Nile’s story

At the end of Grade three we tried for three weeks, that's the teacher, EA's, tutors, myself, we tried every method possible to get Nile to write a short story and he never finished the first sentence.... Nile has attended The Listening Centre for treatment with dyslexia....

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Our son expressed himself eloquently in words but not in writing. He is dysgraphic. The frustration he experienced in dealing with the school system was extreme....

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Sheldon's Story

Imagine a dictation in English which would invite the best students from the Commonwealth countries to a hugely popular TV Program. Such an event exists in the francophone countries. It is called "Dictèe PGL" and Sheldon Fernandes has been selected to be a part of it! Bravo Sheldon!

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Kyle's Story

I also have a child who was diagnosed at two-and a-half years old with the severe speech disorder Developmental Apraxia. With apraxia, the child has all the parts for speech and language but they are just not connected .... Our son could only pronounce vowel and two consonants when he entered the program at three-years-old ... After the first intensive phase he was able to imitate several sounds ... It was not long and the words started - first single syllable then multi-syllable ... Three months after the second intensive phase and a one week reinforcer 'boost', Kyle was talking in 2-3 word sentences.

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Alex's Story

I attended the Listening Center approximately 17 years ago ... I was struggling to finish elementary school. The experience at the Listening Center was very positive, but what has been a greater impact is the long term success it has brought me in my life...

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