Speak Read Grow

29/10/2026

“Who Would Win!?” book series comes to life as our team challenges each other throughout the day in competitive shenanigans ! Always love our students’ reactions to our annual team costume surprise! 😂

28/10/2026

Why Red for Dyslexia? …I’m so glad you asked! 😉

The color red was chosen several years ago as the awareness color for Dyslexia to empower those with Dyslexia to take back the color of red from the negative correlation of excessive red marks on papers of children who had worked SO hard only to be told by all of the red that their work was repeatedly wrong or flawed. 💔

Red, which has been used for decades as the correction/grading color, was the mark of defeat and hopelessness for our children with Dyslexia. At the same time no one knew how to help our children and they were continuously misunderstood and labeled as lazy or less intelligent. 💔

Red now represents the empowerment of those with Dyslexia and their families and advocates who have had to fight for the understanding that the flaws were not in the child, but instead in the lack of awareness. ❤️

When children understand the way they learn, learn to use evidence-based strategies independently, and begin to discover and use their many true gifts, they soar so high you can’t keep up with all the amazing things they do and become! ❤️💪

Coming up on 20 years of specializing in Dyslexia, I have had the distinct privilege seeing many of my prior students become wonderfully successful young men and women in life. 🤩

After 2 decades “in the business” of Dyslexia awareness, one of my favorite things to do still to this day is to help our children realize these truths, understand their strengths, and channel these things to build confidence while learning more about their own unique style of learning. 🙌

I wish I could say I did not have to do posts like this anymore to raise awareness. With all of the research that has actually and ironically been the same for many years, I want to say that awareness isn’t needed anymore. But unfortunately, that couldn’t be more untrue. Somehow, the struggle is still very real in many public and private schools and pediatric and student programming and services. 🤔

So, I will continue what I started 20 years ago. And if you by chance have some red in your closet, and have Dyslexia or love someone with Dyslexia, you have a few days left in October to wear it all proudly. And when someone asks you, “Why red? tell them,…”I’m so glad you asked”… 😉❤️

(Photo credit to my 11 year old)

25/10/2026

Two of my favorite things… Dyslexia Awareness month ❤️ and Halloween! 🎃 So my students who have known me for a “minute” know it’s “cheesy” T-shirt season and there’s nothing they can do about it! 😉

24/10/2026

02/10/2026

💙 Dyslexia is classified as a language disorder—not simply a “reading problem.” Although we know it as a difference in the brain as opposed to a “disorder”, years of research have shown that it is the language areas of the brain that correlate to the primary source of difference.

During Dyslexia Awareness Month, we want to highlight why that distinction matters.

Dyslexia can affect the language skills that support phonological processing, decoding, spelling, reading fluency, and written language. That’s why evaluation shouldn’t stop at a reading score—and intervention shouldn’t be one-size-fits-all.

🔎 Look deeper. Evaluate the underlying language and literacy skills with a professional experienced in language and literacy development, not just reading strategies.

🤝 Work together. Speech-language pathologists, reading specialists, educators, psychologists, OTs, and families can each contribute an important piece of the puzzle.

📚 Treat what’s underneath. Use explicit, evidence-based instruction matched to the student’s individual language and literacy needs.

At Speak Read Grow and Valor Academy, we believe the best approach is one that sees the whole child—not just the reading level.

** We have helped hundreds of families that can attest to this approach being the best approach after trying so many others.** We are with you. 💙

26/09/2026

🍂 Florida “Fall” Outside…
Growth Season Inside! 🌱

Spending this first “Florida fall” weekend indoors from morning to night in a live digital conference for pediatric therapy practice owners!

Live in Vegas was an option, but leaving my amazing staff and students for several days this early in the school year!? I just couldn’t do it! So I brought Vegas to my home computer instead! 💻

One of my favorite parts of being a practice owner is remembering that we never stop learning. In this conference, I get to learn from other incredible pediatric therapy owners from all over the country, share about my practice and what I’ve learned along the way, support others, and bring new ideas back to Speak Read Grow & Valor Academy. 🥰

Sometimes investing in your practice looks like a plane ticket and a conference badge. But sometimes it looks like a home computer, 3 very long days staring into it, and probably way too much coffee ☕️🥴. 💻

Always learning. Always growing. Always looking for ways to serve our families and team better. ❤️

Hope you all enjoy the nice weather and have a great weekend! 🌞🍁

26/08/2026

Our amazing social skills (aka: social club) groups start next week with Miss Nicole, and she can’t wait to meet all of our friends and their families! If you have not had a chance to register, please contact us for a link to information to see if the groups are a good fit for your child. We also do a trial day to make sure that the group aligns with your child’s goals. The link to request information and interest form is in comments 👍

Opening Disclosure regarding Ai content: Ai helps create our flyers (because we are all busy preparing diligently for our time with students/families, howevert our clinical and educational expertise and reputation is the REAL DEAL built from dedicated, intentional time and detailed work and research and has been for over a decade!...

