These one-on-one activities are professionally designed and sequenced to correct a student’s weak learning area (seeing, hearing, touching, etc.) that affects his or her ability to learn as rapidly and successfully as other students. When someone is very weak in one area, it affects the ability to learn efficiently. This program is designed to help kindergarten and first-grade students who struggle in a specific skill area. Recommendations are based on the results of the individual screening given to all kindergarten students. Research shows that children who demonstrate weaknesses in the areas screened by the “Search” instrument are at risk of having reading problems in their later school years; therefore, early intervention is key to preventing unnecessary academic struggles.

Educational therapy is a supplementary program established to help students with learning differences who have experienced frustration and/or failure in school. Under the direction of the National Institute for Learning Development (NILD), educational therapy uses intervention techniques in one-to-one educational sessions. The focus of each intense, individualized session is continual stimulation and strengthening of deficits in perception and cognition as related to basic skills and problem-solving, all within a safe learning environment. This program is non-tutorial in nature, as the emphasis is on teaching students how to process information, develop strategies for problem-solving, and apply these techniques in the classroom.

Below is a link to some techniques we use:
NILD Educational Therapy Techniques

Sequential and specific instruction is tailored to the student’s individual needs through this one-on-one systematic, multi-sensory instruction in phonics, spelling, and reading. Barton Reading and Spelling is Orton-Gillingham influenced and designed to improve spelling, reading accuracy, and fluency. Students who struggle in reading (decoding) and spelling greatly benefit from this program.

BARton reading & Spelling program
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• Accommodation plans
• Summer programs*
• Phonological processing screenings
• Referral service for educational testing*
• After school tutoring*
• Differentiated instruction
• Cursive immersion 

*Fee may be assessed

• Classroom modifications as needed
• Grading considerations
• Ongoing therapist-teacher interactions
• Annual assessments
• Annual conferences
• Parent support network