MISSION STATEMENT
In service to our community,
we build awareness in the field of dyslexia by providing professional development and community outreach through our expertise and leadership.
VISION
We envision a community where every child learns to read and spell proficiently without hardship.
we build awareness in the field of dyslexia by providing professional development and community outreach through our expertise and leadership.
VISION
We envision a community where every child learns to read and spell proficiently without hardship.
About UsThe Academic Language Therapy Association (ALTA) is a non-profit national professional organization incorporated in 1986 for the purpose of establishing, maintaining, and promoting standards of education, practice and professional conduct for Certified Academic Language Therapists. It was the first national group organized solely for written language professionals. ALTA-RMC is the Rocky Mountain Chapter of ALTA and includes Colorado, Utah, Idaho, and Washington. |
MembersThe Certified Academic Language Therapist (CALT) and the Certified Academic Language Practitioner (CALP) hold baccalaureate degrees or higher and have completed extensive post-graduate education and practica in the theories and methods of remedial written-language treatment as well as the use of multisensory, structured, phonetic, language-based curricula. |
Academic Language TherapyAcademic Language Therapy is an educational, structured, comprehensive, phonetic, multisensory approach for the remediation of dyslexia and/or written language disorders. As a Multisensory Structured Language Education (MSLE) program, it develops the secondary language skills of reading, spelling and written communication skills through proficiency in reading and writing. Individual MSLE programs are designed to meet the needs of those who have been diagnosed with specific dyslexia, dysgraphia, developmental reading disorder, disorders of written language, and language learning disability as well as other related learning problems |
Dyslexia
“Dyslexia is a specific learning disability that is neurobiological in origin. It is characterized by difficulties with accurate and/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 the 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.”
-NICHD /IDA 2002
-NICHD /IDA 2002
