Press Release: Announcing Our Dyslexia Intervention Curriculum

Apricot Tree Academy is announcing the release of its Dyslexia Intervention Curriculum, a structured literacy program that parents can use at home to teach a child with dyslexia to read. The curriculum was created by Apricot Tree Academy founders Cynthia Glunt and Sandra Dallon for families of children ages 5–10, and it puts an evidence-based, Orton-Gillingham approach into the hands of parents—without requiring a clinical background or specialist training.

What is the Dyslexia Intervention Curriculum?

The Dyslexia Intervention Curriculum is an Orton-Gillingham-based, structured, multisensory reading program designed for parents to use at home with a child who has dyslexia. It follows the principles of structured literacy and the Science of Reading: explicit, systematic instruction that teaches the sounds of English and how they map to print, one step at a time, with plenty of review.

Multisensory means the lessons engage sight, sound, and movement together—a child sees a letter, says its sound, and writes it—so the brain builds stronger, more durable connections for reading and spelling. The full program is described on the Dyslexia Intervention Curriculum page.

Who is the curriculum for?

The curriculum is built for parents and caregivers of children ages 5–10 who show signs of dyslexia or who have been diagnosed and need structured reading support at home. It is written so that a parent can pick it up and teach from it directly. You do not need to be a teacher, a reading specialist, or an Orton-Gillingham practitioner to use it.

• Parents who want to start helping their child now, while waiting on testing or school services.
• Families whose school is not providing structured, dyslexia-specific intervention.
• Homeschooling parents who need an explicit, sequential reading program.
• Caregivers who want to reinforce school-based instruction with consistent practice at home.

If you are still deciding whether a parent-led program is the right fit, the guide on the best dyslexia curriculum for parents with no teaching experience walks through what to look for.

What does the curriculum include?

The Dyslexia Intervention Curriculum is made up of two core components that work together:

• A student workbook — the child’s practice material, organized so that each skill builds on the last.
• A teacher/parent guide — the instructional companion that tells the parent what to teach, in what order, and how to deliver each lesson.

Together, the two pieces give a parent both the plan and the practice. The guide carries the structure so the parent does not have to design lessons from scratch, and the workbook gives the child the repeated, hands-on practice that structured literacy depends on. For a closer look at how the lessons are organized, see inside our dyslexia intervention program.

Why did Apricot Tree Academy create it?

Apricot Tree Academy was founded by Cynthia Glunt and Sandra Dallon to make effective, research-aligned dyslexia instruction available to families directly. Many parents learn that their child has dyslexia and then run into long waitlists, limited school services, or the high cost of private tutoring. The methods that help—Orton-Gillingham and structured literacy—are well established, but they have often been locked behind specialist training.

The Dyslexia Intervention Curriculum was built to close that gap: to take an approach that reading specialists use and package it so an ordinary parent at the kitchen table can follow it with confidence. You can read more about the thinking behind the program in the overview of Apricot Tree Academy’s dyslexia intervention program.

Where can parents get it?

The student workbook is available on Amazon, and the full program is described on the Apricot Tree Academy site. To get started:

• Read the program details on the Dyslexia Intervention Curriculum page.
• Order the workbook on Amazon.

Apricot Tree Academy will continue to share guidance, lessons, and resources for parents teaching children with dyslexia at home. Families who want to follow along can subscribe for updates and explore the rest of the library of articles and guides on the site.