If you are ready to start working with us, we are excited about teaching your children the essential skills for literacy based on a synthetic phonics program and the science of reading using the Orton-Gillingham Approach.
Specialists in the Orton-Gillingham Structured Language Approach
We teach strategies and techniques that build and improve your child's literacy skills while giving them back their self confidence.
Our sessions involve a multisensory structured approach to teaching using more than one sense at a time. For children with reading issues like Dyslexia the use of sight, hearing, movement and touch are attributed to better learning outcomes and makes learning fun and hands-on. Each session is individually tailored specifically to meet your child’s needs.
OUR SERVICES
Before commending tuition, we firstly conduct an initial placement assessment to determine which level of our program to start the student.
This Placement Assessment takes up to 45 minutes, depending on how much of the assessment the student can complete.
We will stop the assessment rather than push on and undermine the students confidence.
Most students will start in Level 1 or 2 as foundation knowledge must be solid.
DYSLEXIA EDUCATIONAL PROFILING
This report will detail the kinds of information collected and will provide the framework for the detailed evaluation of relative strengths and weaknesses across the various skill areas assessed as well as the overall fit of all information with the typical profile of dyslexia for the child’s age. This will lead to a diagnosis that states that the child’s ability to learn to read, write and spell does or does not appear to be related to dyslexia. The specific evidence that supports the diagnosis will be explained in the report.
Finally, the report will identify instructional programs appropriate in meeting the specific skill(s) gaps and weaknesses identified through the evaluation process. If warranted, a recommendation for further testing–vision, hearing, fine motor control (occupational therapy), attention, emotional adjustment–might also be included.
DYSLEXIA ASSESSMENTS
After the assessment, which can take up to 2 hours you will be sent a report, detailing Decoding, Word recognition and Reading comprehension (including Automaticity/fluency), Spelling, Phonological processing, Rapid Naming and oral language skills. Dyslexia assessment can be taken via zoom.
Dyslexia Assessments can only be booked at 9:00am, 11:00am and 1:00pm during school hours while the clinic is quiet to ensure optimal concentration.
NDIS LETTERS
We are qualified to write letters that support goals across multidisciplinary interventions.
SCHOOL HOLIDAY READING BOOT CAMPS
Our reading boot camps are one on one interventions designed for children who may benefit from extra support with reading, spelling and writing skills. We tailor the lessons to suit the needs of the children who attend and are a continuation of the sessions delivered during term. The increased frequency of delivery allows children to catch up faster.
When we have holiday appointments available, there will be two buttons above - one for Engadine appointments and one for Caringbah appointments. When booking please register for an account, by clicking Register for an account while viewing the confirmation at the end of the booking process. You will need to create a password, and then click Sign up. You will then be ready to start using your client account.
SPECIALIST LITERACY TUTORING
We offer multi-sensory tutoring activating all of the senses simultaneously, to activate the brain and create and strengthen neural pathways. Zoom sessions are available for suitable students let us know if this interests you.
We follow Ron Yoshimoto's Orton-Gillingham Curriculum, individualised for each student.
Students who struggle with dyslexia benefit from specialised tutoring, using a multisensory approach.
What sets our Orton-Gillingham Approach apart are the guiding principles of:
- Personalised Learning
- Multisensory
- Diagnostic and Prescriptive
- Direct and Explicit
- Systematic, Structured and Sequential
- Cognitively and Emotionally sound
For our existing clients, we usually book your appointment's on your behalf.
You can Register for an account by clicking Change/Cancel Appointment in your confirmation email to reach the confirmation page, where you can then register for an account.
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See upcoming and past appointments that are assigned to your client account.
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