Early Intervention or Wait and See?

My work as an educational therapist with adults to preschoolers aligns with the most respected educational researchers who are calling for early intervention.  

“Ninety percent of children with reading difficulties will achieve grade level in reading if they receive help by the first grade.

Seventy-five percent of children whose help is delayed to age nine or later continue to struggle throughout their school careers.” —Vellutino, Scanlon, Sipay, Small, Pratt, Chen & Denckla, 1996 “

“The best solution to the problem of reading failure is to allocate resources for early identification and prevention”
(Torgesen, 1998 in “Catch Them Before They Fall.”)