Services
Successfully helping struggling students, online and within the Ottawa area, with specialized tutoring and assessments.
Services
Successfully helping struggling students, online and within the Ottawa area, with specialized tutoring and assessments.
OUR SERVICES
Unlocking the door to confident reading and spelling.
So many students slip through the cracks because they are not taught according to how they learn. Many students need a very different approach to learning.
We offer tutoring for all ages in the Ottawa area. Both children and adults can benefit from our reading intervention programs. If you are in another location, please see our Online Tutoring Section.
We provide appropriate reading and spelling remediation in a caring and supportive environment. We tailor our lessons to meet the student’s own pace, and continually assess for mastery of the material to ensure the continued success of the student.
A screener and one of our qualified tutors come to your house to meet you and your child and to conduct a short free screening with the student. This allows us to determine the best path forward for the student.
We use a variety of programs depending on the student’s needs. The primary program we use is the Orton-Gillingham-based program called The Barton Reading & Spelling System. These programs have been proven effective by independent scientific research*, and are recommended by leading experts as well as the International Dyslexia Association.
The tutor works with the student at least two times per week. This can be done at a variety of locations, including your home.
*It is important to ensure that any reading program you consider is proven effective by scientific, independent, replicated reading research.
✔ Professional, live, online tutoring in your home
✔ Help from qualified tutors, regardless of your location
How Do Our Assessments Work?
1. We have an initial phone interview to review you or your child’s full history (from pre-natal to the present).
2. We review all prior testing reports, educational records, and writing samples.
3. The screening appointments are scheduled.
4. The results are tallied and analyzed, and a full report is written. This report includes the testing results, explanations, and an action plan including accommodations and remediation.
5. The results meeting is scheduled and we go through your report with you, answering any questions you have.
✔ Phonological or Language-Based Memory
✔ Rapid Automatic Naming
✔ Phonics Skills
✔ Decoding (real and nonsense words)
✔ Oral Reading Fluency (single words and paragraphs)
✔ Spelling
Gray Oral Reading Test
- reading fluency
- reading rate
- reading accuracy
Comprehensive Test of Phonological Processing
- phonological awareness
- phonological memory
- rapid naming
Word Identification and Spelling Test
- spelling
- decoding
- word identification
- sound-symbol knowledge
Assessments
- Dyslexia screening
- Phonological awareness
- Reading rate, accuracy, and fluency
- Word identification, decoding, and spelling
Consulting
- Customized learning plans
- IEP application solutions
One-on-One Student Remediation
Early Intervention Screening
Early Intervention Program
Information Presentations