About Literacy Care
Introduction
Literacy Care is a private special education consultancy. It provides specialized treatment exclusively for people who have specific learning disabilities. We believe that learning disabilities like dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, as well as verbal and non verbal disorders are highly treatable.
We believe in and support the notion of interdisciplinary treatment for learning and developmental disorders. A highly collaborative and cooperative team with a single and well designed treatment plan consisting of multiple participants and a common area of operations provides even the most challenged student with the greatest chance of success.
We believe in the administration and promotion of scientific-evidence based literacy interventions which research shows can not only skill a person but can impact on the very constitutional reason for the disability. Learning disabilities may not be curable in the 'neurological' sense but they can be effectively managed and dyslexics, and those with associated learning disabilities, cannot only survive but thrive.
Literacy Care is owned and administrated by Jason McGowan (Ed.D).
Philosophy and Mission
We believe that literacy skills are a basic educational right rather than the exclusive property of a select few. Reading, writing and spelling are precious and indispensable commodities. Fundamental literacy skills remain a vital ingredient for life.
Our mission as a team of carers is to diagnose and treat learning disabities using a multisensory, interdisciplinary yet coordinated plan that is administered with professionalism and care. We strive to lift our participants to where they become permanent possessors of quality education. We desire to put back into their hands the power to lead a productive and accomplished life.
PLEASE NOTE: We neither support nor deny complimentary or 'alternative' treatments. Instead, we strive to always present methodologies and resources that are the proven products of rigorous and scientific investigation. We believe our advice and treatment processes are scientific and evidence based.
Empowerment, Advocacy, Empathy
The notions of empowerment, advocacy and empathy are often mentioned as token gestures or in a nominal way to impress care givers or colleagues. But the fact is that they are vital ingredients to successful intervention. It is important to explain these terms conceptually but converting such ideas into practical strategies for the benefit of the child takes real work.
Literacy Care is fully committed to these ideals in practical down to earth terms. Empowerment for carers; advocacy for the child with their school and empathy for both carer and child throughout the entire period of intervention and treatment is fundamental to our service.
These three concepts are bound up in the word "CARE". The notion of "CARE" is the underpinning principle which supports all the activities and services of Literacy Care. So the ideals of empowerment, advocacy and empathy with a sense of care captures the spirit behind the services we provide.
Services
Literacy Care's core service is to work closely with children and parents to develop an individualized goal driven intervention that will directly address the child's literacy problems given that he or she is either significantly delayed or has an actual diagnosed learning disability.
Children come to Literacy Care for recovery and development in the following areas:
Literacy Care and The Child Development Network
The Literacy Care service is located within the Child Development Network at The Mater Hospital. This means that the treatment provided for the child is the outcome of a highly collaborative process involving the other members of the Child Development team.
Who are We Helping
The people who visit Literacy Care are generally between the ages of 6 and 13. All experience different levels of difficulty and frustration when it comes to reading, writing, spelling and other literacy skills. Every person that makes contact with us is invited to meet with us individually to discuss their needs and goals. We usually ask that each patient participate in an assessment process in order to establish the exact level of need and support required. We can then show them the step by step process necessary to repair their difficulties and to reach their goals.
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