade students are not learning to read at the normal pace of years past.  Parents are also noticing that their older children are struggling with reading, spelling and writing more than they realized. Parents are left wondering if the reading, spelling and writing struggles are the effect […]

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