Virtual Dyslexia Services

Virtual Dyslexia Services I diagnose dyslexia and provide individualized support grounded in the science of reading. Learn more at www.virtualmilestoneacademy.com/megan

I specialize in diagnosing and supporting individuals with dyslexia and related learning differences. I am a wife and mother. I have been a licensed Speech Therapist for over 12 years. I have worked a great deal with children ages 0-3 in Early Intervention as well as in Elementary and Middle Schools. I find that my background as a Speech Language Pathologist and my intrinsic desire for academics have been a great combination for enabling me to help many students over the years. I am currently pursuing my Dyslexia certification at the University of Florida. I have an innate passion for child advocacy and I understand its vital, priceless impact for a child. In this way, I stand up for children and I strive to understand what impacts them. I am creative and have an unlimited amount of ideas of new ways to teach a child and their families.

11/17/2025

Virtual Milestone Academy is a virtual literacy practice specializing in dyslexia evaluations, structured literacy intervention, and parent support.

11/16/2025

A dyslexia diagnosis equips adult students with the tools, resources, and protections they need to succeed academically.

With an official diagnosis, students gain access to academic accommodations such as extended time on exams and assignments, alternative exam formats, note-taking support, assistive technology like text-to-speech or speech-to-text tools, and sometimes flexible deadlines or reduced course loads. It also opens the door to support services, including tutoring, individualized learning strategies, and help with writing or organization. Legally, a diagnosis provides protections against discrimination, ensuring that professors and staff provide reasonable accommodations.

Beyond practical support, knowing you have dyslexia can improve self-understanding, reduce frustration, and boost confidence by allowing students to develop strategies that work with their strengths. Additionally, some colleges offer specialized programs or mentorships for students with learning differences, and certain scholarships or grants may be available.

Listening to music while doing homework can actually help some 15-year-olds focus—especially if it’s instrumental or fam...
11/15/2025

Listening to music while doing homework can actually help some 15-year-olds focus—especially if it’s instrumental or familiar songs—because it can drown out distractions and boost mood, which in turn can improve concentration and persistence on tasks. Just don’t expect them to memorize lyrics at the same time—they might get “distracted” by their favorite lines! 🎧📚

Even with automatic word recognition, a child may struggle to sit down and finish a chapter book because the challenge l...
11/15/2025

Even with automatic word recognition, a child may struggle to sit down and finish a chapter book because the challenge lies not in decoding but in sustaining attention, focus, and engagement. Reading longer texts requires the brain to maintain concentration, track plot and characters, integrate new information, and use working memory over an extended period. If a child hasn’t yet built reading stamina or if the material doesn’t capture their interest, they may avoid completing a book even though they can read it. Executive function skills, self-regulation, and motivation play a key role, making the difficulty more about sustaining effort than about actual reading ability.

Homeschool support is the help and guidance families can lean on while teaching their children at home. It might look li...
11/15/2025

Homeschool support is the help and guidance families can lean on while teaching their children at home. It might look like getting advice on choosing a curriculum, finding fun learning resources, joining a co-op or local group for activities, or connecting with other parents who understand the journey. It can also include online classes, tutoring, workshops, or help navigating state requirements. In short, it’s the network that makes homeschooling feel less overwhelming and a lot more connected, encouraging, and manageable.

The Active View of Reading goes beyond decoding × language comprehension by adding the crucial roles of executive functi...
11/15/2025

The Active View of Reading goes beyond decoding × language comprehension by adding the crucial roles of executive functioning, self-regulation, motivation, cognitive flexibility, and engagement. It explains that skilled reading isn’t just knowing how to read words and understand language—it also depends on how students manage attention, persist through challenges, monitor their understanding, and stay motivated. This model shows reading as an active, dynamic process shaped by both cognitive skills and personal factors.

Simple View of Reading (SVR), explains that reading comprehension comes from the combination of decoding and language co...
11/15/2025

Simple View of Reading (SVR), explains that reading comprehension comes from the combination of decoding and language comprehension.

Scarborough’s Reading Rope is a model that explains how skilled reading develops by showing two strands that work togeth...
11/15/2025

Scarborough’s Reading Rope is a model that explains how skilled reading develops by showing two strands that work together: word recognition and language comprehension. The word-recognition strand includes phonological awareness, decoding, and automatic sight-word recognition, which help readers read words accurately and quickly. The language-comprehension strand includes background knowledge, vocabulary, language structures, verbal reasoning, and literacy knowledge, which help readers understand what a text means. As both strands strengthen and weave together, students become fluent, skilled readers. The model is sometimes mistakenly called “Scarborough’s row,” but the correct name is “Scarborough’s Reading Rope.”

11/15/2025

Dyslexic brains, while often challenged by reading and writing, are frequently strong at spotting hidden patterns and big-picture connections. They tend to process information more holistically and think non-linearly, which can make them excellent at problem-solving, creative thinking, and visual-spatial tasks. This unique wiring allows them to notice patterns and relationships that others might overlook.

11/14/2025

Dyslexia isn’t just a childhood thing. Adults can be diagnosed too — sometimes it takes years to recognize it, but knowing can completely change how you understand yourself and how you approach learning.

11/14/2025

What’s really going on with my child?”

Parents want clear answers, not labels or confusion. They’re tired of guessing why reading is hard.

They want you to explain in plain language:

what their child can and can’t yet do,

what that means for school,

and what to do next.

Standing here waiting for the school bus, watching the leaves fall, I can’t help but feel grateful. I get to be here to ...
11/11/2025

Standing here waiting for the school bus, watching the leaves fall, I can’t help but feel grateful. I get to be here to see my daughter step off the bus, to hear about her day, to just share that small moment that means everything.

Life moves fast, and these little pauses matter. ❤️
I’m so thankful for Virtual Milestone Academy for giving me the chance to actually show up — to be present, not just in spirit, but in person.

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