"The support, the resources, the collegiality are all wonderful. I have found my niche.”  - Merida Hurkett, ASDEC Clinical Director

The Atlantic Seaboard Dyslexia Education Center is a private, non-profit 501(c)(3) accredited by the International Multisensory Structured Languages Education Council (IMSLEC). Established in 2000, ASDEC's foundation is based on more than three decades of educational experience serving students with language-based learning disabilities.  ASDEC's graduate-level training in structured multisensory language instruction enables teachers, tutors, parents and other educators to teach success to students with even the most severe learning disabilities.

Our Vision

ASDEC will assure that our Academic Therapists and Master Teachers bring the benefits of structured multisensory instruction to children and adults so that they may achieve their highest academic potential.

Our Mission

ASDEC is a nonprofit foundation that was established in 2000 to train teachers and academic therapists in research-based multisensory techniques designed to improve student performance in reading, study skills, and mathematics.  In addition, we help parents with referrals, conduct phone consultations, and offer workshops.

Our Success

ASDEC-trained educators help children to achieve proficiency in literacy skills in reading and mathematics at or above grade level.  Students with poor reading skills begin to read accurately within weeks of beginning training, and to find delight and success in math.  As one 15 year old student with a long history of school refusal exclaimed, “ASDEC is the only place where they know how to teach me!”.