For parents & educators whose bright children can talk better than they can read or write
They’re not lazy. They’re not slow. They’ve just never been taught the way their brain learns.
Your dyslexic child can explain it out loud — they just can’t get it on paper. Dyslexia Classes trains you, the parent, to use a structured, interest-first method that turns your child’s big ideas into clear sentences, real paragraphs, and essays they write themselves. With live instructors and a community of parents beside you, so you’re never doing it alone.
You’re not imagining it
You already know your child is smart. That’s what makes this so hard to watch.
You’ve heard the ideas pour out of them — the questions, the theories, the way they explain their favorite subject better than kids twice their age. Then homework starts, and none of that intelligence makes it onto the page.
Hear this first: your child is not lazy, not careless, and not unintelligent. And you are not failing them. You’ve been handed the wrong map. We’re going to give you the right one.
If this is your house, you’re in the right place:
Not sure where to even start?
Get the free guide: The 3 Reasons Your Child’s Dyslexia Education Isn’t Working — and How to Fix It. A short, practical read that names what’s actually going wrong and gives you a first step for this week.
The real problem
The problem isn’t your child’s brain. It’s that school teaches to a brain your child doesn’t have.
Most instruction starts with an abstract idea and then fills in the details. For many dyslexic learners, that’s exactly backwards — and the moment the abstraction lands first, the shutdown begins. On top of that, the reading and writing your child is handed usually has nothing to do with what they actually care about. So the one thing that could pull them in — genuine interest — never gets used.
When nothing works, everyone reaches for accommodations. Those tools aren’t the enemy — they buy your child access to content. But access isn’t the same as skill.
That gap — between the intelligence you hear in conversation and what shows up on the page — is the whole problem. It’s also completely closeable.
Russel Van Brocklen, founder of Dyslexia Classes
Meet your guide
He was told he’d never read at grade level. He now reads at a graduate level.
Russell Van Brocklen isn’t teaching this from a textbook. He’s severely dyslexic himself — he knows exactly what your child feels sitting in front of a page that won’t cooperate, and he knows what it takes to get to the other side.
Over more than two decades, Russell built a method for how dyslexic learners actually process language — grounded in the Yale dyslexia brain research of Dr. Sally Shaywitz (author of Overcoming Dyslexia), combined with proven writing strategies from James Collins’s Strategies for Struggling Writers. His original research was funded by the New York State Senate and is owned by the SUNY Research Foundation.
- New York State Senate–funded dyslexia researcher; research owned by the SUNY Research Foundation
- Reviewer for the International Dyslexia Association’s Annual Conference (2020–2022)
- Has trained New York City special-education teachers for over a decade at the Everyone Reading Conference
- Featured on 250+ podcasts; creator of The Writing Method
Conference reading-program reviewer, 2020–2022
The Writing Method
A method built for how your child actually thinks
Three principles do the heavy lifting. Together, they’re the reason kids who “couldn’t write” start writing.
Start with what they love
We don’t bribe kids with their interests — we teach through them. A superhero, a president, trucks, a video game: connect the work to something they care about and they’ll engage with material two or three grade levels above their reading level.
Specific before general
Instead of opening with an abstract rule, we start with one concrete thing — a word, a character, a moment — explore it, connect it, and let the bigger concept emerge from the details. It’s the sequence dyslexic brains are built for.
Words into structure
Your child learns to break language down the way it works: who’s the hero, what’s the goal, who’s the villain, what’s the conflict, how does it resolve. That structure becomes the scaffolding for a correct sentence, then a paragraph, then a full essay.
Here’s the path your child walks
Every step is a real, teachable skill — not a vague promise. Each one builds on the last, all the way to a full research essay.
A clear sentence
A complete thought, spelled and punctuated right.
Real paragraphs
Three body paragraphs, three to four sentences each, with grammar solid enough to earn a passing grade.
Academic writing
The level of structured writing expected on exams like the New York State Regents.
A full research essay
Thesis, body, and conclusion, using an advanced structure simplified for how dyslexic students think.
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Join the community
Get the method, the courses, and the people who’ve walked this road.
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Learn it with live support
Follow the courses at your child’s pace and bring your real questions to live sessions with instructors — no teaching degree required.
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Watch the skills show up
Use the exercises at home and see your child put their intelligence on the page, a little more every week.
Proof it works
What happens when a bright kid finally gets the right method
Reed was in fifth grade, reading at a third-grade level, writing scattered, misspelled words, and bringing home mostly D’s. The only dyslexic kid among five siblings, he needed a parent at his elbow for everything — and he was starting to believe he just wasn’t smart.
His family started with what he loved: Logan, from X-Men. A book a few years above his reading level, paired with the audiobook, connected to a character he was fascinated by. Then the method took over — sentences first, then the hero-and-villain structure, then real paragraphs.
