Q&A with retiring school director Carol Clark  2013-03-20
17:17:01  The Prentice School in Tustin is a private K-12 school
for children with language-based learning differences. Carol
Clark has been at the school for 17 years and will be retiring
this summer after nine years as executive director. She spoke
with the Tustin News about dyslexia and how The Prentice
School's programs help children with learning differences
achieve their full potential.  Q. Describe the problem dyslexics
have with learning.  A. The term dyslexia is Greek, with dys
meaning "difficult" and lexia meaning "word" or "language." The
reason kids with dyslexia have difficulty learning to read and
spell is because they don't get the sounds of our language. At
Prentice, it's about getting to the sound of language first,
before you get into associating those sounds with the letters.
Q. How does The Prentice School adapt to the needs of its
students?  A. We do as much multi-sensory instruction as
possible. When we introduce a new word, the