I just found out my 13 year old boy has dyslexia. I have started checking out tutors and am stagerred by the cost. Does anyone know of any that are somewhat reasonably priced or of any resources? I am a single mom trying to help my son.
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It's awful, isn't it?
If colleges of education simply taught science-based reading instruction to education majors, then our teachers would be equipped to provide such instruction to our children, and we parents wouldn't be expected to pay reading therapists 2 or 3 times per week for needed intervention for our dyslexic children. Public schools are required by federal law to provide science-based reading instruction, but few do it well or at all.
That's my soapbox. Now here's an answer that may be more directly responsive to your question:
Good MSL reading therapists (they're not really "tutors") are costly, but there's no sense paying a lesser rate to someone who isn't knowledgeable, trained, and experienced, and whose services aren't going to help your child.
Don't go to the franchised learning centers. They are not equipped to deliver MSL instruction to dyslexic students. They simply hire classroom teachers to do, one-on-one, what already failed your child in a group setting. It won't work any better the second time than it did the first. Save your money for a well-trained MSL reading therapist.
You may wish to look for a reading therapist who has an AOGPE (Academy of Orton-Gillingham Practitioners and Educators) or ALTA (Academic Language Therapy Association) designation.
Providing MSL instruction is a very complex, sophisticated task, and not for the inexperienced. Having closely monitored the MSL instruction delivered to my child, I doubt I would have been able to do it without years of work in the field (which I didn't have).
That having been said, if you simply can't afford an MSL reading therapist, then the next best thing to do would be to: (a) attend some Lindamood Bell or International Dyslexia Association conferences to get some basic dyslexia education, (c) read "Overcoming Dyslexia," by Dr. Sally Shaywitz, and (c) then consider purchasing Barton Reading, which is an MSL method with videos, intended to allow parents to work with their children at home. It even has an option where you can share the cost with another parent in your neighborhood.
Or, with or without a special education attorney or advocate at your side, you can get an IEP and insist that your child's public school provide appropriate, science-based, MSL instruction through a trained, experienced person. (The best MSL method in the world is useless if delivered by someone who is poorly trained or unskilled.) Of course, if your child is in private school, there won't be an IEP.
There's one other option, especially if you're already paying private school tuition: you can instead pay tuition to a private school that specializes in providing education for students with dyslexia. There may or may not be such a school in your city.
MSL methods are many and include WIlson Reading, Lindamood Bell, Slingerland, Language!, Alphabetic Phonics, and Spalding.
If colleges of education simply taught science-based reading instruction to education majors, then our teachers would be equipped to provide such instruction to our children, and we parents wouldn't be expected to pay reading therapists 2 or 3 times per week for needed intervention for our dyslexic children. Public schools are required by federal law to provide science-based reading instruction, but few do it well or at all.
That's my soapbox. Now here's an answer that may be more directly responsive to your question:
Good MSL reading therapists (they're not really "tutors") are costly, but there's no sense paying a lesser rate to someone who isn't knowledgeable, trained, and experienced, and whose services aren't going to help your child.
Don't go to the franchised learning centers. They are not equipped to deliver MSL instruction to dyslexic students. They simply hire classroom teachers to do, one-on-one, what already failed your child in a group setting. It won't work any better the second time than it did the first. Save your money for a well-trained MSL reading therapist.
You may wish to look for a reading therapist who has an AOGPE (Academy of Orton-Gillingham Practitioners and Educators) or ALTA (Academic Language Therapy Association) designation.
Providing MSL instruction is a very complex, sophisticated task, and not for the inexperienced. Having closely monitored the MSL instruction delivered to my child, I doubt I would have been able to do it without years of work in the field (which I didn't have).
That having been said, if you simply can't afford an MSL reading therapist, then the next best thing to do would be to: (a) attend some Lindamood Bell or International Dyslexia Association conferences to get some basic dyslexia education, (c) read "Overcoming Dyslexia," by Dr. Sally Shaywitz, and (c) then consider purchasing Barton Reading, which is an MSL method with videos, intended to allow parents to work with their children at home. It even has an option where you can share the cost with another parent in your neighborhood.
Or, with or without a special education attorney or advocate at your side, you can get an IEP and insist that your child's public school provide appropriate, science-based, MSL instruction through a trained, experienced person. (The best MSL method in the world is useless if delivered by someone who is poorly trained or unskilled.) Of course, if your child is in private school, there won't be an IEP.
There's one other option, especially if you're already paying private school tuition: you can instead pay tuition to a private school that specializes in providing education for students with dyslexia. There may or may not be such a school in your city.
MSL methods are many and include WIlson Reading, Lindamood Bell, Slingerland, Language!, Alphabetic Phonics, and Spalding.
Welcome! I also invite you to join us at the Attention Difficulties Group at community.greatschools.net/gro
Many of the members have children with reading challenges and will be of great help.
In addition to Heathly's questions about his current school situation, I am wondering how you diagnosed his learning disability? Was it through a school evaluation or a private? What concerns do you have other than reading?
In addtion to the Barton Program, the Mason's sponser very good tutoring centers that use the OG (Orton Gillingham) method. If there is one near by, their rates are very reasonable. Here is a web site www.supremecouncil.org/index.t
Many of the members have children with reading challenges and will be of great help.
In addition to Heathly's questions about his current school situation, I am wondering how you diagnosed his learning disability? Was it through a school evaluation or a private? What concerns do you have other than reading?
In addtion to the Barton Program, the Mason's sponser very good tutoring centers that use the OG (Orton Gillingham) method. If there is one near by, their rates are very reasonable. Here is a web site www.supremecouncil.org/index.t
First of all, let me invite you to join the Learning and Attention Difficulties Group at community.greatschools.net/gro
Is your son attending a public or private school? Who diagnosed him with dyslexia? (Do you live in Texas? That's the only state where schools use the word. Otherwise, most schools refer to it as a Specific Learning Disability in Reading, and Written Expression is often affected, too.) If your son is in a public school, they ought to be providing him with remediation through an IEP (Individualized Education Plan.) Rather than answer my questions here, please do repost and give a little more background in the Learning and Attention Group, where many more people can see it.
Is your son attending a public or private school? Who diagnosed him with dyslexia? (Do you live in Texas? That's the only state where schools use the word. Otherwise, most schools refer to it as a Specific Learning Disability in Reading, and Written Expression is often affected, too.) If your son is in a public school, they ought to be providing him with remediation through an IEP (Individualized Education Plan.) Rather than answer my questions here, please do repost and give a little more background in the Learning and Attention Group, where many more people can see it.
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