Reading & dyslexia
Dyslexia & Literacy Consultation for Families
Literacy guidance, built around your family.
For families with reading & writing concerns
Helping your child make meaning through reading and writing.
The goal of literacy is more than learning to read and spell words. It is being able to make meaning from what we read and communicate meaning through what we write. When a child struggles with reading, spelling, or written language, those difficulties can become barriers to learning, communication, and independence.
TriPoint Autism & Literacy Education Services (TALES) provides individualized literacy consultation to help families understand where those barriers may be occurring and make informed decisions about instruction, intervention, and support.
Individualized consultation
How we can help.
Consultation starts with your concerns and priorities. Support can range from a focused consultation about a specific concern to ongoing consultation as your child’s needs change, and may include any of the areas listed below.
Understanding reading & writing difficulties
Helping you understand how literacy develops, signs of dyslexia and other reading difficulties, and where your child may be experiencing barriers to making or communicating meaning.
Assessment & educational information
Helping you understand existing evaluations, screening results, progress data, educational plans, and what this information may mean for your child as a reader and writer.
Literacy instruction & intervention
Helping you understand evidence-based literacy instruction, structured literacy, and the type and intensity of intervention that may help your child develop the skills needed for increasingly independent reading and writing.
School & educational support
Helping you understand your child’s literacy needs, review existing supports and goals, and prepare for productive conversations with your child’s school team.
Supported by an Orton-Gillingham Teacher-Trainer
Specialized literacy expertise.
Literacy and dyslexia consultation is provided by Matt Natale, MA, OGT, OGT-T, C-SLDS, a Reading Specialist, Certified Structured Literacy Dyslexia Specialist, and certified Orton-Gillingham Teacher and Teacher Trainer with more than twenty years of experience in education.
Matt’s background includes classroom teaching, literacy intervention, assessment, instructional coaching, curriculum development, and professional learning for educators. His approach recognizes that foundational skills matter because they give children greater access to the ultimate purpose of literacy: making and communicating meaning.
Recommendations are individualized to your child, your family, and the things that matter to you.
Matt Natale
MA, OGT, OGT-T, C-SLDS
Literacy Consultant
Orton-Gillingham Teacher-Trainer and Structured Literacy Dyslexia Specialist, with more than 20 years in public education.
What to expect
Consultation starts with understanding your child.
Consultation begins with a conversation about your concerns, your child’s strengths and needs, and what you would like help with. Relevant assessments, school information, and intervention data may also be reviewed when appropriate. Consultation may be provided virtually or in person, depending on your needs and the nature of the service.
Direct, individualized instruction
Looking for reading intervention?
If you already know your child needs direct, individualized reading instruction, learn more about our Orton-Gillingham reading intervention.
Get in touch
It’s okay if you’re not sure where to start.
You don’t need to know exactly what kind of support you’re looking for. Tell us what’s going on, and we’ll help you understand the options.
Book a free consultation
Tell us about your child, your concerns, and any past assessments or support.
Get a recommendation
We’ll talk about how we can provide support and give you clear information about services and fees.
Decide what’s right for you
Move forward when you’re ready, with no commitment before then.