Reed was in fifth grade, reading at a third-grade level, writing scattered, misspelled words, and bringing home mostly D’s. The only dyslexic kid among five siblings, he needed a parent at his elbow for everything — and he was starting to believe he just wasn’t smart.
His family started with what he loved: Logan, from X-Men. A book a few years above his reading level, paired with the audiobook, connected to a character he was fascinated by. Then the method took over — sentences first, then the hero-and-villain structure, then real paragraphs.
Within months, Reed’s reading jumped past grade level and his writing climbed several grade levels. By the end of the year he was writing analysis — not summaries — with a point of view sharp enough that his English teacher noticed. He started debating his teachers, joined cross-country, made friends, and started talking about becoming a pilot. His parents got their evenings back. Dyslexia stopped being the thing that was wrong with him and became just a different way his mind works.
Reed’s results are exceptional, not a guarantee — every child is different and progress depends on consistent effort. But they show what becomes possible when a bright child is finally taught the way their brain learns.
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The community built for your family
Everything lives in one place on Skool — the courses, the method, live instructors, and a community of parents who get it.
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Standard Parent Access
$147/ month · cancel anytime
- The full platform, your resources, and all your course replays
- A private community of parents walking the same road
- A monthly live group session with an instructor
- Your first course, Basic Sentence Writing included free
- As a founding member: the $997 Basic 3-Body Paragraph Writing Course free
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More support when you’re ready
Step up to VIP Guided or VIP Intensive support inside — more live sessions, faster access to instructors, and writing review.
Advanced courses as they grow
Add Regents-level academic writing and full research-essay courses when your child is ready. It’s all there when you need it.
Honest fit check
Is Dyslexia Classes right for your family?
This is for you if…
- Your child is bright and verbal, but reading and/or writing is well behind where you know they can be.
- You’re ready for a method with a clear sequence, not another patch.
- You’ll spend a little focused time with your child each week — you don’t need to be a teacher, just present.
- You homeschool, or your child is in public or private school and you want to build real skills alongside it.
This is not for you if…
- You’re looking for a replacement for a formal diagnosis, medical evaluation, or clinical therapy — this is instruction and coaching.
- You want a hands-off fix where no one at home is involved.
- You need guaranteed results on a fixed timeline — we promise a proven method and real support, not a calendar. Every child moves at their own pace.
Before you join
Questions parents ask
Most programs remediate the same way school does — abstract first, disconnected from your child’s interests. Our method flips both: we start with what your child loves, build from concrete details up, and teach language as structure. That’s why kids who “couldn’t write” start writing.
Yes — this is designed for parents, not educators. You follow the courses, bring your questions to live sessions with instructors, and use simple exercises at home. You supply the love and the consistency; we supply the method.
The method is built on the Yale dyslexia brain research of Dr. Sally Shaywitz (Overcoming Dyslexia) and proven writing strategies, and it was developed through New York State Senate–funded research. We’ll always tell you what we know, and we won’t promise you magic.
It depends on your child, their starting point, and how consistently you work the method. Here’s the honest headline: what can take some programs — even certain schools — up to four years, this method is designed to do in roughly six months to two years. Some families see early wins within weeks; deeper skills build from there.
Compare it to what repeated one-on-one tutoring costs — in money, driving, and lost evenings — often for access without lasting skill. This gives you the method, the community, and live instructors for a fraction of that, it moves faster than most tutoring, and you can cancel anytime.
Anytime. It’s month-to-month. Want to see the thinking first? Grab the free guide before you join.
Another year the same is another year of the gap getting wider
Reading and writing don’t get easier on their own — school gets harder, the work piles up, and every year the distance between where your child is and where they need to be grows. The harder cost is quieter: a bright kid who slowly decides the problem is them, and stops raising their hand.
You can’t get this year back. But you can change what the next one looks like — starting today.
The other side of this
Picture the version of your child on the other side
- They read something out loud at the dinner table — and they’re proud of it.
- They write a real paragraph, then a real essay, with a point of view that’s theirs.
- They raise their hand. They debate. They stop calling themselves stupid.
- Homework isn’t a battle anymore, and your evenings belong to your family again.
- They talk about the future like it’s full of doors instead of walls.
- Dyslexia becomes what it should have been — not a verdict, just a different, powerful way their mind works.
That child is in there right now. Let’s give their intelligence a way out.
Start today
Ready to change what the next year looks like?
Join Standard Parent Access, and if you’re one of the first 100 members, get the $997 Basic 3-Body Paragraph Writing Course free. You’ll have the method, live instructors, and a community of parents who get it — starting today. Not quite ready? Grab the free guide and see exactly what’s been going wrong and how to fix it.
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For educators
Are you a teacher?
We’re building a separate community and training track just for educators — a structured, repeatable way to help bright dyslexic students turn verbal understanding into organized reading and writing in your classroom, with certification planned. It’s not open yet, but you can be first in line.