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1139 Prospect Avenue, Brooklyn

4.9 56 reviews

  • Avatar Emily Matles ★★★★★ a week ago
    We would highly recommend Ally! Our son always asks about her, so very thankful to Brooklyn Letters for introducing us.
    ~ Emily, mom of Brooklyn 2 year old
  • Avatar T Ainsley ★★★★★ 5 months ago
    I cannot express how grateful and rewarding my experience with Brooklyn Letters has been. Her tutor Ms. Daria is so knowledgeable, amazing, kind and awesome. My daughter has made so much progress in Literacy and Math and it's all … More thanks to Ms. Daria. I know my daughter is sad that she can no longer work with Ms. Daria, as she looked forward to their sessions every week. Thank you again!
  • Avatar Natalie Levon ★★★★★ 4 months ago
    Nicole has been an amazing therapist!! She played a tremendous role in our daughter’s speech progress and overall development. She has come such a long way and we are so happy with the therapy she received!
  • Avatar Colin Peters ★★★★★ 6 months ago
    We could not be happier with the services Valerie provided! She is very thoughtful and knowledgeable and provided significant guidance to support our daughter's speech development outside of our scheduled sessions. She established … More a great working relationship with her, and she will definitely be missed! Your business model is amazing and it was an absolute pleasure working with Valerie. I've referred your organization and Valerie to the Executive Director of our daughter's school and friends/colleagues who are in need of speech therapy services.
  • Avatar Lil Amatore ★★★★★ 7 months ago
    Christina was absolutely wonderful. She went out of her way to win my son over and it worked. He looked forward to her visits and his speech improved so much under her care. She was super flexible and it’s clear she truly cares. We adore … More Christina and we’re going to miss her. Almost sad he improved so much! She’s simply amazing and we can’t say enough how great she is. I would recommend her services to anyone and everyone, without hesitation. Thank you so much for connecting us with her!
  • Avatar Heather Liljengren ★★★★★ a year ago
    We cannot say enough good things about Effie, the ASL teacher, who was so engaged and effective with our 2 year old daughter from the very first session! Effie gladly included our whole family in the sessions! Her expertise and fantastic … More personality gave our daughter a way to communicate that she was so desperately seeking. The coordinators at Brooklyn Letters were so helpful and communicative…I would highly recommend their services!
  • Avatar Brigid Bower ★★★★★ 11 months ago
    Samantha Dalmas was fantastic! We saw her for a feeding therapy evaluation and while she doesn’t think my daughter needs more feeding therapy sessions at this time, but she gave me lots of tips to try. If my daughter's doctors want … More to see more progress at her next appointment, I wouldn’t hesitate to reach out to Samantha again.
  • Avatar Duygu Başaran ★★★★★ 11 months ago
    Brooklyn Letters was recommended to me through a friend's speech therapist friend in NJ. The articulation evaluation for my daughter went well. We were pleased with Kristin's services.
  • Avatar Kelley Peters-Patel ★★★★★ a year ago
    Melissa was wonderful. Our daughter warmed to her immediately and by the time she left, had already started "practicing" some of the techniques Melissa had shown her. I will not hesitate at all to reach out to Melissa again, should … More the need arise.
  • Avatar R Elmore ★★★★★ a year ago
    Aileen was INCREDIBLY helpful to us, both in assessing possible origins of my grandson's food aversions, as well as informing us of various available interventions to consider.
    I can’t thank you and Brooklyn Letters enough for connecting
    … More us with Aileen. In all our feeding therapy journey we have not gotten anything near the kind of benefit that we did from her. Her knowledge, professionalism, and responsiveness have put us on the path of progress with my grandson and has also made us feel genuinely well cared for.
  • Avatar Christine Weiher ★★★★★ 2 years ago
    We were amazed with Allison! She met my son at 2 1/2 years old, not speaking much at all, and over a computer, and she was able to develop a bond and friendship, so much so that he would look forward to his weekly computer time with Allison. … More I was not sure how the speech therapy would go- but we are so happy that we tried it out and continued. It allowed my son to gain confidence in his speech, make a new friend :), and also give him the skills and a bit of understanding of how to shape his mouth or where to place his tongue to make the proper sounds. We were extremely happy with Allison- she was fantastic to work with.
  • Avatar Andrea Saffady ★★★★★ 2 years ago
    My sessions with Karen have been extremely helpful. My speech has improved tremendously. In fact, I just finished 2 hours of conducting interviews with a consulting client via MS Teams and I have an upcoming conference call. Both my … More neurologist and neurosurgeon remarked about how good my speech is. Much of the day it is perfect, although I still have some rough spots when I get tired or speak too quickly. One of my granddaughters is a speech pathology student at Ithaca College. She sat in on 2 sessions while she was home for winter break, and she was very impressed with Karen.
  • Avatar Jacob B ★★★★★ 4 years ago
    We were delighted with Christie. First, and most importantly, our son made great strides under her guidance. So great, that we felt he no longer needed help! She was incredibly patient and kind with him and our son really responded to … More her. Christie was also great with me and my wife. She provided thorough and informative updates on our son's progress and which exercises she was using with him, so we could reinforce what she was teaching him. All in all, we had a fabulous experience with Christie and would highly recommend her.
  • Avatar Jessica C ★★★★★ a year ago
    Theo was wonderful and his work with my son has produced some progress. I am grateful for the services Theo provided.
  • Avatar Melissa Stevens ★★★★★ 2 years ago
    Highly recommend Jill. She is a total pleasure to work with. After a few months working with Jill, my son is reading above grade level and LOVES to read. Mission accomplished!
  • Avatar Demet Evren ★★★★★ 2 years ago
    Paige was great and we had been really happy with her. I would highly recommend her! I recommend Brooklyn Letters to whomever asks for a speech therapist.
  • Avatar Jeizel Rosenthal ★★★★★ 2 years ago
    Isabel was WONDERFUL and our son absolutely adored her, and he is making great progress with his reading and writing.
