Dyslexia is an inherited, spectrum disorder that makes it very difficult to read, spell, and write which is unrelated to problems with overall intelligence. Dyslexia can vary from mild to profound. The National Institute of Health (NIH) research results stated that dyslexia affects at least 1 out of every 5 children in the United States. If you think your child might have some degree of dyslexia, you have no reason to be ashamed. The truth is Albert Einstein, Thomas Edison, Jay Leno, John Lennon, Henry Winkler, and Steven Spielberg, just to name a few, had the gift of dyslexia.
The question is where do you go, what do you do, if you know that your child needs help? The answer is a little rural Catholic School; Holy Cross in Pearl Lake (ROCORI, St. Cloud & Kimball Districts) has a solution for you that you will not readily find in the other schools in the area. Holy Cross School is currently adding a Barton tutor to provide every dyslexic student with 2 hours a week of individualized instruction. The best part is that they are not even charging for this extra instruction over and above the standard tuition.
The teachers at the school have been trained in the Barton Reading and Spelling System, an Orton-Gillingham influenced, structured language approach that is different in both what is taught and how it is taught. The multi-sensory, direct, explicit, structured and sequential program is designed for intense intervention and has had marvelous results. Feel free to contact Holy Cross School to learn more at (320) 398-7885. Who knows, a solution to helping your child might be closer than you think.