https://main--klimbconsulting.netlify.app/blog KLIMB is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit supporting children with dyslexia and their families through early assessment, family consultation, and emotional support. en-us https://main--klimbconsulting.netlify.app/blog/more-than-a-score https://main--klimbconsulting.netlify.app/blog/more-than-a-score Tue, 25 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT A school evaluation named everything one boy found difficult and none of what made him remarkable. What changed when a report finally described the whole child. https://main--klimbconsulting.netlify.app/blog/a-story-of-perseverance-triumph-and-admiration https://main--klimbconsulting.netlify.app/blog/a-story-of-perseverance-triumph-and-admiration Tue, 16 Apr 2024 12:00:00 GMT Is dyslexia, a genetic trait, intertwined with grit? A portrait of Richard Terry-Lloyd — who did not finish a full book until he was thirty-five, and has read one a week ever since. https://main--klimbconsulting.netlify.app/blog/a-look-into-thriving-dyslexics https://main--klimbconsulting.netlify.app/blog/a-look-into-thriving-dyslexics Sun, 17 Nov 2019 12:00:00 GMT A 20-year study asked what makes a dyslexic child thrive in adulthood. Accepting the difference was near the top of the list. https://main--klimbconsulting.netlify.app/blog/personalized-learning-and-dyslexia https://main--klimbconsulting.netlify.app/blog/personalized-learning-and-dyslexia Mon, 09 Oct 2017 12:00:00 GMT Personalized learning is treated as the ideal for all students. For students with dyslexia it is not merely ideal — it is vital. https://main--klimbconsulting.netlify.app/blog/can-we-afford-dyslexia https://main--klimbconsulting.netlify.app/blog/can-we-afford-dyslexia Thu, 29 Jun 2017 12:00:00 GMT One-to-one tutoring at $100–$200 an hour puts remediation out of reach for most families. Keep KLIMBing was built to answer that. https://main--klimbconsulting.netlify.app/blog/the-importance-of-dyslexia-identification https://main--klimbconsulting.netlify.app/blog/the-importance-of-dyslexia-identification Sat, 14 Jan 2017 12:00:00 GMT One in five people are dyslexic, and the elementary years are when a child decides who they are. Identification is where everything else starts. https://main--klimbconsulting.netlify.app/blog/dyslexia-and-accommodations https://main--klimbconsulting.netlify.app/blog/dyslexia-and-accommodations Thu, 17 Nov 2016 12:00:00 GMT If we build a ramp for a wheelchair, we can accept ear reading. On Ben Foss, the Shaywitz research, and the tools that level the playing field. https://main--klimbconsulting.netlify.app/blog/dyslexia-and-temperament https://main--klimbconsulting.netlify.app/blog/dyslexia-and-temperament Wed, 26 Oct 2016 12:00:00 GMT The extroverted dyslexic child is misread as lazy. The introverted one is not read at all. Both need us to look past the noise, and the silence. https://main--klimbconsulting.netlify.app/blog/a-letter-to-our-childrens-teachers https://main--klimbconsulting.netlify.app/blog/a-letter-to-our-childrens-teachers Wed, 21 Sep 2016 12:00:00 GMT Written to educators: dyslexia is as irrefutable as a broken arm, and the teacher who says the word out loud changes what a family is able to do next. https://main--klimbconsulting.netlify.app/blog/a-mothers-journey https://main--klimbconsulting.netlify.app/blog/a-mothers-journey Mon, 12 Sep 2016 12:00:00 GMT A letter from a mother of a fourth grader — tutors twice a week, an IEP she is not sure is working, and the honest admission that there is simply too much. https://main--klimbconsulting.netlify.app/blog/expect-the-unexpected https://main--klimbconsulting.netlify.app/blog/expect-the-unexpected Wed, 31 Aug 2016 12:00:00 GMT Preparation does not prevent the hard first week of school — but it is what makes the hard week recoverable. https://main--klimbconsulting.netlify.app/blog/a-letter-to-friends https://main--klimbconsulting.netlify.app/blog/a-letter-to-friends Sun, 28 Aug 2016 12:00:00 GMT The first letter — written at the start of a school year, to parents at the beginning of their journey with a dyslexia diagnosis.