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READING PROGRAMS


Is your child struggling with decoding and/or reading comprehension?


Can he can do math calculation but is stymied by word problems? ?


Can she repeat back to you her science vocabulary words and processes but cannot seem to put all those details together to make a coherent whole?


Does he do well in school but have inexplicably low standardized test scores?



We have solutions for these students.



Our tutors have attended training workshops in both decoding and reading comprehension and have been using this training to help with reading issues that affect English, history, math, and science. Some of our success stories:

...a fourth-grader whose teachers described him as never understanding written or spoken directions or being able to accurately complete his homework began to comprehend and flourish.

...a college student who had failed the same statistics class twice and still looked blankly at the page when faced with a word problem was able to pass the class.

...a high-school junior who had taken the ACT several times and couldn't seem to get her score above a 19 was able to score a 25.

...a high-school sophomore who could learn and discuss complex concepts but who could not glean meaning from her history textbook—and who therefore never did the reading—began to read her book. Her grades increased from C's to A's and B's.


We’re designing individualized programs that we can implement over the summer in and around a student's vacation and camp plans as well as programs that take place during the school year.


We evaluate whether a student needs help with decoding or reading comprehension—or both—and create an individualized program.


For decoding, we are using SPIRE, an Orton-Gillingham-based phonics program that functions very much like Wilson Reading but is more practical for our students: because it is designed to flex and combine with other reading techniques, we can create an individualized program for each child (or young adult).


For reading comprehension, we are using Lindamood-Bell's "Visualizing and Verbalizing" (VV), which teaches students how to read with understanding. VV is based on the idea that students who decode well but who struggle with comprehension lack the ability to integrate and connect parts in order to create mental representations for the whole. This revolutionary program offers a real solution for students—and their teachers and parents—who have long been frustrated by ineffective efforts to improve reading comprehension.


Please let us know how we can help your child.