Subjects

 

READING

  • Remedial techniques for students with dyslexia
  • Multi-sensory techniques used including Orton-Gillingham, Lindamood-Bell, Wilson type programs
  • Improving reading rate and fluency (Read Naturally program used)
  • Skimming and scanning
  • Decoding/word attack
  • Comprehension skills
  • Vocabulary
  • Strategies for reading literature
  • Keeping chapter summaries and book summaries
  • Book reports
  • ADHD/LD methodologies
  • Development of a leisure reading habit

WRITTEN LANGUAGE

  • Breaking through writer's block (click on Workshops for parents)
  • Organizing ideas (using graphic organizers and Inspiration software)
  • Creative Writing development
  • Book reports/Essays
  • Spelling strategies
  • Writing for the Content Area
  • Grammar/syntax
  • Executive functioning strategies (time management for long-term writing assignments)

MATH

  • Elementary through middle school levels
  • Remedial and compensatory strategies utilized
  • Hands on - manipulatives utilized
  • Touch Math and Saxon Math incorporated when needed

STUDY SKILLS

  • Reading text material in the content areas
  • Color-coded highlighting techniques
  • Identifying main ideas and supporting details
  • Skimming and Scanning techniques
  • Note-taking
  • Memorization strategies
  • Studying for tests
  • SQ3R Study Method
  • Chapter Reading Strategies
  • How to set up a study schedule
  • Planning Calendars

ORGANIZATION/TIME MANAGEMENT

  • Keeping Track of materials
  • Organizing Binder and Loose-leaf
  • Filing Systems
  • Keeping Daily, Weekly, Monthly planning calendars
  • Establishing reading rate and reading schedule
  • Planning and Organizing Long-term projects
  • Strategies for Homework Completion