Learners' Stories

READ gives woman a solid foundation

Today Shannon is pursuing her goal of becoming a veterinary pathologist but before coming to READ, she had given up on her dreams.

The 26-year-old struggled in school and dropped out of college. “I just figured I was not meant to be in school even though I really wanted to be,” she says. But it wasn’t until after she got fired from her job in a vet office that she was diagnosed with a severe learning disability and attention deficit disorder. “I was shocked – and  relieved. I finally knew what my problem was.”

After the diagnosis, Shannon started attending READ. “I was apprehensive. I thought ‘what could you change?’”

But in just two weeks, she began to see how much individual attention helps. “The teachers made sure I understood each concept before we moved on.”

Shannon tackled times tables, punctuation, the parts of speech and learned to read complex sentences. “My house was built, but there blocks missing so the house would teeter,” she says. “READ filled in all the blocks.”

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