Reading Tutoring that is fast, efficent and cost effective
Short online sessions
Learning to read is hard work cognitively. When you book a 45 minute session with a tutor, at least half of that is wasted.
We use a 30 minute session, which allows us to greet and chat with your child, do 15 minutes of intensive tutoring and then have a few minutes to wrap up and make some notes.
This is much more cost effective for you (at just £37/$47 per session) and lot more convenient too.
Efficient
For a reading intervention to be effective, the tutor needs to understand why a child is frustrated and then bring the solution that fits that difficulty.
For instance, here are some of the patterns we are looking for:
– Guessing/errors with short words
– Difficulty with long words
– Skipping words and lines
– Difficulty blending sounds into words
– Difficulty with fluency
All of those patterns indicate different possible issues that need different help. Once you bring the right solution for the individual child, progress can be 2x, 3x or even 10x faster.
Based on unique expertise
Most tutors have had training, but can the name the 9 main causes of reading difficulty. We have literally written the book on it.
Most tutors do get progress, but are they happy to guarantee the progress you see? We will.
Most tutors have been teachers and have helped maybe a few dozen children. Between us we have guided over 17,000 children to good outcomes and we share all of that knowledge across the team. You can see here on this site that we help and guide schools as well.
The most important step for your child
We view the work we do with individual children as an almost sacred duty. When they crack reading, their whole life opens up before them with masses of potential. While they continue to struggle with reading, most of the doors of opportunity will be slammed shut on them.
What others saying
You can listen to some teachers talking about the results they have seen while using our approach:
Watch Some Student Transformations
Here are some videos to give you a feel for the sort of transformation that is possible, even after years of prior frustration.
Each video is a before and after view of their reading:
James, age 15:
Lowena, age 10:
Aria, age 10:
Age Appropriate
We have suitable formatting and suitable content for the full range of ages. That is critical for achieving good engagement.
The system is designed so that the student can do their daily sessions unassisted.
This is important for building their psychology of ability and autonomy.
It also means that a single teaching assistant can. monitor a group of 5-10 students doing the daily reading practice in just 10 minutes.
Evidence Based
You can check the results of the randomised control trial done by the Open University here. The cohort of 90 children were 2+ years behind and all caught up bar one within 6 months of trainertext intervention. You can read a summary here.
We have been delivering reading intervention processes since 2008 and have worked directly with over 15,000 reluctant readers and dyslexics.
We are always testing new techniques, but all the elements of our core processes have been tested many times.
The sad truth is that many of these students can begin to despair of being successful in school.
Sometimes that frustration can lead to deteriorating behaviour patterns, which impacts the daily experience of every teacher and student in the school.
When they break through to a strong level of functional reading, it often transforms them as individuals and improves everyone’s lives.
Get in Touch
Here is that link to have a no-obligation chat about what we can do to help: