Dyslexia Institutes of America

Offices in Glastonbury and Shelton Connecticut and Beyond!

Testing

Intervention

Advocacy

New: DIA is proud to announce testing locations in
Fairfield Country,
Metro-NYC Area,
Westchester County,
Long Island,
Northern NJ, and
Eastern Massachusetts

To find out more, click here.

1-877-DIA-READ
860-633-2604 (local)

DIA Testing vs. School Testing

#1	DIA: Allows parents to observe testing. School: Parents are not permitted to view testing.
#2	DIA: Can medically diagnose the underlying cause(s) of a child's learning difficulties. School: Does not identify underlying cause(s).
#3	DIA: We Empirically test executive function skills critical to learning: Extended Working Memory and Attention School: Does not test these areas fully or empirically.
#4	DIA: Provides a full explanation of testing results in a comprehensive two- hour consultation. School: Parents usually come out of their PPT meeting having little insight as to exactly what the school testing means.
#5	DIA: Impartial testing and results. School: .....

OUR STORY

Welcome to DIA;

We are so happy that you have found DIA and are taking some of your valuable time to explore our services. We are so passionate about helping individuals left behind because they struggle with learning difficulties (primarily Dyslexia and ADD/ADHD), that we left our successful careers and invested our future in our clients' futures. Where does our passion come from? Well, since we believe strongly that individuals with Dyslexia and/or ADD are incredibly intelligent, creative and have the potential to achieve success all things (including literacy skills!), we are not shy to let the world know that we struggled in our early lives the way our clients struggle before they come to us: Susan has Dyslexia and Les has ADD.

Very importantly, especially to our clients,  DIA is NOT a franchise and we pride ourselves on finding or creating the best interventions to help our clients succeed in all areas of literacy and foundational mathematics. To do this enormously important task we started in 2004 by licensing a highly successful, clinical program for Dyslexia from Dyslexia Institutes of America via. Dr. Elaine Jett. Through her training and expertise we ourselves began our educational journal, and today are well established as experts in Connecticut regarding literacy difficulties.

Our exciting journey to where we are today would not have been possible without the incredibly talented professionals that we have hired to help us work with our clients (check our their profiles!) Our literacy specialists are "long-timers" and have come to DIA to help clients in a way that just isn't possible in the  public school sector because of the lack of resources and methods.

Now in your seventh year, we are so pleased to be growing and expanding, thus allowing us to help more people with our unsurpassed testing and intervention services. We hope that you find our site informative and decide to trust DIA with your most valuable possession - your child, spouse, relative or yourself.

Best Wishes,

Les and Susan Fredette

Les Fredette, Education Director,
Interviewed for ADHD Article by the
New England Psychology Journal

Dyslexia Symptoms

Find a list of Symptoms in our Online Dyslexia Guide based on Age/Grade

Pre-School
Kindergarten
1st & 2nd Grade
3rd Grade
4th Grade
5th-8th Grade
9th-12th Grade
College
Adult

Comprehensive Evaluations

Because the symptoms of Dyslexia and AD/HD-I (Inattentive Type, also known as ADD) can be very similar, it is important to test for both conditions to ensure a proper testing conclusion. In fact, since 30 to 40% of people with Dyslexia also have ADD (and visa-versa), it is important to determine if the two conditions are co-existing so that the proper remediation plan can be implemented. remediation plan can be implemented.
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Dyslexia/ADHD Institutes
DBA of Dyslexia Institutes of America, LLC
148 Eastern Blvd., 4th Floor,
Glastonbury, CT, 06033

(860) 633-2604
info@diaread.com