Dyslexia California

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• Santa Barbara City College - Disabled Student Programs and Services.
  
  
• International Dyslexia Association
  Local US States and Territories branches of the International Dyslexia Association are listed here.
  
  
• Learning Disabilities Association of California - a non-profit volunteer organization of parents, professionals, and adults with learning disabilities. Its purpose is to promote and support the education and general welfare of children and adults of potentially normal intelligence who manifest learning, perceptual, and/or behavioral handicaps.
  
  
• Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic - Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic's library contains more than 83,000 titles in a broad variety of subjects, from literature and history to math and the sciences, at all academic levels, from kindergarten through post-graduate and professional. Chances are, if the book is in your curriculum, it's in our library! Anyone with a documented disability—including a visual impairment, learning disability or other physical disability which makes reading standard print difficult or impossible—is eligible to use RFB&D's taped textbooks, once you are a member. We have four units in California. Palo Alto, Santa Barbara, Los Angeles and Upland.
  
  
• Lindamood-Bell - Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes-Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes® is an internationally-renowned leader in educational instruction and research. Our centers, located throughout the US, provide specialized education programs for individuals ranging from severely learning disabled to academically gifted; ages 5 years through adult. Information is available regarding the sensory-cognitive issues surrounding language and literacy development, including the symptoms of dyslexia, hyperlexia, attention-deficit disorder, and autism. Four programs are available to develop the sensory-cognitive brain functions necessary for language and literacy development. Please call 1-800-300-1818 for further information, or to set up a personal information visit with our clinic director.
  
  
• The Prentice School - 18341 Lassen Drive, Santa Ana, CA 92705. Tel: (714-538-4511). Private, non-profit school for children with language-based learning disabilities (dyslexia), grades Pre-K - 8.
  
  
• Dyslexia Training Institute - The Dyslexia Training Institute is dedicated to providing quality training and resources to teachers, tutors, reading specialists, parents, adults with dyslexia and anyone interested in learning more about dyslexia. Our highly trained instructors provide on-line courses and on-site workshops that allow participants to learn the most current and practical information.
  
  
• Pride Learning Centers - At Pride Learning Centers we specialize exclusively in teaching reading, writing and spelling to struggling and nonreaders. We work one-to-one with students in a positive, patient and caring environment. Learning differences such as dyslexia and ADHD are specifically addressed. We use the most recent research-validated methods to engage and keep each student on task and intrinsically motivated.  Pride's reading program is based on Orton-Gillingham research.
  
  
• Morrissey/Compton Educational Center - Palo Alto - The Morrissey/Compton Educational Center, Inc. is a nonprofit, private corporation founded in The agency provides both diagnostic and treatment services for children and adults with learning disabilities, as well as professional consultation to agencies and community organizations. It is the mission of Morrissey/Compton Educational Center to enable children and adults with learning disabilities and other school-related difficulties to achieve their goals by providing the highest quality diagnostic and intervention services in a supportive environment.They have people who specialize in dyslexia.
  
  

• Stockdale Learning Center - State Certified Educational Therapy clinic designed to collaboratively diagnose and assess individuals 5 years of age through adult. At SLC, we assess for Specific Learning Disabilities (SLD), Dyslexia, or Attention Deficit Disorders (ADD/ADHD). We follow-up with clinical remediation utilizing historic multisensory phonetic therapies (Orton-Gillingham, Slingerland, Frostig, Wilson, Alphabetic Phonetics, Zweig-Bruno Reading Reinforcement Program, and others).
  
  
• Chartwell School - educating children with dyslexia and related language learning disabilities in a way that provides them with the learning skills and self-esteem necessary to return successfully to mainstream education. Chartwell is in the tri-county area of Monterey, San Benito and Santa Cruz.
  Please call (831) 394-3468 or email information@chartwell.org for additional information.
  
  
• Best Learning Disabilities Tutors – San Fernando Valley - Improve study skills from one of the top tutors that specialize in learning disabilities, including dyslexia, ADD and ADHD.
  
  
• Charles Armstrong School - San Francisco Bay Area - independent elementary and middle school for students with language-based learning differences, such as dyslexia.
  Since 1968, CAS has helped thousands of students discover that learning can be a rewarding experience by helping them gain the reading, writing, speaking and/or math skills that eluded them in traditional schools.
  We place major emphasis on helping students discover and develop their strengths.
  
  
• Reading and Writing Center, San Ramon and Hayward - The Reading and Writing Center offers one-on-one tutoring and small group tutoring for students on the same reading level. Teaching methods focus on the visual and tactile learning styles of the students.

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