  • Avatar Lesley Duval ★★★★★ 3 years ago
    Theo was fantastic with our 4yo son. We were very worried that his progress would fall off when we had to switch to remote sessions, but Theo kept our son happy and engaged through the screen. Highly highly recommend!
  • Avatar Samantha Packard ★★★★★ 3 years ago
    We've been working with Theo from Brooklyn Letters for close to 4 months now and the results are apparent; our daughter has vastly improved her speech in a relatively short amount of time. We make "Theo Day" a celebration … More in our house with pancakes for breakfast, and the enthusiasm is matched in the sessions. Theo is fun, patient, professional, and caring, and he gives us the tools to take the lessons beyond the session. Thank you Theo, and Brooklyn Letters, for helping our daughter express herself.
  • Avatar Travis Ricca ★★★★★ 3 years ago
    I worked with Alina to enhance my pronunciation, tone, and pacing while communicating socially and in a work environment. She was great to work with and clear about goals and learning objectives. The improvement from day 1 has been tremendous! … More
  • Avatar Enrico Bermudez ★★★★★ 3 years ago
    Cathy has been excellent with us and our son. We will sorely miss her. He has improved significantly with Cathy’s help. Cathy was a true partner with us, especially as we pursued additional help through our son’s school system.
  • Avatar Kayne Elisabeth Wilk ★★★★★ 4 years ago
    We really loved working with Alina, she is so fantastic. Patient yet firm, and determined the best course of action very clearly and succintly for us. And it all transitioned so well to Zoom as well. I will definitely be back in touch for … More services for our other child after summer break!
  • Avatar Jen S ★★★★★ 4 years ago
    Vera was amazing! My 11 yo daughter made progress so quickly and really looked forward to her sessions. She was kept motivated and engaged.
  • Avatar susie tofte ★★★★★ 3 years ago
    The work that Allison P. did with our daughter over the years has been invaluable to us. Our daughter had such a good relationship with Allison, and it allowed them to work really well together - even remotely these past 6 months. This … More year, Allison went above and beyond by helping us throughout the neuropsych eval we did, trying to re-open our daughter's IEP at her school, and eventually landing her at our chosen school. She was in contact with our daughter's teachers, with the neuropsychologist, and made herself available as a reference to speak on behalf of our daughter's learning differences.
    Allison stopped by our house last week to give our daughter cupcakes and say goodbye, and I literally cried with appreciation for what an amazing speech therapist she has been. She has been our daughter's biggest champion. The new families that she will work with this year are lucky to have her.
  • Avatar Alicia Perez-Katz ★★★★★ 4 years ago
    Sydney was great! Our son was sad to end his sessions with her, which says a lot. We appreciated her honest assessment of his skill level, and he now has materials to self monitor and practice. Thank you!
  • Avatar Kristin Ames ★★★★★ 4 years ago
    Our experience with Theo was terrific. Theo was great with my son. He developed a positive relationship with him based on sincerity, respect, trust and a deep personal connection. In their lessons, Theo was encouraging, creative and kind. … More He helped our son understand how to differentiate the sounds he made when he spoke, and gave him great exercises to practice every week between lessons. Our son was sorry to have the lessons come to an end, but recognized that Theo had helped him as much as possible and it was time for him to stop. Theo explained to him (and us) how to keep working to get the last 5%, and encouraged him to keep working on the exercises on his own. I have recommended Theo to another parent who noticed my son's improvement and inquired for her own son.
    We are all grateful to have gotten to know Theo, and we greatly appreciate all the work he did to help our son.
  • Avatar Aisha Holder ★★★★★ 4 years ago
    "I have nothing but wonderful things to say about Michelle Macroy-Higgins. We are extremely pleased with her work with our daughter. I was so grateful for my daughter to have a speech therapist who is a researcher (specialty in late … More talkers), graduate professor and practitioner. Her expertise was clearly evident in our conversations and work with our daughter. She was very responsive to my questions and often sent articles and other materials about language development that I found helpful. Thankfully, my daughter's speech improved tremendously. Michelle developed such a warm relationship with my daughter. My daughter was always excited to see Michelle and would greet her at the door with a big hug. Lastly, I would add that Michelle always demonstrated empathy with me as a mother who was initially worried about her daughter's language development. I could go on and on about how pleased we were with Michelle's work."
  • Avatar Andrea Peartree ★★★★★ 4 years ago
    Theo is a wonderful Clinton Hill speech therapist. We were really pleased with him. Our son showed drastic improvement, not only in his speech but in his confidence.
  • Avatar mario costa ★★★★★ 4 years ago
    Alexa has been an enthusiastic, reliable, well prepared and caring teacher for our 6 year old daughter. She has been able to improve and increase our daughter's confidence lesson by lesson with patience and competence; through varied … More and productive didactic practice. Alexa has engaged our daughter in several activities that always kept her motivated and eager to learn literacy. My wife and I, both of us are educators, feel so fortunate to have had the opportunity to observe Alexa's pedagogical skills. Alexa has had a big impact on our daughter literacy growth. Thank you Brooklyn Letters!
  • Avatar Lily Alt ★★★★★ 4 years ago
    We were absolutely DELIGHTED with Marsha's services. She was wonderful. We found her to be kind, fun, engaging, very knowledgeable. She provided us with clear instructions and additional written handouts each week. She engaged our … More son with different techniques and toys, and showed us how to use her techniques when we were interacting with him. I actually just texted her on Saturday - Our son finally said "more" - one of the target words we had been working on with her. It was a total joy to hear, and I had to share it with her - she wrote back immediately to congratulate us. I am so appreciative of her expertise, and wish we could have seen her for longer. I recommended her to another family in our neighborhood who is looking for a speech therapist.

