Dyslexia

Dyslexia Relief

One in five students, or 15-20% of the population, has a language based learning disability. Dyslexia is probably the most common of these disabilities. The National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) found that approximately 38% of fourth grade students have ‘below basic’ reading skills. These students are below the 40th percentile and are at a greater than 50% chance of failing the high-stakes, year-end school achievement tests.

About 75% of the children who show primary difficulties with basic reading skills can be helped to overcome them to a large extent. Not all of these children have Dyslexia. Shockingly, only 1/3 of the children with reading disabilities are receiving school services for their reading issues. The causes for reading difficulty may be neurobiological (caused by differences in the structure and function of the brain), experiential (the student could not learn because of his behavior or inability to pay attention), instructional (the teacher did not provide adequate instruction), or a combination of these factors. Dyslexia is neuro-biological.