Services & Rate
Welcome to Reading & Spelling Tutoring.
When your child has an unexpected reading challenge, more reading practice alone isn’t the solution. Intervention with a Structured Literacy approach that is research and evidence-based is key for a student with dyslexia.
I provide one-on-one instruction using a Structured Literacy approach which has been proven by research to be effective with people who have difficulty with reading and spelling.
The frequency of instruction is an important factor in how fast a student progresses. My tutoring sessions consist of two, 1-hour sessions per week, with the parent assisting with at least 2 hours of homework throughout the week (e.g. 4 x 30 minutes). In some special circumstances, tutoring sessions consist of one, 1-hour session per week with the parent assisting with at least 3 hours of homework throughout the week. This is the minimum time required to progress and ‘close the gap.’
The pace of instruction is customised to fit each individual. I progress through a scope and sequence of skills, providing extra practice and reinforcement as needed, until each skill is learned to mastery.
If your child is moderately to severely dyslexic, please view tutoring as a long-term necessity, rather than a short-term ‘quick fix.’
It generally takes a moderately dyslexic student 2-3 years to make their way through the entire scope and sequence of most Structured Literacy instruction, at the pace of 2 sessions per week. However, your child WILL make progress and close the gap in reading and spelling.
Tutoring with the right approach is just part of the solution. While your child is working on the technicalities of reading and spelling, I encourage them to listen to audio books to access the rich vocabulary in age-appropriate literature and the topics they are eager to learn about.
My years of experience teaching children have taught me that with appropriate instruction, patience and dedication, dyslexic children can move towards and meet their own goals for becoming capable and successful readers and spellers. Reading & Spelling Tutoring turns the ‘I can’t’ to ‘I can.’
“My 15-year-old dyslexic son has been seeing Nicole for one-on-one tutoring for over three years. Even though reading is challenging and often frustrating for him, he enjoys his weekly session with Nicole. He has made excellent progress: from struggling to read three-letter words to now fluently reading pages of text with multi-syllable words.”
Rate & Inclusions
$95 per session. The first consultation is free.
When working with me, this is what is included:
An initial, informal assessment to determine where to start and what to include in your child’s individual program.
One-on-one, Structured Literacy tutoring
Sessions are 50 minutes to 1 hour
All lessons are pre-planned for your individual child
Discussion with parents at every lesson
Teaching parents multi-sensory techniques, to use with their child at home, so their child’s new learning ‘sticks.’
Extra games and activities provided for ‘assisted homework’ to reinforce new learning.
Regular progress monitoring including assessment and review administered at the end of each level of the program
All lesson and homework materials
Pay for 10 lessons.
Lessons are paid in blocks of ten. These are paid for in advance. This holds your time slot for the term and enables me to plan a detailed, structured program to meet your needs. This block of 10 lessons is $950.
Yearly program, paid monthly.
After an initial block of ten weeks, you may choose to continue committing term-by-term. Alternatively, if you choose to commit to a yearly program, payments can be divided over the year and paid each month in advance. This is known as a tuition model. This is only offered to families after at least one term of lessons.