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Reading Intervention Program for Kids (Decoding & Fluency Support)

Reading Intervention Program

Reading Intervention Program for Kids (Decoding & Fluency Support)

Reading Intervention Program
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Target the Root of Reading Difficulty — Not Just More Practice
  • Improve decoding, word recognition, and reading accuracy
  • Build reading fluency and reduce effortful reading
  • Support struggling readers with structured, step-by-step instruction

Get matched with a reading specialist for a structured intervention plan

When Reading Isn’t Becoming Automatic

Reading should become more automatic in early elementary school. When it doesn’t, children often begin to rely on guessing, read slowly, or struggle to recognize words consistently.

Parents often begin searching for a reading intervention program when they notice:

  • Slow, effortful reading
  • Frequent guessing instead of sounding out words
  • Inconsistent word recognition
  • Difficulty reading unfamiliar words
  • Avoidance of reading tasks

When reading is not automatic, comprehension becomes harder and progress often slows across subjects that require reading.

What a Reading Intervention Program Focuses On

A reading intervention program focuses on how children learn to read, not just how much they read.

Students work on:

  • Sound-symbol relationships (phonics)
  • Decoding single and multisyllabic words
  • Word recognition and reading accuracy
  • Reading fluency and pacing
  • Comprehension supported by accurate reading

Decoding is the foundation of reading development.

As decoding improves, reading becomes more accurate, fluent, and consistent—allowing comprehension to improve more naturally.

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Our Structured, Evidence-Based Approach

Our Reading Intervention Program uses a structured literacy approach that teaches reading in a clear, systematic way.

This includes:

  • Explicit instruction (not guessing strategies)
  • Step-by-step skill progression
  • Repetition and reinforcement
  • Clear connections between sounds and letters

This structured approach helps students build reliable reading skills over time and is widely used for students with dyslexia or persistent reading challenges.

Who This Program Is Designed For

This program is appropriate for:

  • Students in late 1st grade and above
  • Students reading below grade level
  • Students with suspected or diagnosed dyslexia
  • Students who struggle with decoding or fluency
  • Students who need structured, individualized support

Not all students in a reading intervention program have a diagnosis.
Many are capable learners who need a more systematic approach to reading development.

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Testimonials

Michelle was great she exceeded my expectations and was extremely
professional as well as easily engaged my daughter in the exercises.

