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My goal is to provide customized instruction to meet the needs of each learner. I am specially trained in Orton-Gillingham methods and proudly offer BUILD, TAKE FLIGHT, JET, WRITE IDEA, and other specialized learning plans. I teach these language skills involving VAKT (visual, auditory, kinesthetic-tactile) methods for ideal learning outcomes, which are appropriate techniques for all language learners. Individual and group classes are available.
Early Reading Intervention for Students At Risk
Early Reading Intervention for Students At Risk
To meet the needs of the K-1 students who have been identified either as having dyslexia or being at risk for dyslexia, the staff of the Luke Waites Center for Dyslexia and Learning Disorders at Scottish Rite for Children has developed a 100-lesson reading intervention called Build: A K-1 Early Reading Intervention.
Build is a small group intervention that addresses five specific components of reading intervention. Each component is taught developmentally using a direct, systematic, cumulative, multisensory method of introduction and practice to meet the specific needs of Kindergarten and first grade students struggling in reading.
Components of Build
Components of Build
Alphabet: the identification of letters, sequencing skills, and alphabetizing.
Letter/sound knowledge: the direct instruction of individual letters and sounds, leading to the practice of reading words and sentences.
Phonological Awareness: the explicit introduction of the relationships between speech-sound production, from rhyme to spelling.
Vocabulary: the direct teaching of strategies using context clues to infer the meaning of unfamiliar words.
Comprehension: the explicit teaching of specific learning strategies used to identify the basic components of a story.
Source: SRH
Reading Therapy for Students with Dyslexia
Reading Therapy for Students with Dyslexia
Take Flight contains the five components of effective reading instruction identified by research from the National Reading Panel.
While this evidence-based, intensive academic intervention is designed for individuals aged 7+ (second grade and above) who have been diagnosed with dyslexia, my services may be beneficial for other readers who are struggling or who lack a specific diagnosis.
Components of Take Flight
Components of Take Flight
Phonemic Awareness: following established procedures for explicitly teaching the relationships between speech sound production and spelling-sound patterns.
Phonics: providing a systematic approach for single word decoding.
Fluency: using research-proven directed practice in repeated reading of words, phrases, and passages to help students read newly encountered text more fluently.
Vocabulary: featuring multiple word learning strategies (definitional, structural, contextual) and explicit teaching techniques with application in text.
Reading Comprehension: teaching students to explicitly use and articulate multiple comprehension strategies (i.e., cooperative learning, story structure, question generation and answering, summarization, and comprehension monitoring).
Source: SRH
Reading Therapy for Students with Dyslexia
Reading Therapy for Students with Dyslexia
Jet contains the five components of effective reading instruction identified by research from the National Reading Panel.
Jet is a fast-paced reading intervention developed for individuals with dyslexia 14 years and older. This is a one-year, evidence based curriculum that builds on the success of the four previous dyslexia intervention programs developed by the staff of Scottish Rite for Children. Please reach out to me to inquire whether this is a good fit for your child.
Components of Jet
Components of Jet
Phonemic Awareness: following established procedures for explicitly teaching the relationships between speech sound production and spelling-sound patterns.
Phonics: providing a systematic approach for single word decoding.
Fluency: using research-proven directed practice in repeated reading of words, phrases, and passages to help students read newly encountered text more fluently.
Vocabulary: featuring multiple word learning strategies (definitional, structural, contextual) and explicit teaching techniques with application in text.
Reading Comprehension: teaching students to explicitly use and articulate multiple comprehension strategies (i.e., cooperative learning, story structure, question generation and answering, summarization, and comprehension monitoring).
Source: SRH
A Dysgraphia and Written Expression Intervention
A Dysgraphia and Written Expression Intervention
Write Idea builds on the success of Scottish Rite's previous dyslexia interventions. It is unique because it is designed to support students identified with dysgraphia and is delivered through one-on-one or small-group instruction.
These students struggle to produce written work. Difficulties are observed in handwriting, writing fluency, spelling, and written expression. For example, despite receiving conventional instruction, handwriting in students with dysgraphia tends to remain inefficient and poorly legible for age and grade level. These students also display excessive misspellings that reflect difficulty recalling orthographic information (e.g., spelling rules, common letter combinations, and correct letter order in words).
Components of Write Idea
Components of Write Idea
Write Idea contains these research-based components of effective instruction of handwriting and written expression:
Handwriting: posture, grip, letter formation, and sequence
Phonics
Spelling
Orthography
Written Expression: narrative and expository
Write Idea is delivered using the following principles of effective intervention for students with dysgraphia including:
Simultaneous, multimodal
Systematic and cumulative
Explicit instruction
Diagnostic teaching to automaticity
Source: SRH
Reading Comprehension for K-6 Students
Reading Comprehension for K-6 Students
Word Recognition x Language Comprehension = Reading Comprehension
Comprehension is the ultimate goal of reading instruction. Students will learn strategies to help understand text and monitor comprehension. They will receive instruction, practice applying tools, and even play games along the way.
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