The Wisconsin Institute for Learning Disabilities and Dyslexia (WILDD) is a unique tax-exempt non-profit organization located in Madison, WI. WILDD offers professional reading and spelling instruction to children and adults (7 and older) with learning disabilities and/or dyslexia. Tutoring services are offered to individuals without regard to age, ethnicity, gender, or religious affiliation.
What we do
W.I.L.D.D. currently offers the following services to children and adults:
- One-on-one tutoring with licensed tutors
- Research-based strategies to remediate reading and spelling difficulties
- Assistive technology assessments
- Support in math (dyscalculia)
- Support in writing and handwriting
- Support for college programs
What is Dyslexia?
Dyslexia is an inherited, neurologically-based disorder, which interferes with the acquisition and processing of language. Varying in degree of severity, it is manifested by difficulties in receptive and expressive language; phonological processing; and in reading, writing, spelling, handwriting and sometimes in arithmetic.
Dyslexia is not a result of a lack of motivation, sensory impairment, inadequate instructional or environmental opportunities, or other limiting conditions, but may occur together with these conditions:
- Lack of awareness of sound order, rhyme, or sequence of syllables
- Problems with reading comprehension
- Difficulty in expressing thoughts verbally
People with dyslexia can learn, but they must be taught in a manner appropriate to their particular strengths and weaknesses.
--Coming Soon--
We hope to add the following services as time and money allow:
- Virtual high school
- Distance learning
- Services for English Language Learners
- Peer-facilitated support groups for children and parents