Our literacy specialists provide reading and writing support to students with specific learning needs. Our experienced specialists have years of experience working with students with dyslexia, dysgraphia, and spelling challenges. Using an approach of read, write, and think, our specialists help children become better readers and writers by becoming deeper thinkers.
For younger students, we help them to
- secures letter knowledge
- improves reading, spelling and handwriting skills
- fosters automaticity by emphasizing on memory work and speed of retrieval
- ensures a good foundation for understanding literacy concepts e.g. suffixing, spelling rules, syllable division etc.
- develops strategies to increase the capacity for storing information in working memory in order to support classroom activities
- develops comprehension, higher order literacy skills and study skills e.g. scanning, note-making etc.
For older students, we help them to
- Develop use of vocabulary, grammar, understanding of different writing genres
- Conduct research and to express ideas clearly in different academic formats including narrative and argumentative writings
Social Skills Training
Our social skills programs aim to help facilitate children’s interaction and communication in group settings, where social rules and relations are created, communicated and adjusted. We offer social skills support for children from kindergarten to secondary school-age students.
The groups are designed to facilitate social participation and engagement of children with their peers. Children who will benefit from social skills support and training, often: