Bringing quality dyslexia therapy and literacy services at an affordable price to Baldwin County students.

Since our founding in 2014, Dyslexia Services of Baldwin County, Alabama (formerly Children’s Literacy Services) has been known for providing effective, accessible and affordable literacy tutoring and dyslexia therapy to struggling learners throughout the county. We are located in Summerdale for students who could benefit from our tutoring sessions. 

Students attending public school, private or home-school are welcomed. Located in Summerdale, AL, we offer services for students who struggle with reading, writing, spelling, and math, and resources for those who teach them.

Meet Our Director

SUSANNE AVERY

M.Ed. in Dyslexia Therapy

Our Approach

Using the Orton-Gillingham approach, we focus on three pathways to help the brain learn information: visual, auditory, and kinaesthetic (muscle movement) for those that struggle with reading, writing, spelling and math comprehension. 

HANDS-ON, RESEARCH BASED, MULTISENSORY
LEARNING TECHNIQUES.

You and your child are not alone.

Some children (but not all) who struggle with reading actually have dyslexia. As defined by the International Dyslexia Association dyslexia is “a specific learning disability that is neurological in origin. It is characterized by difficulties in accurate or fluent word recognition and by poor spelling and decoding abilities. These difficulties typically result from a deficit in the phonological component of language that is often unexpected in relation to other cognitive abilities and provision of effective classroom instruction. Secondary consequences may include problems in reading comprehension and reduced reading experience that can impede growth of vocabulary and background knowledge.”

It is not a lack of intelligence or motivation. It is not an intellectual or developmental disability. It is not reading or writing letters backwards, lack of educational opportunity, caused by poor eyesight, vision problems, or hearing problems, nor is it acquired as the result of a head injury or a degenerative disease. A determination of dyslexia can be discouraging, but there is good news.


“To achieve an education, each student must first develop reading skills. No exceptions, no excuses.”

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