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Academic Program
The academic
program focuses on each individual student and their specific learning
needs in a daily one-hour one-on-one Orton-Gillingham tutorial.
Orton-Gillingham instruction is a multisensory approach to teaching,
specifically reading writing and spelling skills, that is diagnostic
and prescriptive, sequential and structured, and tailors the teaching
to the learning styles of each individual student.
Trained
Orton-Gillingham professional language therapists work consistently
with the students, directly teaching, reviewing and expanding their
knowledge of the structure of English.
Daily lessons are reinforced in
a tutor-proctored study hall that acts as an extension of each day’s
lesson. Those students, who have not yet mastered the skill of touch
typing, will be offered instruction through a multisensory approach.
Before the end of
each day, students will have an opportunity to apply what they are
learning by reading aloud and silently with the staff. In order
to build application and fluency, students need daily practice. |
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Daily Activities Program
The daily activities program focuses on exposing students to
teambuilding and extracurricular activities such as swimming, creative
art projects, woodshop, and outdoor education.
Afternoons and weekends may include activities such as free swim,
independent art projects, gymnastics, kayaking, tubing and rafting in
local waterways, hiking and trail blazing, rock climbing, primitive
camping, and ropes courses.
Our activities’ staff is trained and knowledgeable about the fields
they teach and supervise as well as understanding the strengths and
weaknesses of the uniqueness of dyslexics.
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