School age
Written Language: Reading, Writing & Spelling
For the child whose ideas outrun the pencil.
Reading, spelling, and written expression are language skills, and when they stall the cause often sits in the language system underneath. We treat the written-language side of dyslexia and related learning differences with the same structured, measured therapy we bring to spoken language.
Signs to watch for
- A dyslexia diagnosis, or a psychoeducational evaluation recommending reading or writing support
- Spelling words mastered on Friday and gone by Monday
- Rich ideas out loud, but a blank page when it's time to write
- Reading that stays slow and effortful despite phonics instruction at school
Our approach
Written language is treated as language here. Every TALK clinician is trained in Orton-Gillingham and other structured-literacy programs, so decoding, spelling, and written expression are taught the structured, cumulative way the dyslexia evidence base calls for. We start from the testing your family already has: a psychoeducational or neuropsychological report tells us a great deal, we sample your child's actual reading and writing to map which language skills are carrying the difficulty, and we write measurable goals against that map. Then we coordinate with your child's school, tutor, and psychologist so gains show up in schoolwork, not just in our office.
Why a speech-language pathologist for reading and writing?
Because writing is language made visible. The child who can't get a paragraph down usually isn't short on ideas; the sentence structures, word retrieval, and sound-to-letter mapping that writing demands are language skills, and they are exactly what we treat. Many children who struggle with reading comprehension or math word problems are really wrestling with language, and addressing it at that level is what makes the classroom gains stick.
Who treats this at TALK
Bethany Morgado, M.S., CCC-SLP
Bethany's caseload pairs speech sound work with the language that runs underneath academics: reading, writing, and spelling. Many of her clients arrive with a dyslexia or dyscalculia diagnosis or a psychoeducational evaluation in hand.
Meet the whole team →Coming from a psychoeducational evaluation? Bring the report. We build directly on testing already completed (WISC-V, KTEA-3, CTOPP and the rest are familiar ground here), and we coordinate with your psychologist so nothing is lost between offices.
Every plan begins with a comprehensive evaluation and ends with measurable goals reviewed on a set schedule. See the full process →
Begin here
Start with a conversation.
Your call reaches a person who knows speech and language, live or returned the same or next business day. We’ll listen, tell you honestly whether an evaluation makes sense, and explain exactly what happens next.
Calls returned the same or next business day · Evaluations typically within 1–2 weeks · After-school appointments available · TeleTherapy backup for busy weeks