Education Station

IT’S NEVER TOO EARLY

Recent blogs by Child and Family Development’s educators alert parents to the importance of early identification of learning disabilities. Reading Disabilities are the most prevalent of learning disabilities. When present but unrecognized, a Reading Disability can turn the kindergartener’s anticipation of the joy and excitement of school into one of disappointment and frustration.

The National Institutes of Health state that 95% of poor readers can be brought to grade level if they receive effective help early. The reading help must be received by 1^st grade or the success rate declines! In fact, 75% of those students whose reading assistance is delayed until the age of 9 or later continue to struggle with reading throughout their school years.

At Child and Family Development, the educators will screen pre-kindergarten and kindergarten aged children for the early warning signs of a Reading Disability and will provide the child with effective help early.  Do not wait to find out if your child will outgrow a reading problem.

If you feel your child exhibits any of the signs described in the recent blog, Is my preschooler showing signs of a Learning Disability? by Mo Froneberger, then schedule a developmental screen with one of C&FD’s educational specialists. The process of the school readiness and screening evaluation is detailed by Martha Knight in her recent blog, Ready or Not?         

Do not wait for your child to “fail to thrive” in kindergarten.