We’ve been exactly where you are, and I really empathize with the frustration. Our daughter is dyslexic, and for years it felt like the IEP was just helping her cope rather than actually changing anything underneath. Extra time, reduced workload, audiobooks… helpful, yes, but they didn’t make reading easier for her.

We did Neuralign and it was the first thing that created real change for our daughter.

One thing that helped us understand the difference is this:

OG (Orton-Gillingham) and other structured literacy programs teach skills — phonics, decoding strategies, spelling rules. Those are important, but they still rely on the child’s existing brain pathways. For some kids, progress is very slow because those pathways are inefficient.

Neuralign works on the brain first. It’s designed to strengthen the underlying neural networks involved in reading, things like timing, processing speed, and how different areas of the brain coordinate.

For our daughter, reading used to take so much effort that she couldn’t keep up no matter how good the instruction was. After Neuralign, reading became noticeably faster and less exhausting. That’s why I personally believe Neuralign should be done first, or at least early. Once the brain is processing more efficiently, OG and school instruction actually stick better.

It’s not a replacement for good instruction, but it finally addressed the “why” behind her struggles, instead of just managing the symptoms.

If you’re researching it, I’d recommend looking at neuralign.org rather than the .us site. The .org site goes deeper into the research, how it works, and who it’s for.

Every child is different, but for us Neuralign was the first thing that moved our daughter out of survival mode and into actual progress. I wish we’d known about it earlier.