Tutoring

One of our primary interests at Aspen Wellness Center is to provide individualized tutoring services that help struggling students gain the confidence and skills they need to succeed in school and all areas of life.

SERVICES OFFERED

General Tutoring – Individualized plans to meet each child’s needs.

Dyslexia testing- Testing administered by a Professional, Certified in Dyslexia testing.

Dyslexia Tutoring – Tutoring specifically designed for children/adults who have been diagnosed with Dyslexia.

Barton Reading & Spelling System

• An Orton-Gillingham Influenced
• Simultaneously Multisensory
• Explicit and Systematic
• Phonics Program

Warning Signs of Dyslexia

In Preschool

• Delayed speech
• Mixing up sounds and syllables in long words
• Chronic ear infections
• Severe reactions to childhood illnesses
• Late establishing a dominant hand
• Constant confusion of left versus right
• Can’t create words that rhyme
• Close relative with dyslexia

In Elementary School

• dysgraphia (slow, non-automatic *handwriting that is difficult to **read)
• letter or number reversals **continuing past the end of first *grade
• extreme difficulty learning **cursive
• slow, choppy, inaccurate **reading: guesses based on shape *or context, skips or misreads **prepositions (at, to, of), ignores *suffixes, can’t sound out unknown *words
• terrible spelling

In High School

• All of the above plus:
• limited vocabulary
• extremely poor written **expression
• poor grades in many classes
• unable to master a foreign **language

In Adults

• Education history similar to above, plus:
• slow reader
• poor reading comprehension
• terrible speller
• difficulty putting thoughts on *paper
• still has difficulty with right **versus left
• often gets lost in a familiar city

Warning Signs of ADD/ADHD

• either: physically can’t sit **still/boundless energy or: **lethargic/physically there, *mentally gone
• frequent mood swings
• highly distractible
• impulsive
• doesn*t listen well
• no tolerance for boredom
• poor time management
• odd sleep cycles
• inconsistent performance
• disorganized
• terrible penmanship
• chatterbox; talks excessively *and frequently interrupts **conversations
• trouble remembering daily **routines
• relatives with ADD