Currently tutoring using the Barton Tutoring System.
The Barton System was designed for students of any age who have, or are suspected of having, dyslexia.
Students with dyslexia struggle to easily and accurately decode words when reading (despite being taught phonics), are slow and inaccurate readers (they miss the oral reading fluency benchmarks), and have always struggled with spelling – especially when writing sentences, stories, and compositions.
A Barton student must:
- Be at least 5 years old and in kindergarten.
- Can speak and comprehend spoken English. -This is not for children with a receptive or expressive language disorder. This is also not an ESL program. A non-native English speaker must be able to speak and understand spoken English at a second grade level.
- Have an IQ of 71, or higher.
- Struggles with spelling when writing stories, and cannot easily sound out unknown words when reading. If someone can already read accurately and rapidly, and spells well, but only has trouble with comprehension, then the Barton System would not be needed or appropriate.
- Can pass our Barton Student Screening.
For more information about Barton go to Barton Reading and Spelling System.