Horizon Academy is conducting free screenings for parents of children 4-6 years of age who are at risk for dyslexia.
Oct 31, 2024
Horizon Academy is conducting free screenings for parents of children 4-6 years of age who are at risk for dyslexia. The screenings are available during October and November 2024.
Step One. Fill out the form online. https://shorturl.at/W9osa
Step Two. Horizon Academy reaches out to do the informal screening with the parent, who answers questions about the child over the phone.
Step Three. Horizon Academy shares information and recommendations that may be of value based on the screening results.
More information about the screening: Horizon Academy provides free dyslexia screenings through a brief 10-minute phone interview with parents. The phone screening is a series of 10 questions that assess a student's risk for dyslexia and is intended for parents of children ages 4-6.
This informal screening helps parents identify risk factors of dyslexia and provides parents with actionable recommendations such as increasing literacy exposure, introducing new intervention strategies, or pursuing an in-depth evaluation.
Background Information
Early Intervention is Best, Yet Early Diagnosis is a Challenge
A recent study published by the Journal of Educational Psychology found that students at risk for reading disabilities who received intervention in the first and second grades made gains nearly twice that of children who didn’t receive intervention until the third grade.
Furthermore, the reading outcomes for first graders who received intervention were even greater than that of their second-grade peers, further proving the importance of early detection of dyslexia. https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2017-13234-001
So, early intervention is best, yet testing for an official dyslexia diagnosis doesn’t happen until students are between second and fourth grades.
That is why these screenings for parents of younger children can prove helpful.
About Horizon Academy Horizon Academy is a school in Roeland Park, KS serving students K-8.
We empower students diagnosed with dyslexia and other language-based learning disabilities to become effective learners and confident self-advocates.
Horizon Academy is the only school accredited by the Orton-Gillingham Academy in the western half of the United States. The Orton-Gillingham Approach is the gold standard for educating individuals with dyslexia.
O-G is helpful for all, harmful to none, and crucial for some. Established in 1999, Horizon Academy has a 25-year history of working with students with learning disabilities and has been further focused exclusively on students with a primary diagnosis of dyslexia for the last decade.
If you have any questions, please contact us at 913-789-9443.
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