New to Mondays to prepare for an awesome school year, we wanted to be sure that you can place a face with a name as you are calling to register for school year services, so here is our first feature therapist for our new "Meet Our Team Monday" series. This Meet Our Team Monday featured therapist, Nicole Mosca, M.S., CCC-SLP, is especially fitting since today actually opens up our registration for new families for our amazing Social Skills Groups (or "Social Club" as the kids will know it).

We have been running our groups successfully for 6 years and we are so grateful to be able to add this amazing professional to our team to help facilitate our kids' goals. Nicole is not only experienced- she is warm and kind and lots of fun and we know that our students will love getting to know her as they get to know themselves and their tools for socialization, friendship, and connection! Here is some more information about our groups below and the link to rates and dates in the interest form for registration! You will be contacted within 2-3 business days regarding your registration!
Click here: https://form.jotform.com/261935805517160

✨ Meet our Speech-Language Pathologist, Nicole! ✨
We are so excited to welcome the newest member of the Speak Read Grow team, Nicole Mosca, M.S., CCC-SLP.
💙 Meet our experienced Speech-Language Pathologist, bringing over 8 years of pediatric experience in Palm Beach County helping children build confidence through communication and individual goals for learning.
She specializes in:
• Speech & Language Development
• Social Communication (Pragmatic Language)
• Friendship & Conversation Skills
• Executive Functioning Support
• Specialized Learning Strategies
• Helping children connect, communicate, and thrive
Our engaging After-School Social Skills Groups are designed for a variety of age levels and provide a fun, supportive environment where students can practice real-life social skills with peers.

📅 Groups meet: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday afternoons

Whether your child needs support initiating conversations, building friendships, understanding social cues, improving perspective-taking, or strengthening communication confidence, our groups provide evidence-based instruction through interactive activities and guided peer practice.

🔗 Registration is now open! Click and fill out and we will be in contact within 2-3 business days to confirm space in our program: https://form.jotform.com/261935805517160

Please Note: Space is limited to ensure efficacy of our program!

27/07/2026

Opening Disclosure regarding Ai content: Ai helps create our flyers (because we are all busy preparing diligently for our time with students/families, howevert our clinical and educational expertise and reputation is the REAL DEAL built from dedicated, intentional time and detailed work and research and has been for over a decade!...

New to Mondays to prepare for an awesome school year, we wanted to be sure that you can place a face with a name as you are calling to register for school year services, so here is our first feature therapist for our new "Meet Our Team Monday" series. This Meet Our Team Monday featured therapist, Nicole Mosca, M.S., CCC-SLP, is especially fitting since today actually opens up our registration for new families for our amazing Social Skills Groups (or "Social Club" as the kids will know it).

We have been running our groups successfully for 6 years and we are so grateful to be able to add this amazing professional to our team to help facilitate our kids' goals. Nicole is not only experienced- she is warm and kind and lots of fun and we know that our students will love getting to know her as they get to know themselves and their tools for socialization, friendship, and connection! Here is some more information about our groups below and the link to rates and dates in the interest form for registration! You will be contacted within 2-3 business days regarding your registration!
Click here: https://form.jotform.com/261935805517160

✨ Meet our Speech-Language Pathologist, Nicole! ✨
We are so excited to welcome the newest member of the Speak Read Grow team, Nicole Mosca, M.S., CCC-SLP.
💙 Meet our experienced Speech-Language Pathologist, bringing over 8 years of pediatric experience in Palm Beach County helping children build confidence through communication and individual goals for learning.
She specializes in:
• Speech & Language Development
• Social Communication (Pragmatic Language)
• Friendship & Conversation Skills
• Executive Functioning Support
• Specialized Learning Strategies
• Helping children connect, communicate, and thrive
Our engaging After-School Social Skills Groups are designed for a variety of age levels and provide a fun, supportive environment where students can practice real-life social skills with peers.

📅 Groups meet: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday afternoons

Whether your child needs support initiating conversations, building friendships, understanding social cues, improving perspective-taking, or strengthening communication confidence, our groups provide evidence-based instruction through interactive activities and guided peer practice.

🔗 Registration is now open! Click and fill out and we will be in contact within 2-3 business days to confirm space in our program: https://form.jotform.com/261935805517160

Please Note: Space is limited to ensure efficacy of our program!

27/05/2026

Now offering a half day Kindergarten program, as an additional option to our full school day program at SRG's Valor Academy to cover the essential foundations for reading, writing, and arithmetic. This part time option is very helpful for students who need a junior year of prep and confidence in the core areas of academics and/or homeschool families with children entering kindergarten. Our program is designed to meet your child's needs individually while in small groups. Instructed by our amazing and experienced teachers, speech-language pathologists, and Occupational Therapist targeting handwriting and fine motor, necessary language and reading fundamentals, number sense and math skills, and social and academic confidence. Step Up Approved Providers!

27/05/2026

The end of the school year is always so bittersweet. But we went out strong at Valor Academy in our final week with our End of Year family bash, yearbook signings, and we rented out an entire indoor amusement park for our end of year field trip! Valor Academy is OUT for the summer, but our team and I are already working hard planning for next year. We wish our students and families an amazing summer! You earned it! 💪🎉