Language to Literacy - Buffalo - Buffalo Hearing & Speech Center

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Youth Literacy Programs

Program is founded on the basis that literacy problems are often rooted in language deficits. In order to read fluently with accurate comprehension, firm skills are necessary in several basic areas. The program philosophy is that one must go "back to the basics" in several areas which compose "language literacy" in order to be successful with reading development. These areas include:

- Auditory Processing: what you do with what you hear
- Phonological Awareness: the ability to hear, identify, and manipulate sounds of spoken language, as well as the ability to rhyme and identify words, syllables, and sounds
- Phonics: having a firm grasp on the letters and spellings which represent sounds in written language
- Expressive (use of) and receptive (comprehension of) spoken and written language, including the use of vocabulary, grammar, and concepts

Class times depend on age group, session, and enrollment.

Youth ages 6-18 who have literacy deficits: difficulty reading fluently with accurate comprehension.

Service Area: WNY.

A comprehensive speech-language evaluation needs to be completed and can be scheduled at any BHSC clinic. A book and supply fee payment can be made at any point in the process. This payment officially enrolls the child and secures their placement.

Call for details about program fees. Book and supply fee is an out of pocket expense. Program may be billable to health insurance as habilitative speech-language therapy. Financial assistance may be available based on need.

Apr 21, 2020