What is dyslexia?
Dyslexia is a specific learning disability that is neurobiological in origin. It is 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 that is often unexpected in relation to other cognitive abilities and the provision of effective classroom instruction. Secondary consequences may include problems in reading comprehension and reduced reading experience that can impede growth of vocabulary and background knowledge.
Improve your dyslexia training with ALTA certified instructors
The Academic Language Therapy Association (ALTA) is the professional credentialing organization that establishes rigorous standards, assuring the highest quality services to those individuals with dyslexia.
CERTIFIED ACADEMIC LANGUAGE PRACTITIONER (CALP)
Certified Academic Language Practitioners (CALP) provide explicit, systematic, sequential Multisensory Structured Language instruction which builds a high degree of accuracy, knowledge, and independence for students with written-language disorders, including dyslexia.
CERTIFIED ACADEMIC LANGUAGE THERAPIST (CALT)
ALTA Certified Academic Language Therapists (CALT) provide diagnostic, explicit, systematic Multisensory Structured Language intervention which builds a high degree of accuracy, knowledge, and independence for students with written-language disorders, including dyslexia.
CALT-CANDIDATE
(CALT-C)
ALTA CALT-Candidate (CALT-C) provides diagnostic, explicit, systematic Multisensory Structured Language intervention which builds a high degree of accuracy, knowledge, and independence for students with written-language disorders, including dyslexia.