Isla came to LearningRx in second grade due to her struggles with reading, focus and memory. She has been consistently pulled out of class to work with her reading specialist one-on-one to improve her reading, but progress was slow and Isla was frustrated. Isla hated to read and it was a battle to get her to pick up a book to practice her reading every evening. Her parents were concerned as they knew the reading expectations were going to increase significantly when Isla entered 3rd grade in the fall.
Isla’s LearningRx cognitive skills assessment provided insights as to why, despite consistent reading interventions, Isla struggled to read and spell. Her assessment revealed significant weaknesses in memory, auditory processing and attention skills.
To unlock reading ability, it is critical to address the root cause and for Isla, these weaknesses resulted in difficulties with word recognition, especially for the many non-phonetic words in our language, and difficulties blending sounds and decoding. She also struggled with attention, but her attention issues were more of a function of her wanting to avoid her schoolwork, especially reading, given it was so difficult.
Isla’s LearningRx training targeted these weaknesses, and her reading has taken off. At the start of 2nd grade, she was reading at a kindergarten level. After her LearningRx Savage training, she is now reading at a 3rd grade level! Where she hated reading before, Isla now loves to read and is devouring books!
LearningRx Reading Results
Her story is common for LearningRx students. In fact, peer-reviewed research published in the journal Psychology Research and Behavior Management with more than 3,500 struggling readers, demonstrates statistically significant changes in both reading skills and cognitive skills after just 24 weeks of training with ReadRx.
- The average gain across five reading skills was 4.1 years in just 24 weeks.
- The average gain in phonological awareness was nearly 6 years in just 24 weeks.
- The average gain in phonetic coding was 5.5 years in just 24 weeks.
- The average gain in spelling was 2.2 years in just 24 weeks.
- The average gain in Word Attack was 2.9 years in just 24 weeks.
Don’t let reading struggles continue! Call LearningRx in Savage to address the root cause.
Results are from past clients. You or your loved ones may or may not achieve the same outcomes, but you can learn more about our research and results here.