Targeted Reading Interventions

The Center for Communication Skills offers a variety of targeted reading interventions for those who have demonstrated ongoing academic challenges. Therapists and tutors provide direct instruction of language comprehension, reading decoding,
encoding, comprehension, fluency, spelling skills, and written language.

Why we can help…
The Center for Communication Skills
has provided specialized speech,
language and academic therapy since
1996. Because reading success has
increasingly become a high priority for
our clients who have communication
and learning challenges, our staff has
been highly trained to provide three
levels of reading intervention.

These intensive reading programs are based
on Orton-Gillingham direct teaching
methods and targeted computer
instruction.

The Center’s licensed therapists design
interventions based on the special
needs of each individual with
consideration of learning style, deficit
areas, and successful outcomes.

Find out which approach best for your child
by attending an information meeting or
requesting a consultation.

Program Options

All programs are effective in addressing the special
needs of those with dyslexia or other language based
reading disorders.

Therapeutic Dyslexia Intervention
Therapists at the Center for Communication Skills have
been trained in Lindamood Bell programs including
Lindamood Phoneme Sequencing Programs® (LiPS®),
Seeing Stars® and Visualizing Verbalizing®. These
approaches are used along with proven therapeutic
interventions to support auditory analysis skills and the
foundational skills needed to acquire reading proficiency.
Each client receives an individualized treatment plan that
delineates target goals and functional levels.
www.lblp.com

Barton Reading and Spelling Programs
Trained tutors at the Center for Communication Skills
deliver the Barton Reading and Spelling Programs that
are Orton-Gillingham influenced and approved by the
California Department of Education. These programs
have been highly successful for dyslexic learners and
others who experience reading challenges. Tutors
provide 1:1 training as an after-school or summer
intervention and are supervised by licensed speechlanguage
pathologists. www.bartonreading.com

Fast ForWord® Family of Programs
Since 1996, the Center for Communication Skills has
offered the Fast ForWord® Language programs to help
individuals with language processing deficits. The
offerings of this highly regarded company have
expanded to include a range of pre-reading, language
and reading skills to maximize learning success. The
programs are offered at the Center for Communication
Skills under the supervision of our speech-language
pathologists. www.scilearn.com.com