Should I Hold My Child Back?

by Dr. Leah Skinner, Ed.D. | Apr 25, 2026 | READ Learning Center

Hold Them Back. Give Them Another Chance. That is the recommendation most IEP teams give when a child with a learning difference is not making progress. The room goes quiet when it lands. The parents agree because the recommendation comes from the experts and sounds...

Identifying Dyslexia by Subtype

by Dr. Leah Skinner, Ed.D. | Feb 19, 2026 | READ Learning Center Sacramento

The short answer Dyslexia is not one condition. Research identifies multiple distinct profiles, each driven by a different breakdown in the reading system, each requiring a different intervention. A comprehensive assessment identifies which profile your child has....

Sacramento’s Best Summer Reading Program: How to Turn the Summer Slide Into a Summer Launchpad!

by Dr. Leah Skinner, Ed.D. | Jan 26, 2026 | READ Learning Center Sacramento

Your child finishes the school year on track. Summer comes and goes. September arrives and suddenly they’re struggling with books they read easily in May. What happened? They call it the summer slide. It’s the learning loss that happens when structured instruction...

Structured Literacy Tutoring Sacramento: When Your Child Needs More Than Homework Help

by Dr. Leah Skinner, Ed.D. | Dec 30, 2025 | Sacramento Structured Literacy Tutoring, Dyslexia, Sacramento Dyslexia Tutoring, Sacramento Reading Tutoring

You’ve done everything right. And it still isn’t working. Your child is smart. You know it. Their teachers know it. But reading isn’t clicking, and you can see what it’s doing to them. The avoidance. The frustration. The confidence is slipping away a little more each...

How to Choose a Reading Tutor in Sacramento: Evidence-Based Approaches That Actually Work

by Dr. Leah Skinner, Ed.D. | Nov 11, 2025 | Dyslexia, Homeschooling, Sacramento Dyslexia Tutoring, Sacramento Reading Tutoring

If you’re reading this, I know what you’re going through, maybe better than anyone else does. My name is Dr. Leah Skinner, and I founded READ Learning Center after years of navigating the educational system with my own five sons, four of whom are dyslexic. As a mother...