www.bladereader.com
www.bladereader.com
BLADE READER LEARNING SERVICES
Power through accuracy in reading and writing.
Blade Reader Learning Services offers expert, small-group, supplemental instruction for struggling students K-12 and adults living in underserved areas of New York City. Blade Reader's courses are in reading/writing/spelling (taught together) and in other school subjects and study skills. Our mission is to empower individuals through accuracy in reading and writing - one key to a free and expressive society.
Blade Reader's remedial and enrichment courses are taught using the Orton-Gillingham approach, based on the neurological research begun by Dr. Samuel T. Orton in the 1930s. This structured, sequential, cumulative approach teaches all aspects of our language in a way that is emotionally sound and success-oriented for all students. Its "multisensory" techniques combine seeing, hearing, touch and muscle-use simultaneously for successful learning. The principles of the Orton-Gillingham approach are now recognized as basic to effective teaching.
Blade Reader services are brought to the community through the sponsorship of community and non-profit organizations and charter schools. We provide courses within school or in after-school programs.
ABOUT US
Blade Reader Learning Services was established in the fall of 2009 to furnish expert, small-group instruction to underserved communities in New York City. To date it has provided literacy services to Esperanza del Barrio and East Harlem residents.
Colette Hughes, founder, is a prize-winning graduate of Wellesley College and Yale University with 30 years' experience teaching reading and writing in the tri-state area. Trained in the Orton-Gillingham approach for individuals with language-learning difficulties, Colette is a member of the International Dyslexia Association. She speaks Italian, Spanish and French, and lives in New York's El Barrio with her teenage daughter, Chandra.
Colette has taught at Hunter College High School for gifted children...at the Stephen Gaynor School for the learning disabled...at adult basic education centers...and at community and four-year colleges. For many years she headed the Learning Disabilities Office at the School of Visual Arts, where she occasionally teaches a course in reading and writing.
COURSES
Blade Reader offers courses for K-12 children and adults:
reading/writing/spelling (Orton-Gillingham[LINK] approach)
math
study skills
vocabulary
reading comprehension.
Blade Reader courses are offered when sponsorship by charter schools, non-profit organizations or community organizations is available. One-to-one instruction is always available. We also provide parent workshops for Parent Associations and other groups.
Contact: Colette Hughes
hughes@bladereader.com
646.420.0238
ORTON-GILLINGHAM
The Orton-Gillingham approach to learning integrates the pioneering works of Dr. Samuel T. Orton, a neuropsychiatrist who studied the brain patterns in dyslexic individuals, Anna Gillingham, educational psychologist, and Dr. Maria Montessori, physician and educator who emphasized sensory learning techniques. The core methods of the approach are used in all effective literacy programs for new and struggling readers.
The principles of the O-G Approach are:
* teaching reading through writing, handwriting and spelling
* using “multisensory” techniques (simultaneous seeing, hearing, feeling)
* simple to complex, regular to irregular
* structured, individualized learning
* teaching language structure, rules and regularities explicitly
* expanding vocabulary throughout
Individuals instructed using this approach experience improved self-esteem as a result of the progress they make. We teach reading for accuracy and fluency, which results in better comprehension. We teach spelling, handwriting and writing skills for better written expression.
Email us at: hughes@bladereader.com
Visit us at: www.bladereader.com |
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P.O. Box 252, New York, NY 10029 |
