

Each tutee receives an individual plan for instruction based on the Diagnostic Evaluation. The tutors select two or three primary goals and one or two secondary goals as their instructional focus. This ensures that our tutees can make accelerated growth in a few important areas. We want them to feel confident and successful as they reach observable learning goals.
Our sessions are busy, fun, and fast paced. Please make sure that your child has used the rest room and had their snack before they arrive. In order for your child to make the most progress possible, we like to stay on task for the entire time frame. The tutors engage the youngest students in 8 to 10 activities during each session, and older students engage in 5 to 8 activities.
Your child will spend at least 50% of the time frame reading increasingly difficult connected text (books, passages, not word lists, not drills) with teacher guidance and varied levels of support. The other 50% of the time is spent working on particular skills that your child needs to develop as a reader and writer. We do not use any packaged programs, but all teaching techniques that our tutors apply are research-based.
We would like to know what you think your child's reading strengths and needs are so we can use the information in beginning to tutor him or her. As soon as we receive both the parent and the teacher application forms your child will be placed on our list for consideration.
Parent Form Teacher FormBefore we begin working with your child, your child’s tutor will conduct a diagnostic evaluation to determine your child’s reading strengths and challenges. Unlike the psychological evaluation process conducted by schools, our diagnostic evaluation is very practical in nature. Depending on your child’s age, we will administer a few tests to answer questions such as:
This diagnostic evaluation will inform our instructional focus for your child. In our reading clinic, every child receives an individual program based on his or her assessment results. A few weeks after the clinic sessions end, you will receive a copy of your child’s diagnostic evaluation. We recommend that you share this information with your child’s teachers. The package will include:
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