Common Excuses

Elementary, secondary, college students, or adults are often blamed for their own reading problems. Schools offer excuses when often it is instruction that is at fault. Some common excuses are:

can't handle phonics
has a processing problem
has dyslexia
has underachiever syndrome
has poor comprehension
has a perceptual problem
has a developmental lag
is not motivated

is immature
is learning disabled
is lazy
might have ADD
might catch on eventually

With the Portable Reading Clinic™ Program, 4th Grade through Adult, students can wipe away years of struggle and become accurate readers.

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You make it so easy for children to learn how to read.

—Parent of seventh grader

He's excelling in anything involving reading. He's interested in learning. He uses syllabication and the word comes out

—Parent of eighth grader

I’m reading long novels for first time. I feel much more confident about my reading ability

—Adult

Our daughter is reading at top of her class. She’s enjoying reading on her own. We can't get over the change we see in her. This is a priceless gift. She is one of the best readers in her class.

—Parent of first grader

We are seeing so much improvement in our daughter. She writes sentences that are more complete, sounds out words with accuracy and is reading more fluently. Her reports are written very well with few errors. Compared to six months ago, her reports are like night and day.

—Parent of sixth grader

Our son is reading regularly and discussing the content with his boss and with a couple of other middle-aged co-workers. His attitude and point of view are different which encourages me and I think him, too.

—Parent of a college student

“Our son made the honor roll. Many times he has said that he wishes we had known of you long before we did. He feels so much better about himself now.”

—Parent of seventh grader

It has been 12 years since I first brought my son to you. It was the best thing I have ever done for him. He just finished his first semester [in college] and earned 4.0’s in all of his classes. They gave him a scholarship and convinced him to declare a pre-med major. He loves to learn

—Parent of a college student

Thank you for the wonderful lifelong impact you have made on the life of our son. Your work with him has inspired a real love of reading. His grades in every single course have risen dramatically to nearly straight A’s. He told me he had never realized that ‘Reading is everywhere!’

—Parent of sixth grader

I wish I could find a way of saying thank you that could somehow mean as much as what you’ve done for our child.

—Parent of fifth grader

He is no longer in resource room. He’s functioning fully in the regular classroom.

—Parent of fourth grader

My daughter was moved to a higher group. My own way of reading has changed. I see things in words I never saw before. I analyze words much more efficiently.

—Mother of second grader

I'm doing more reading and writing than ever before. It's really helped my spelling too.

—Adult

I can’t tell you how thrilled that I am with your program. The increase in my daughter’s self esteem is directly related to her improved reading skills! I plan to be a cheerleader for The Reading Clinic and spread the word to as many people as possible!

—Parent of second grader

Our son’s assignments and grades improved in all subjects. Today he is doing very well in school, especially in spelling. I like your approach in phonics and spelling. Involving the parent with flash cards and the whole process was very effective.

—Parent of fourth grader

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