Elementary Reading Program Online
ASDEC Elementary Summer Program
​Grades 2-6
July 7-24, Monday-Thursday​
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ASDEC Elementary Academic Therapy Clinic Online
​Grades 2-6
July 7-24, Monday-Thursday​
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Work one-to-one with an Academic Language Therapist trained to deliver the most intensive Orton-Gillingham-based Tier 3 Reading Intervention designed to teach foundational through upper-level literacy skills.​
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Instructor: Traude Smith, CALT-QI and Mona Iyer, CALT, AMS
ASDEC provides the only Orton-Gillingham Based program endorsed by the International Dyslexia Association in the Washington, DC region. The program provides intensive instruction in reading, writing, spelling, and handwriting. Physical movement is added to the visual and auditory stimuli to provide multisensory learning. The hands-on aspect of the structured routines facilitates attention and concentration. The careful development of conceptual understanding and the high level of repetition reinforce memory. All activities build on the mastery of skills, which helps students build self-esteem as they experience success each day.
Who should attend?
Students entering grades 2-6 who currently are struggling in school and require special accommodations as specified in an IEP or some other educational plan.
What will they learn?
Students work one-to-one with an academic therapist in the following:
Multisensory Language TrainingASDEC’s Sounds In Syllables teaches phonemic awareness, decoding, fluency, and comprehension procedures that focus attention, improve memory, and reduce anxiety.Verbal ExpressionThrough interactive activities and games, students improve language skills through sentence expansion, categorizing and sequencing activities, and deductive reasoning methods.
Summer program team
ASDEC Clinical Directors lead the summer program team. Summer Program Director Traude Smith, CALT has a masters degree in education and has been teaching students with learning differences since 1985. Serving alongside as a clinical supervisor is Mona Iyer, CALT a Certified Montessori Teacher with over 23 years experience as a Montessori teacher and over 15 years as a Certified Academic Therapist.
Online Program
$1,520 for three week program plus $100 non-refundable deposit
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What students learn
Students work one-to-one with an academic therapist in the following:​
Multisensory Language Training
ASDEC’s Sounds In Syllables teaches phonemic awareness, decoding, fluency, and comprehension procedures that focus attention, improve memory, and reduce anxiety.
Verbal Expression
Through interactive activities and games, students improve language skills through sentence expansion, categorizing and sequencing activities, and deductive reasoning methods.
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​In addition to our Program Directors, Academic Therapists will work one-on-one and in small groups with students. Therapists meet each day with the Program Director to review the child’s progress and plan the next session.
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How to Register
Step 1:
Complete online pre-registration along with payment of non-refundable deposit
Step 2:
Send student's educational testing to eoneill@asdec.org
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Step 3:
After staff review testing, student will be invited to meet with summer program director for intake and placement.
Work one-to-one with an Academic Language Therapist trained to deliver the most intensive Orton-Gillingham-based Tier 3 Reading Intervention designed to teach foundational through upper-level literacy skills.