Our highly personalised one on one online tutoring sessions for adults can help to improve literacy skills for anyone struggling in the following areas…..
- Phonological Awareness
- Spelling
- Reading Accuracy
- Reading Fluency
- Reading Comprehension
- Vocabulary
- Sentence Writing Content
- Sentence Writing Mechanics
We know what effective instruction needs to look like for anyone who has struggled learning to read, spell or write.
Research is clear on the necessary teaching essentials for effective reading and spelling intervention and it is our goal to provide every student with an intervention program that addresses all of these components. Effective programs must target ALL of the 5 essential core components of literacy: Phonological Awareness, Phonics, Vocabulary, Reading Fluency and Reading Comprehension as well as writing content and mechanics.
We specialise in providing a personalised approach by:
- Creating an individualised intervention program
- Identifying and working towards your target goals
- Consistently monitoring progress to plan and differentiate instruction based on your needs
- Celebrating your successes, in order to motivate and rebuild your self confidence
- Respecting your strengths and weaknesses and encouraging you to take risks you would not normally take
What makes this approach to intervention SMARTER?
The program we use follows the SMARTER approach to intervention and has essential components:
- Systematic -we get a baseline from you and follow a roadmap to our end goal because the skills we are teaching are being built in a progressive format across each lesson.
- Multi-sensory – by incorporating multiple senses we are strengthening neural pathways and connections, supporting students with different learning styles, and providing extra engagement for students.
- Application of concepts for retention -often, students with learning difficulties will lack generalisation of specific concepts and strategies because they are not seeing the connection between their lessons and “real world” reading and writing. We help students see that reading and writing are reciprocal processes.
- Research Based – we implement research-based practices because the outcomes of our students depend on effective literacy instruction. Thousands of studies have been conducted to understand what this needs to look like and we don’t have time to waste using ineffective instructional strategies.
- Targeted Instruction – is necessary because a one-size-fits-all approach doesn’t work. To be as effective as possible we need to be dynamic in our instruction.
- Explicit instruction – students need direct teaching and modelling.
- Realistic instruction – our intention is to meet each students needs and use our intuition to make tweaks as needed.
6 monthly Progress Reviews
Each week we gather data to drive the direction of our sessions and at 6 – 7 monthly intervals we administer a midpoint followed by an end of level assessment to evaluate standardised student growth and to review whether continued support is appropriate.
Costs
- $260 – Initial intake fee for baseline assessment and treatment plan (one off)
- $130 per tutoring session with a Literacy Specialist
How to enrol:
- To find out more, send an enquiry with your details via our contact page.