click here to view The Morris Center's new website The Morris Center provides a unique, research-based treatment program that helps children and adults improve weak skills, achieve academic success, build self-esteem and reach occupational goals. Using an interdisciplinary model since 1986, we have treated more than 700 clients. Our unique treatment program helps individuals dramatically improve their language-based skills (reading, spelling, writing, speaking, and comprehending North American English), sensory & motor skills (including sensory processing), attention, and confidence in their learning capabilities. Overall, we help individuals achieve academic and occupational success. This website provides essential information about diagnosis and effective treatment of language, sensorimotor, sensory processing, attention, behavior and learning difficulties. Read an overview of The Morris Center's interdiscilinary programs (click here) Read how we changed the "Picture of Dyslexia" for this young girl (click here)

"Warning Flags: When you or a parent should Take Further Action"** **Learning difficulties do NOT go away with age or time. Children do not "outgrow" learning difficulties. Suggestions to "wait and see" may actally mean "wait for him/her to experience more failure." Without the proper treatment, children with learning difficulties can grow up to become adults with learning difficulties. Only the proper treatment can change their weaker learning, sensory, motor, language, attention, behavior or academic skills into strengths; many of their other skills may already be strengths too. Our unique interdisciplinary team and individualized treatment programs can dramatically improve learning, language, sensorimotor, sensory processing, attention, behavior and academic skills. Our individually tailored program is highly successful regardless of whether our client is 4 years-old or 84 years-old.

"I feel like you all saved his life! He reads out loud in class now. At The Morris Center he grew at least 5 years in his reading skills!" Spring, 2009; comments from a parent of a teenage client who was more than 7 years behind in reading and spelling skills, despite years of specialized tutoring and training by other professionals and educational learning centers. Please email us to request more client comments, more treatment results or to set up a time to speak directly with one of our past clients:  info@morriscenters.com

Free PowerPoint and PDF files of talks given at national and international venues:  SPD Conference Keynote Talk, October, 2011: "The Interdisciplinary Assessment and Treatment of Learning Disabilities: The Theoretical Importance of Sensory Processing" (click here) FLASHA 2010: "Is It Too Late or Can Phonological Dyslexia be Successfully Treated for Adults?" (click here) AOTA 2010: "Occupational Therapy's (OT) role in Assessment and Treatment of Developmental Dyslexia" (click here) Dr. Alexander and Dr. Conway's presentation on the variable "picture of dyslexia" at The International Dyslexia Association (2006) (click here)   click here for additional free Dyslexia powerpoint and PDF files   "CLOSING THE GAP" is a common outcome of treatment at The Morris Center (click here)   Meet our Interdisciplinary Team of caring and skilled professionals (click here)

Diagnosis, Prevention, and Treatment of Learning Disabilities After completing our Unique and Research-Based Treatment Program, our clients return to a classroom or workplace and achieve a level of performance within their true potential*...  Imagine what this does for an adult's or child's self-esteem. For more information or to set up a screening appointment, please email us at info@morriscenters.com or call (352) 332-2629  *When recommended training protocols are fully followed.

Our front office is open Monday through Friday 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM We provide treatment programs from 8:30 AM to 7PM (Mon-Thurs) and till 4:30 PM (EST) on Fridays. Weekend treatment is available with special arrangements.

click here to view The Morris Center's new website