Hello,
I am trying to find a orton gillingham or lindamood bell tutor in the raliegh north carolina area. My nephew is a first grade student whose teacher suggested an IEP for spelling difficulty. I think intervention is what is needed first. Thanks for any help.
finding a tutor in any area -- some places to look
Here is a list of places online and physical that can refer you to paid
tutors in your area. BUYER BEWARE - you MUST check out these tutors in
person — the internet (or other) service just lists them without being able to
verify either safety or competence.
a. Go to the IDA (International Dyslexia Association) bulletin board,
go to the side of the bulletin board, click on Branch Services, find
the email or (more likely) phone of your state/country IDA branch, and
contact them looking for tutors in your area; they maintain a list. If
your local does not respond, try again and then try the central office.
b. Go to ISER.com (Internet Special Education Registry). Both education
centers and private tutors are listed here.
c. Contact the Association of Educational Therapists for a qualified
tutor in your area. Call them at 818-843-1183 (California) or
www.aetonline.org
d. Some colleges and university departments keep lists of tutors. This
is common in math departments, sometimes found in education
departments, and sometimes in job placement offices.
Colleges and universities also have physical bulletin boards where
tutors post their phone numbers.
e. Tutors often advertise in local and/or weekly papers, which are
focused to their area. Check the classifieds.
f. Many people recommend the Scottish Rite Masonic temples, who operate
an Orton-Gillingham tutoring program. Look for them online or try by
telephone (if not local, they seem to center in Texas). As with all
programs some will be better and some worse; investigate.
I am told this is free.
g. Some other online tutor referral services are
TutorFinder.com (a new organization, based in Singapore and Malaysia
but rapidly expanding into North America. A real human being answers
your email within 24 hours - wonderful service! Of course you still
MUST check out the tutor yourself)
FindATutor.org (note .org, not .com)
TutorDepot.com
Hire-A-Tutor.com (very slow to update)
hometeaching.com
Tutor 2000
TutorList.com
Tutor.com (give your subject and grade and search for the place to
check for in-person tutoring — hard to find but supposed to be there.)
Hi, Kathy,
You need to go to the International Dyslexia Association web-site and find the contact person’s address for the NC branch. They should be able to help you locate the OG tutors in that area. The NC Lindamood-Bell clinic is in Charlotte and their first training in the state was last summer, so you may not find many of those tutors at this point.
Janis