FAQs: Does my child need a reading tutor?
All of our tutors have experience in education. Once hired, they receive specialized training from an Orton-Gillingham Associate in specific systematic, explicit, and multi-sensory teaching approaches.
Our individualized reading sessions are research-based reading interventions that is designed and proven to generate significant and lasting gains in a student’s overall reading.
Our programs include individualized tutoring and also daily practice, all while working within the attention span of your child. Daily instruction is shown to be most effective and is simply unmatched by the typical, 1-hour a week tutoring interventions. Additionally, online tutoring means that you don’t have to drive anywhere, miss instruction during vacations, and you still benefit from a private tutor.
You will have designated tutoring times each week that stay consistent each week; however, if something comes up (this happens often!), you will easily be able to reschedule your session with the click of a button! With 24 hours notices, simply cancel your session on our app, and book in another session from your tutor’s available times.
Your child is matched with an engaging and highly-trained educator. We firmly believe that a caring instructor is an essential element of building up a student’s academics, self-confidence and motivation.
The Reading Specialists is a great choice for your student if you relate to any of the following:
Your child is reading below grade level.
Your child has been primarily instructed in French and you would like support in teaching them English reading skills.
Your child may have a learning disability or dyslexia.
Your child is on track but wants to get ahead.
Your student is easily frustrated and unmotivated.
Your student has difficulty sounding out words.
Your student reads without any expression (robot reading).
Your student often skips words and lines while reading.
Your student makes errors while reading.
Your student has trouble with comprehension of stories.
To ensure that you have the best experience possible, we recommend using a laptop or desktop with a webcam and the following browser specifications:
Desktop
Chrome 40 or later
Firefox 35 or later
Edge 12 or later (requires Windows 10 or later) Internet Explorer 11 (requires Windows 7 or later)
Safari 8 or later (requires OS X Yosemite or later)
Mobile Devices
Android Browser 5 or later
Safari (requires iOS 8 or later)
Chrome 40 or later (requires iOS 8 or Android 4.1 or later) Firefox 35 or later (requires Android 2.2 or later)
Firefox 2.0 or later (requires iOS 8.2 or later)