Certified Academic Language Therapist (CALT)
What is a CALT?
A Certified Academic Language Therapist (CALT) is a highly trained professional who provides intensive, individualized therapy to students with dyslexia and related learning differences. CALTs use evidence-based, multi-sensory structured language education (MSLE) approaches to transform struggling readers into confident learners.
Visit ALTA to learn more about the highly trained skills of a CALT and the requirements to become a CALT.
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Training at Nelms Dyslexia Center
The Nelms Dyslexia Center’s CALT training program is a comprehensive two-year training that prepares educators and other degreed professionals to become specialists in dyslexia and related learning differences. Graduates are eligible to sit for ALTA’s Certified Academic Language Therapist exam.
Grounded in the Science of Reading, the program combines coursework and supervised clinical experience to develop expertise in identifying dyslexia, assessing student needs, and delivering effective, multi-sensory language instruction.
Take Flight: A Comprehensive Intervention for Students with Dyslexia is a curriculum written by the staff of the Luke Waites Center for Dyslexia and Learning Disorders at Scottish Rite for Children. It is the curriculum used at Nelms Dyslexia Center to train dyslexia therapists.
Certified Academic Language Practitioner (CALP)
What is a CALP?
A Certified Academic Language Practitioner (CALP) is an educator trained in multi-sensory structured language education (MSLE) who provides multi-sensory structured language instruction in classroom and small-group settings. CALPs help struggling readers develop foundational reading skills using evidence-based methods.
Visit ALTA to learn more about the highly trained skills of a CALP and the requirements to become a CALP.
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Training at Nelms Dyslexia Center
The Nelms Dyslexia Center’s CALP training program is a one-year training that prepares educators to deliver structured literacy intervention consistent with standards of the Academic Language Therapy Association (ALTA). Graduates are eligible to sit for ALTA’s Certified Academic Language Practitioner exam.
The CALP program combines coursework and supervised clinical experience to develop expertise in identifying dyslexia and delivering effective, multi-sensory language instruction.
Our CALP training program uses the Brightwire Reading & Spelling Program curriculum. Learn more about Brightwire here.
If you would like to speak with a member of our team to learn more about CALT or CALP training and certification requirements, please call us or complete the inquiry form.
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