Reading Therapist Program

The Reading Therapist Program is designed to equip professionals with the specialized skills needed to support children facing literacy challenges, including dyslexia, dysnomia, hyperlexia, cacographia, dyscalculia, dysgraphia, and dysorthographia that extend well beyond what traditional instruction alone can address. Children who struggle with reading, comprehension, writing, and spelling often experience significant frustration and diminished self-esteem, which can affect their academic performance and overall well-being.

The program places individualized intervention at its core, ensuring that every child receives the targeted, compassionate support they need to thrive. Reading therapy has the power to transform lives, equipping children with the skills, confidence, and genuine love of reading that will serve them far beyond the classroom.

Roles and Responsibilities

Practical Therapy Knowledge and Intervention Skills

Trainees gain a strong and practical foundation in the knowledge and intervention skills essential for effective reading therapy practice. The program covers techniques for improving phonemic awareness, decoding skills, reading fluency, comprehension strategies, and writing abilities, using evidence-based teaching methods and adaptive strategies designed to support children with diverse learning styles.

The program also includes training in the use of assistive technologies and a range of specialized assessment tools, including the Ekwall-Shanker Reading Inventory, Bader Reading and Language Inventory, Neale Analysis of Reading, Renfrew Scales, and error-pattern and miscue analysis, to accurately evaluate and profile children with language difficulties. By mastering these skills, Reading Therapists are exceptionally well-prepared to implement individualized, high-impact interventions that meaningfully advance each child’s literacy development. 

Who Needs to Be Trained as Reading Therapists?

Training as a Reading Therapist is highly valuable for a broad range of professionals involved in the education and support of children with literacy and language difficulties. General and special education teachers gain the tools to more effectively support students in both mainstream and specialized education settings. Speech and language therapists, educational psychologists, and occupational therapists find this training invaluable, as it significantly enhances their ability to address the educational dimensions of their practice.

Counselors, social workers, and parents who support the emotional and social well-being of children facing literacy challenges will also benefit greatly from understanding and implementing reading therapy strategies. By equipping these professionals with the knowledge and skills they need, the program ensures that children receive truly comprehensive support to overcome their literacy and language difficulties, and to flourish. 

Program Requirements

• Academic qualification: Minimum diploma in any major. English is the preferred medium of instruction. A score of IELTS 6.0 or equivalent is acceptable if the medium of instruction or first language is not English.
• Guided learning hours to fulfill: 30 hours per module (150 hours per tier).
• Internship hours: 220 hours, completed under supervision at a special education needs setting, counseling center, therapy clinic, or hospital.

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