Langsford helps students overcome dyslexia faster than any Louisville Reading Tutor
We identify dyslexia and help kids become confident readers
But you’re not alone! There is a local resource for you in Louisville. Langsford has three decades of experience helping kids with dyslexia in Louisville.
Our program creates a fun, enjoyable environment where children learn while having a blast.
With the early intervention from our team of compassionate, expert instructors, students with dyslexia become confident readers and enthusiastic learners in no time.
Working With Langsford is As Easy as 1, 2, 3
Step 1: Free Consultation
The first step is to understand whether your child has dyslexia or not. We will investigate your child’s unique strengths, interests, and challenges in a light, zero-pressure chat.
Step 2: Customized Instruction
If dyslexia is identified, we’ll craft a custom-tailored program grounded in the Science of Reading, specifically targeting your child’s needs and begin work quickly. The program can be conducted either online or in-person with the same results.
Step 3: Overcome Dyxlexia
Together, we will create a joyful, nurturing environment. Your child will have a blast learning, and you’ll be surprised at how quickly and dramatically their reading improves.
We found out my son had severe dyslexia
“We found out through Langsford, my son had really severe dyslexia. In the sentence ‘I see dad’ he could read ‘I’ and that was it. When he started at Langsford, he couldn’t read anything. He went through the entire process. It was phenomenal, the change from the beginning where we were in single digits, to the end where he was at the end of the chart. It was like, how can a child make such leaps and bounds in his reading gains? His confidence improved. There is no book he cannot read now.”
— Lindsey Zoeller, Parent of 2 Langsford students
Call and chat with our local team today
If you prefer in-person, we will meet at our office on Bardstown Road. But if your schedule is busy, you will love how easy it is to do everything online.
If you’re not ready to chat yet, leave us a question. We’ll be happy to answer!
Commonly Asked Questions
What are the symptoms of dyslexia?
It will vary per grade level.
Preschool:
- Trouble learning common nursery rhymes, such as “Jack and Jill”
- Doesn’t recognize rhyming patterns like cat, bat, rat
- Mispronounces familiar words
- Difficulty learning (and remembering) the names of letters in the alphabet
- Family history of reading and/or spelling difficulties
Kindergarten to 1st grade:
- Doesn’t understand words come apart
- Guesses at words rather than sounding them out—even simple words like cat, map, nap
- May not easily associate letters with sounds, such as the letter b with the “b” sound
- Makes reading errors with no connection to the sounds of the letters on the page—will say “puppy” instead of the written word “dog” on an illustrated page with a picture of a dog
- Complains about how hard reading is or “disappears” when it’s time to read
- History of reading problems in parents or siblings
2nd grade & up:
- Slow to acquire reading skills
- Reading is slow and awkward
- Lacks fluency
- Trouble reading unfamiliar words, often making wild guesses because they can’t sound out the word
- Doesn’t seem to have a strategy for reading new words
- Avoids reading out loud
If your child has any of these signs, a comprehensive assessment is their first step toward academic success.
Do you test for dyslexia?
It’s important to understand there’s no single “dyslexia test.” As recommended by the International Dyslexia Association, we assess students’ strengths and challenges in multiple areas—both academic achievement and critical underlying language skills.
Shouldn’t my child’s school be responsible for reading instruction?
Your school cares about your child and wants to help them succeed. The problem is they have lots of students who need help, and sometimes a child may need help beyond what the school can offer.
Langsford isn’t a replacement for classroom instruction. We collaborate with our students’ schools the whole way to ensure your child gets the comprehensive, personalized help they deserve.
In short, Langsford will help your child catch up with their fundamentals so they can then keep up with the instruction your school provides.
Can you tell me more about online vs. in person instruction?
We test all of our students at the beginning, throughout and at the end of their time at Langsford. The results data is clear—online is equally as effective as in person, and most parents find online to be easier to work into their busy schedules. You can also split time between in-person and online.
How do you know the instruction is working?
Finally, we include a wrap-up assessment so you can see your child’s transformation. (Although you won’t need a piece of paper to notice the difference; you’ll see it in their attitude and behavior!)
I’m a parent, not a teacher. What’s my role?
When asking parents about their experience with Langsford, many do not even remember having any role at home in the process. When your long, painful nights of doing homework become easy because you have a confident reader, it’s apparently easy to forget a few reading assignments along the way.
How long will it take to see results?
While many parents are amazed to see how quickly their young learners improve, we move at the pace each student requires. Typically a student will take between 50 and 150 hours of instruction, but again, every student is different.
Do I have to commit to a certain number of sessions?
Is Langsford expensive?
To properly address the question, you must consider the expensive alternatives of other programs or the cost of inaction.
Tutoring will often not help a child catch up—a child who needs a tutor today will often fall further behind because of an undiagnosed underlying difficulty. They may always need a tutor, which is a large investment.
Many parents who have evaluated Langsford vs. specialist schools find that these programs are much more expensive, less effective and also remove the child from their established school community.
Finally, many Langsford parents have come back around to say the best way to think of this is an investment. Just recently a parent told us his investment into Langsford helped his child not only catch up, but go on to get an academic scholarship to college, which would have never been possible had he not become the confident reader he is today.
How does it work?
Langsford implements all five pillars of the Science of Reading. This approach is grounded in a large research portfolio of nationally recognized studies, showcasing and utilizing the statistical significance of education tactics and processes.
We use adaptive instruction combined with personalized learning to help students improve their silent reading fluency. As a Science of Reading program, we use research-based practices (word repetition, scaffolding, and engagement, as examples), proven to help the student advance. Finally, Langsford is using differentiated instruction, addressing unique learning profiles, interests, and readiness levels of each student to optimize their learning outcomes in reading and beyond.