-Kate

Amy is a fantastic speech therapist, reading strategist, and confidence-builder! MY now 7-year-old son was having difficulty with
enunciation, and, perhaps relatedly, hesitating to try reading aloud. I was concerned about taking him to a speech therapist because
I did not want to make him (more) self-conscious. A year ago, craig at Brooklyn Letters recommended Amy, and the whole family has
come to rely on her. MY 7-year old's speech is much clearer than it was, and Amy has taught htm a bunch of different strategies to try
if he is unsure how to make a sound or read a word, which greatly reinforced his reading learning at school. Amy saw immediately
how to win my shy son's confidence (ask htm to explain how to play chess to her), and targeted her strategies to his strengths
(numbers and sports!) so that he could work on the new skills while feeling good about himselt MY son looks forward to Amy's weekly
visits immensely (tt is also really helpful that she comes to our house!). Amy recently told me that she thought he was ready to
graduate from their sessions, and I immediately felt like this would be a real loss for him and for me as a parent because I have so
come to value Amy's advice. so I persuaded her to work with him once a week on Spanish (Amy is bi-lingual), which he has just
begun at school, and on homework strategies. I am so grateful to her.

- DeidreI am so grateful to her.

Alina worked with my son Matthew for a few months and I wanted to provide you with a testimonial you could use to help others
realize the great support she provided. She was really wonderful!
Alina worked with my son for just a few months and was able to get htm speaking so everyone could understand him. At first, he
wouldn't speak to his friends at pre-school as he was embarrassed since they couldn't understand him. A few months later and he
was talking up a storm with them and asking their moms for playdates. NOW we can't get him to stop talking. Alina was amazing with
Matthew! She changed his world and I am so grateful!

- JulieShe changed his world and I'm so grateful!
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When to Consider Reading Intervention

You may want to consider a structured intervention program if:

  • Your child continues guessing instead of decoding
  • Reading progress has stalled over time
  • School support has not resolved the issue
  • Reading fluency remains below grade level
  • Your child becomes frustrated or avoids reading

Early support is important—reading gaps can widen quickly without targeted instruction.

How This Differs From General Tutoring

Reading intervention is different from general tutoring.

Tutoring often focuses on:

  • Homework support
  • Reading assignments
  • Short-term academic needs

Reading intervention focuses on:

  • Building decoding skills
  • Improving reading accuracy
  • Developing fluency and consistency
  • Creating long-term reading independence

Students who struggle with reading typically need structured intervention—not just more practice.

Online and In-Home Reading Intervention Options

We offer both online and in-home reading intervention.

Online sessions provide:

  • Flexible scheduling
  • Consistent weekly instruction
  • Access to specialized reading instructors

👉 Learn more about our online reading intervention program.

In-home sessions provide:

  • Face-to-face instruction
  • Hands-on support
  • A structured learning environment

Both formats follow the same structured literacy approach.

Combine With Summer Support for Faster Progress

Summer is an ideal time to begin reading intervention without school pressure.

Students can:

  • Close reading gaps more quickly
  • Build foundational decoding skills
  • Improve fluency and confidence
  • Prepare for the next school year

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Combining intervention with summer support often leads to faster and more consistent progress.

Get Started With Reading Intervention

Early reading intervention leads to stronger long-term outcomes.

With structured support, students can:

  • Read more accurately and fluently
  • Reduce frustration around reading
  • Build confidence and independence
  • Improve overall academic readiness

A structured reading intervention program provides the foundation needed for lasting reading success.

Frequently Asked Questions

1. What is a reading intervention program?
A structured program that improves decoding, fluency, and reading accuracy through explicit instruction.

2. Is this only for dyslexia?
No. Reading intervention supports any student struggling with decoding or reading consistency.

3. How often should sessions take place?
Most students benefit from 2–3 sessions per week.

4. How long does it take to see progress?
With consistent instruction, many students show measurable improvement within a few months.

5. When should a child start reading intervention?
When reading is not becoming automatic or progress has stalled.

Key Takeaways

  • Reading intervention targets the root cause of reading difficulty
  • Decoding is the foundation of reading success
  • Structured literacy is highly effective for struggling readers
  • Early support leads to stronger long-term outcomes
  • Consistency is critical for progress

Prefer to call or email? Text or call (917) 426-8880 or email [email protected]

You’re Not Alone—We’ll Guide You Through Every Step

Parents often feel unsure about whether their child’s literacy challenges are typical or indicators of deeper decoding or spelling difficulties. Our literacy specialists will walk you through the entire assessment process—from reviewing prior evaluations to creating targeted, research-backed literacy goals. We make the process clear, supportive, and stress-free so you know exactly what your child needs next.

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