The Reading Clinic

Since 1997, The Reading Clinic has been offering one-to-one tutoring in reading, comprehension strategies, spelling, writing, language comprehension and math. Using research-based, multi-sensory programs, The Reading Clinic focuses on enhanced academic performance and self-esteem. We provide students with a safe and accepting environment, engaging them in an ongoing process of discovery. In our dialogue-based format, students are better able to follow directions, stay on task, take more risks, complete assignments, and feel good about themselves.

The Reading Clinic identifies a student’s basic needs and creates a tailored solution. The results are measurable, significant and most importantly, last a lifetime.

Experience with learning differences, learning disabilities,dyslexia, central auditory processing disorders (CAPD), ADD, ADHD, cognitive and neurological disorders, Pervasive Developmental Disorders (PDD), including autism and Asperger’s Syndrome.

The Comprehension with Ease® Program

The Reading Clinic has worked with many students whose weaknesses in comprehension and/or expressive language have kept them from reaching their potential. This ability to conceptualize language, or sensory cognitive processing, is key not only to reading, but also oral and written expression, developing a sense of humor, and following directions. It is an ability that becomes critical for a student’s success in middle and high school.
The Reading Clinic uses the Comprehension with Ease® program to teach students how to both draw meaning from text and to verbally express their understanding of it. This highly effective program provides students with the ability to conceptualize mental images that match content, and use language to describe those images. Starting at a concrete level and moving towards more abstract concepts, we help students to visualize the content of what they are reading. This method is highly successful in improving reading comprehension and memory retention.
Parents and teachers often notice increased self-esteem in these students who were previously struggling. They also notice an eagerness in these students to join in group discussions. Furthermore, they are actually engaged in learning; reading for them is now intriguing and stimulating and no longer involves constant re-reading of text in order to grasp the meaning of it.