The Dyslexia Center is a non-profit organization under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It was established to provide services related to the diagnosis and remediation of children with dyslexia and related learning disabilities.
Vision
A community where those with dyslexia are able to reach their full potential, thereby benefiting themselves and the community at large; a nationally recognized and accredited center for professional development in Colorado Springs.
Mission
To improve the literacy skills of children at risk for reading failure through research-based instruction in reading, both directly at our Center and through the teachers we train in the community.
Goals
To offer assessment and intervention to children and adults with learning disabilities.
To promote training in effective reading instruction through quality programs and to deliver those programs with integrity.
To develop public awareness and build community support of research-based reading instruction and its critical role.
To promote Colorado Springs as a center for professional development in dyslexia remediation and reading instruction.
"As the world progresses and as technology makes obsolete many of the basic skills that were earlier deemed essential, reading remains paramount...reading skill is the foundation for almost all later learning and since, in the last analysis, reading is thinking. To learn to read is the most important task for the young child starting school and to fail at this task is a serious matter."
-Joanna P. Williams, Ph.D., Teachers College, Columbia University