I first learned about dyslexia when my youngest daughter struggled with learning to read. My daughter is intelligent and gifted in visual spatial intelligence but was beginning to hate school. Standard methods where not working and by second grade I was afraid she'd fall critcally behind her peers if we didn't find help. After researching dylexia we decided to enroll my daughter in an intense education therapy program by Linda Mood-Bell. After 6 weeks she was finally able to read but it was slow and laborious and she quickly forgot some of the words she had to memorize while in therapy.
She needed more than what school and a short stint of intense therapy could offer so I turned to the 32 Degree Masonic Learning Center for Children and became a tutor using the Orton Gillingham methods to help my daughter and many others to read.
That was 10 years ago, if I'm not helping my high school students select reading appropriate material as their teacher-librarian I'm at home tutoring young children to read.
My youngest daughter is a successful graphic designer living in Milwaukee. She completed her Bachelor of Arts Degree in 2014 from Carroll University in Waukesha Wisconsin without any special accommodations.
My youngest daughter is a successful graphic designer living in Milwaukee. She completed her Bachelor of Arts Degree in 2014 from Carroll University in Waukesha Wisconsin without any special accommodations.
