Personalized reading and dyslexia support for students in Phoenix and online
What is reading and dyslexia support?
At Sophos, we work with students of all ages who have reading challenges or a dyslexia diagnosis. We offer custom support to students in Phoenix and online, from early readers who are building foundational skills to older students struggling with fluency and comprehension.
Reading is not an indication of intelligence, effort, or ability.
It’s a specific skill set we can help your child build and improve!
“Sophos was a life saver for my daughter”
She was struggling with a few classes and overall executive functioning. They really got her on track to be successful in high school and now to move on to her top choice college.
Jessi is amazing, and the overall team made a huge difference in her academic career.
Christine W. Does my child need a reading and dyslexia tutor?
There are some common signs that your child may need help with their reading:
No matter how much they practice, reading remains slow and frustrating
They guess at words and avoid words they don’t know
Spelling is inconsistent and they struggle to use patterns they’ve learned to spell new words
They have poor handwriting
Processing multi-step directions is a challenge
They speak brilliantly but struggle to write
Reading comprehension is strong, but they struggle with decoding or reading fluently
Rhyming words are particularly difficult
Results don’t match their effort
They avoid reading in any context
Support they’re receiving at school isn’t leading to meaningful progress
You know your child best. If you’re uncertain about where to start, we can walk you through different options and help you figure out what your child needs.
CUSTOM READING & DYSLEXIA SERVICESLet’s build your child’s literacy and confidence
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Custom Tutoring & Academic Support
Ideal for students who need general support with literacy and academics.
Our experienced tutors will help your child master classroom skills, complete homework and assignments, and practice reading comprehension.
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Reading Intervention
Ideal for students who need to focus on foundational or advanced literacy skills.
This targeted approach is customized to meet your child exactly where they are and help them build fluency and comprehension. We can incorporate other classroom and executive functioning skills in their custom plan as needed.
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Dyslexia Support
Ideal for students who have a dyslexia diagnosis or dyslexia-like reading struggles.
Our dyslexia specialists use structured, evidence-based strategies reading intervention for students with dyslexia and language-based learning differences. We help your student make steady, measurable reading progress.
Our customized reading and dyslexia support services include
01Comprehensive diagnostics
We use a battery of screeners like WADE, Morphological Awareness Test for Reading and Spelling (MATRS), and Neurolearning assessments to help us pinpoint your child’s struggles and skills.
02Research-backed methods
Our literacy specialists use the Wilson Reading System and Lindamood-Bell's Seeing Stars, an explicit, systematic, cumulative, and multi-sensory, structured approach to phonics, spelling, fluency, and comprehension.
03Flexible, personalized structure
One-size-fits-all doesn’t work when it comes to reading and dyslexia. We’ll work with your child in our Phoenix center, at home, at school, or online, with a plan that’s tailored to their unique needs.
More than just reading support
When your child struggles with literacy, it can affect everything they do at school. Our custom reading and dyslexia support incorporates study skills and homework help directly into each literacy session.
This multi-layered approach helps your child make more meaningful progress and build life-long skills while improving their reading fluency and comprehension. Our students who already feel stretched thin between school, homework, sports, friends, and responsibilities at home find this to be a big relief. (And so do busy parents!)
What skills do our reading and dyslexia intervention help with?
Our specialists work with each student to focus on their specific skills, gaps, and areas of growth.
Common skills students will work on and improve include:
Phonological and phonemic awareness
Sound–symbol relationships and phonics
Accurate word reading and decoding
Spelling, encoding, and written word patterns
Reading fluency, pacing, and accuracy
Vocabulary and reading comprehension
Applying learned strategies to increasingly complex text
Confidence, persistence, and self-advocacyA custom reading plan built for your child
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We start by gathering family concerns, school history, prior evaluations, current instruction, strengths, goals, and details about relevant learning contexts.
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We create a customized report based on our batter of standardized assessments that can be shared with school, pediatricians, and others as needed. We’ll also sit down with you to discuss the report, its findings, and your insights and opinions.
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The baseline of your child’s program is established by the assessments and report. Parents play a key role in determining what is best for your child’s reading journey. Together, we’ll select aligned methods and materials, identify the proper intensity, and set appropriate goals instead of applying a generic tutoring process or sequence to all students.
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Our literacy specialists and tutors use the Wilson Reading System and Lindamood-Bell's Seeing Stars for a structured, evidence-based, multi-sensory approach to phonics, spelling, fluency, and comprehension.
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As we work with your student, we’ll observe how they respond to instruction and measure their progress so we can refine and improve their plan over time.
Questions about custom reading and dyslexia support?
We have answers!
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Our reading intervention services are specifically focused on building key literacy skills like phonics, spelling, fluency, and comprehension. We use specific research-backed methods including the Wilson Reading System, LIPS, Visualizing and Verbalizing, and Lindemood-Bell’s Seeing Stars.
Academic tutoring can include literacy skills, but is more generalized.
Both services can be customized to include study skills, homework help, and other academic support based on your child’s unique needs.
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We complete a battery of screeners to clarify the academic impact of reading and/or language based challenges so we can provide a customized treatment plan.
You do not need an official dyslexia diagnosis to receive reading and dyslexia tutoring and support. We use our evaluations and other existing data to determine the best level of support, specific services, and skills to target.
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We create a custom plan for every student. Our reading and dyslexia interventionists use research-backed methods including Wilson, Barton, LIPS, and Seeing Stars. These multi-sensory, structured methods target phonics, spelling, fluency, and comprehension.
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Sophos is an approved ClassWallet vendor. All of our services are eligible for ESA spending, and we can help you determine what’s possible for your specific situation and needs.
We do not accept insurance, but we can provide a superbill to submit for potential reimbursement. We also accept flex spending.
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We can help any child in Phoenix or online across the US who is struggling with reading. Our specialists work with everyone from early readers building foundational skills to older students with literacy challenges.
Steady, measurable reading progress without the frustration and overwhelm.
Contact us to learn more about how our customized reading and dyslexia support can help your child build their literacy skills and self-confidence.