CATALYST 4 Learning LLC
An Educational Consulting and Tutoring Service
Specializing in
Structured Literacy
and
Dyslexia
About Me
About Me
About Me
My name is Kathy Whaley, and I’m a certified Orton-Gillingham Practitioner as well as a Dyslexia Specialist. I have over 30 years of experience teaching PreK-College. Most of my years have been centered around assessing children to determine their strengths and needs and then providing direct service. My passion – working with families and their children to help them reach their potential because
I DO GIVE A HOOT!!
Concerns
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Watch for difficulty with:
Birth-kindergarten
-learning to speak
-learning nursery rhymes
-identifying initial sounds in words
-learning letter names, colors, numbers
-pronouncing familiar words
-retrieving the correct word when speaking
Early Elementary:
-Recognizing, producing, and working with individual sounds (phonemes) in spoken words
-confusion of visually similar letters or letters that represent sounds that are similar
-learning the relationships between sounds and letters
-learning to decode
-reading out loud
-spelling
-handwriting/letter formation
-not making progress
Concerns
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Watch for difficulty with:
Later Elementary
-Organizing written and spoken language
-reading multisyllabic words
-reading common irregular words
-reading text fluently enough to support comprehension
-spending time reading
-reading out loud
-spelling and writing
-handwriting
-not making progress
Middle and High School
-organizing written and spoken language
-reading text fluently enough to support comprehension
-spending time reading
-learning a foreign language
-managing homework
-taking notes in class
-spelling and writing
-not making progress
For more information follow
Ohio's Dyslexia Guidebook
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CONSULTATION:
Many families come to me with concerns about their child's reading. As a parent, they know when something isn't "just right". With a background in assessments, identifying students' strengths and needs, and certifications in dyslexia and structured literacy, I can complete an informal evaluation, which will help identify areas that are common for dyslexic characteristics. After gathering background information and conducting informal assessments, we can discuss your child's strengths and weaknesses in reading, and recommendations will be made to help you support your child. Parents often share this information with their child's teacher to help start the conversation for planning for effective strategies. Even though I am certified as a Dyslexia Specialist, I am not qualified to diagnose dyslexia. This is done by trained personnel, usually from a medical field with a background in standardized assessments. You can find out more information in Ohio's Dyslexia Guidebook, as well as talk to your child's school district.
To schedule an appointment or for more information, you can contact me at
or contact me through facebook
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DIRECT SERVICE:
Tutoring
Tutoring service is provided in a one-on-one setting with a focus on structured literacy. The initial intake consists of informal assessments to determine your child's strengths and needs.
Instruction is centered around helping your child:
-understand how to unlock the code of reading through developing phonemic awareness, phonics, decoding strategies, sight words, word recognition, fluency
-learning how to turn words into sentences through handwriting, spelling, writing sentences
-developing better syntax through developing reading and writing skills
-experience the adventure of reading by learning to read at the passage level and moving into reading books
*** At this time, there is a waiting list for direct service.
What's Happening
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Each month I address specific questions and concerns that relate to struggling readers and dyslexia. Check out the blogs and see if any of the information relates to you. If you have questions or concerns OR would like to see more information on an up coming blog just contact me through my facebook- Catalyst4Learning or email me at giveahoot.C4L@gmail.com