Reading & Literacy Support
Structured Literacy & Reading Support
Literacy services are designed for school-age children, particularly students in grades 2–8 who are struggling despite typical classroom instruction or additional support.
Does this sound familiar?
Your child may:
Struggle to blend sounds together or sound out unfamiliar words
Memorize words but have difficulty reading new ones
Have trouble remembering spelling patterns or applying them consistently
Read much more slowly than expected for their age
OR....
They can read fluently but struggle to explain what they read
Have difficulty answering questions about a passage or finding evidence in the text
Become frustrated because reading seems much harder for them than it seems for their peers
Continue struggling despite extra reading practice or traditional tutoring
Specialized literacy support from a speech-language pathologist... why it makes a difference.
As a licensed speech-language pathologist with extensive experience working with school-age children, I bring a language-based perspective to literacy intervention.
I am trained in Wilson Reading System principles and use explicit, multisensory approaches to support children who struggle with reading and spelling.
ASHA Certified SLP | NJ Licensed | Wilson Trained | 18+ Years in Schools
When a child continues to struggle despite working hard, more practice isn't always the answer. The instruction may need to change.
Our Approach
At Point Speech Pathology & Literacy Lab, literacy support begins with understanding what is actually getting in the way.
Rather than simply assigning more reading practice, I look at the underlying skills that support successful reading and academic language.
Structured Decoding
Structured Spelling
Vocabulary & Language
hearing and manipulating the sounds in words
Connecting sounds and letters to read unfamiliar words.
Understanding and applying patterns rather than relying on memorization alone.
Learning to identify important information, make connections, answer questions, infer meaning, and explain what was read.
Phonological Awareness
Building the language knowledge needed to understand increasingly complex text.
Reading Comprehension
Academic Language
Organizing thoughts and using language to demonstrate what a child knows.
Reading difficulties are not all the same.
Some children struggle primarily with decoding and spelling.
Others can read the words accurately but struggle to understand, remember, explain, or connect what they've read.
And many children experience a combination of both.
Reading is built on a complex network of skills- including phonological awareness, decoding, vocabulary, language comprehension, processing, and the ability to organize and connect information.
That's where a speech-language pathologist with specialized literacy training can offer a different perspective.
Ways we can work together to Support your Child
Wondering What Your Child Actually Needs?
If your child is working hard but still struggling with reading, spelling, or understanding what they read, let's start by understanding why.
One-on-one support tailored to the child's specific reading, spelling, language, and academic needs.
Small-group support targeting reading comprehension, vocabulary, academic language, and related skills.
Focused small-group instruction designed to provide explicit, systematic literacy support.
Individual Literacy Intervention
Frequently Asked Questions
Does my child need a dyslexia diagnosis?
No. Children can struggle with reading and spelling without having a formal diagnosis. Support is based on the child's individual literacy needs.
Is this tutoring?
No. Literacy intervention is different from general homework help or subject tutoring. Intervention focuses on the underlying reading, language, and literacy skills that are making schoolwork difficult.
What ages do you work with?
Children as young as 4 up through seniors in high school.
Do you work with children who can already read?
Yes. Some children read accurately and fluently but have difficulty understanding, remembering, explaining, or connecting what they read.
Do you work with children who struggle with spelling?
Yes. Spelling difficulties often overlap with weaknesses in phonological awareness, decoding, and knowledge of spelling patterns.
Do you work with children with dyslexia?
Yes. Structured literacy approaches can provide explicit, systematic support for children with dyslexia and other reading difficulties.
How do I know if my child is a good fit?
Your child shouldn't have to keep working harder without understanding why reading is so difficult. If you have noticed reading as a source of frustration for your child, structured literacy can help tremendously.
Reading disorders such as Dyslexia are neurobiological conditions characterized by difficulties with accurate and/or fluent word recognition and by poor spelling and decoding abilities. These difficulties typically result from a deficit in the phonological component of language, which is what makes Speech Language Pathologists uniquely qualified to help with this challenge.
Our evidence-based protocols target these specific deficits, building robust sound-symbol correspondences and explicit decoding strategies essential for reading fluency and comprehension.
Start your child's journey toward confident reading with a precise clinical evaluation.