Apraxia and reading
Reading and spelling lessons for students with apraxia
Specialist 1-on-1 reading tutoring for students with childhood apraxia of speech. We teach reading and spelling alongside your child’s speech-language pathologist, online across Canada and the US and in person in Prince George.
What parents notice
Why apraxia makes reading and spelling hard
Apraxia makes it hard to plan and sequence the movements for speech sounds. Reading and spelling depend on hearing, holding and ordering the sounds in words, so many children with apraxia find them hard too. That is not a sign they cannot become strong readers.
We teach reading
We teach reading and spelling. We do not treat apraxia. Your child’s speech-language pathologist leads their speech goals, and we work alongside them.
Why it works
Hear, say, write and see, in every word
Our approach is called speech to print. Each word starts with its sounds: your child identifies each sound in a whole spoken word, matches it to the letter or letters that represent it, says each sound as they write it, then reads the word.
That routine gives patient, structured practice in sequencing sounds, inside real reading and spelling work. There are no spelling or syllable rules to memorize.
Working together
Your SLP and your tutor, on the same page
With your permission, your speech-language pathologist can see every lesson in our Family Portal: what your child read, the sounds practised and the tutor’s notes.
Home
Upcoming lessons and your action items.
Reading diagnostic
The full baseline, written for parents.
Progress report
Growth, attendance and every lesson in full.
Resources
Practice material and set-up guides.
FAQ
Questions families ask
No. We teach reading and spelling, and we work alongside your child’s speech-language pathologist.
Not necessarily. Reading and spelling work can run alongside speech therapy. Talk to your SLP, and we are happy to talk it through with you on a discovery call.
Once or twice a week, in a standing 50-minute time slot.
Most students work with us for 1 to 2 years, with progress measured, at a minimum, at the start, middle and end.
Talk to a reading specialist
Book a free discovery call. We will listen first, then tell you honestly how we can help.