What is a Speech Pathologist? — A licensed health care professional who diagnoses, evaluates and treats disorders of speech, language, voice, fluency and swallowing. All therapists at Mize and Associates are certified by the American Speech and Hearing Association (ASHA).
DISORDERS WE SPECIALIZE IN:
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What is a Dyslexia? — An inherited condition that makes it extremely difficult to read, write and spell in your native language, despite at least average intelligence. It is neurologically based, often familial, and interferes with the acquisition and processing of language.
Maura Mize is a certified Dyslexia Testing Specialist. She offers a comprehensive and appropriate diagnostic testing battery to assess dyslexia using research-based methods.
What is a Dyslexia Tutoring? — Once one is diagnosed with dyslexia, our certified tutors offer one of the Orton-Gillingham Systems, Barton Reading and Spelling, to teach reading and spelling. This system is a simultaneously multisensory, systematic and cumulative program with explicit instruction in both synthetic and analytic phonics. We also use the Linda Mood-Bell LiPS program.
Our dyslexia tutors are certified or in the process of certification in the Barton Reading and Spelling System. Tutoring is twice a week and can take from 18 to 36 months.
Certified Barton Tutors:
Sara Bordelon
Meghan Mize Sylvester
Emily Mott DeRouen
SERVICES WE OFFER:
- Speech and Language Screenings and Treatment
- Comprehensive Language Evaluations
- Comprehensive Auditory Processing Evaluations
- Comprehensive Dyslexia Testing and Tutoring
- Fluency Screenings
- Voice Evaluations
- Myofunctional Evaluation and Treatment
- Swallowing Evaluation and Feeding Therapy
- Individualized, One-on-One Therapy
- Autism Groups (pragmatic language, social skills)
- Latest, Most Innovative Therapy Techniques
- Computer Programs Including Earobics, Hearbuilders, Sound Reading Solutions, Visualizing/Verbalizing
- Parent Involvement Through Evaluation, Therapy and Carryover