Every child deserves an answer.
Most never get one. We're changing that.
Free dyslexia screeners. Real answers in one week.
You've probably been watching your child struggle for a while. Maybe the school says to give it time. Maybe your child came home and said they feel dumb. You are not imagining it. Your child is not the problem.
Licensed practitioners who
specialize in reading.
Dr. Lauren Zepp holds a Ph.D. in Special Education from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is licensed in Wisconsin as a special education teacher (Grades 6-12), reading teacher (Grades K-12), and reading specialist (Grades K-12). During her 18 plus years in the field, she has assessed children and young adults for reading disabilities and designed evidence-based interventions to help each student become a thriving reader. She is a passionate advocate for literacy as a human right and believes that all children deserve access to high-quality reading instruction.
Brandy Zielie holds a BS in Elementary Education from the University of Wisconsin-River Falls (2000), an MS in Reading from the University of St. Francis (2008), and a Post Bacc in Dyslexia and Language Based Learning Disabilities from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater (2023). She is licensed in Wisconsin as a teacher (Grades 1-6), reading teacher (early childhood through adolescence), and reading specialist (early childhood through adolescence). In her 25 years teaching in the public school system across three states, she has taught 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade, and reading and math interventions (Grades K-5).
Whitney Updike holds a BS in Elementary Education from Carroll University (2011), a BS in Communication Disorders and Deaf Education from Utah State University (2015), and an M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction with Reading Specialist certification from Carroll University (2018). She is licensed in Wisconsin as an elementary teacher (Birth to Grade 6), reading teacher (Grades K-12), and reading specialist (Grades K-12). Across more than 15 years in education, she has taught kindergarten and multi-age K/1 classrooms and served as a PK-5 reading interventionist, reading specialist, literacy coach, and adjunct instructor for UW-Whitewater. Grounded in the belief that reading is a civil right, she is a dedicated advocate for systematic, explicit, and evidence-based reading instruction that helps every learner thrive.
Arran Krantz founded Dyslexia Evaluations after his own experience growing up without answers. He was identified with dyslexia at 22, after a childhood of struggling in school, fighting through homework, and quietly believing he just wasn't smart enough. That experience is the reason this practice exists. He built it so families can get answers early, without the years-long wait he lived through. He leads the practice and works to make early identification and the right instruction reachable for every family who needs it.
Built by someone who
didn't get answers until it was almost too late.
Arran Krantz was identified with dyslexia at 22. Not as a kid, when it would have changed everything. At 22, after a childhood of struggling in school, fighting through homework, and quietly believing he just wasn't smart enough.
Think of your child's brain like a gas tank. When all the gas goes to sounding out each word, there is nothing left to understand what they just read. That is why a bright kid can work twice as hard as everyone else and still fall behind. It is not effort. It is not intelligence.
He built this so your child doesn't go through what he did. We connect families to answers and kids to the instruction that actually works for them.
"I spent my whole childhood thinking I wasn't smart enough. I was 22 when someone finally told me I had dyslexia. I built this so no kid has to wait that long."Arran Krantz, Founder
Every family we meet
says something like this.
I asked for a neuropsych evaluation. They called for a triage within a month then said, we'll call you in a year to schedule. And she just keeps falling further behind.
Parent of a 1st graderI took her to OT. Had her hearing tested. Her eyesight tested. Done all these different things. She still struggles. Every time I bring it up, I feel like I have to fight just to be heard.
Parent of a 2nd graderI know something is not clicking. I can see their brains work differently. She needs something to help her and I just want someone to actually listen.
Parent of a 1st graderThese families are not outliers. Long waitlists, high costs, schools that say wait and see. This is what most parents deal with before they find us.
No kid should spend years thinking they're not smart enough just because no one figured out how their brain works. No parent should have to battle their school for basic answers. No family should pay thousands of dollars to find out what their child needs.
That's why the screener is free. That's why the evaluation costs what it does. That's why we built this.
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