Tutoring Services

We bridge the gap between your child and academic success

This includes screenings to determine their current grade level in reading fluency or comprehension and writing an individualized lesson plan to remediate any issue of concern, leading them toward academic success.

We guide your child into significant progress

In addition to reading, writing, spelling, and comprehension, we also offer handwriting, math, organizing thoughts for writing, note-taking, and study skills.

Reading

Phonemic awareness/word attack skills, fluency

Comprehension

Teaching comprehension from a single word to a whole chapter with note-taking and with the ultimate goal of writing summaries

Spelling

Multisensory techniques are used during one on one sessions

Writing

Organization of thoughts for writing, outlining, editing, note-taking, sentence structure, paragraph structure and penmanship

Math

Calculation/operations, math fact practice, applied problem solving, TouchMath and Singapore Math instruction available

Academic Support

Other disciplines such as social studies and science

Study Skills and Organizational Training

Research, note-taking, completing assignments, long-term projects

ADD & ADHD Targeted Therapy

Rotating activities every ten minutes keeps our most active students engaged and helps them understand concepts and objectives

Phonemic awareness/word attack skills, fluency
Teaching comprehension from a single word to a whole chapter with note-taking and with the ultimate goal of writing summaries
Multisensory techniques are used during one on one sessions
Organization of thoughts for writing, outlining, editing, note-taking, sentence structure, paragraph structure and penmanship
Calculation/operations, math fact practice, applied problem solving, TouchMath and Singapore Math instruction available
Other disciplines such as social studies and science
Research, note-taking, completing assignments, long-term projects
Rotating activities every ten minutes keeps our most active students engaged and helps them understand concepts and objectives

How We Help

At Bay Academic Support we believe in continuing professional development including regular workshops and seminars to maintain our skills and expand our knowledge of new methods for teaching our students including those with dyslexia, ADD/ADHD, Asperger’s syndrome, and other difficulties which challenge their ability to learn. We are highly experienced and have training or certification in many treatment techniques including:

  • Orton-Gillingham
  • The Nurtured Heart Approach®, based on the book The Nurtured Heart Approach®, Transforming the Difficult Child by Howard Glasser
  • Mcgraw-Hills Specific Skills Series
  • All Kinds of Minds ®
  • Lindamood-Bell® Learning Programs, including Visualizing and Verbalizing Program for reading comprehension (LiPS/VV)® and Seeing Stars
  • Mind Mapping™
  • Spelling Demons
  • Soar to Success Reading Remediation Program
  • Great Leaps Reading Programs
  • TouchMath
  • Visual Tracking of letters, words and sentences
  • Hands on English with Linking Blocks
  • Handwriting Without Tears