Youth Summer Workshop for Students with Dyslexia

DYSLEXIA AND YOUR BRILLIANT STRENGTHS

Entering 3rd – 6th Graders

This Youth Summer Workshop will focus on what it means to have dyslexia, how to recognize and capitalize on strengths, and how to apply advocacy skills in the school setting through discussion, activities, and games.

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Youth Summer Workshop - The Written Word

DETAILS

When:

June 23 – 27, 2025

Monday-Friday

9:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.

Cost:

$250 per student

-We reserve the right to cancel the program due to insufficient enrollment.

Where:

Learning Loft

The Written Word Center for Dyslexia and Learning

Wheaton, IL 60187

MEET THE INSTRUCTORS

Tara Chapman | The Written Word Dyslexia and Learning

Tara’s Credentials

Tara has taught public and private education students for over 30 years. She has extensive training in the field of education. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Education, a Master’s Degree in Curriculum and Instruction-Reading, and an American Montessori Society Elementary I Credential. Tara is a Certified Academic Language Therapist (CALT) and a Qualified Instructor (QI). She earned her CALT credential through Southern Methodist University’s Learning Therapy Program and Qualified Instructor (QI) credential at McKinney Christian Academy’s Multisensory Teacher Training Center in Texas.

As the founder of The Written Word Center for Dyslexia and Learning, she provides academic language therapy for students and professional development opportunities in structured literacy for educators and parents. As the first QI in Illinois, Tara launched the ALTA Illinois State Chapter and serves on the board.

Erin’s Credentials

Erin has 22 years of experience teaching primary and middle school students in public education. She is now in private practice at The Letter Loft, providing dyslexia therapy in the western suburbs of Chicago. Erin uses the intervention Take Flight: a Comprehensive Intervention for Students with Dyslexia developed by Scottish Rite Hospital for children in Dallas, Texas. In addition, she is trained in BUILD, also through Texas Scottish Rite. Erin very much enjoys getting back into classrooms while supervising student teachers at Wheaton College in Wheaton, IL. She is currently serving as secretary for the ALTA Illinois chapter and is training to be a QI at The Written Word Center for Dyslexia and Learning.