What should I expect to pay for a certified reading specialist?

[Anonymous]

What should I expect to pay for a certified reading specialist? My child is a rising fourth grader, and I'm interested in what are the normal rates?

[Anonymous]

I’m in nyc but we pay $150/55 mins to our reading specialist/tutor.

[Anonymous]

We pay $100 for an hour.

[Anonymous]

Be careful with the certifications. You want training/ experience tailored to the challenge you are trying to address. A Fellow of the Orton Gillingham Academy can charge between $75-200 an hour depending on the location.

Public school reading specialists are often poorly trained.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Be careful with the certifications. You want training/ experience tailored to the challenge you are trying to address. A Fellow of the Orton Gillingham Academy can charge between $75-200 an hour depending on the location.

Public school reading specialists are often poorly trained.

Actually the opposite is true. It's the sham programs that are the rip offs. The certified reading specialists understand the nuanced and varied neurological complexities of reading and already know prescriptive scripted programs work for no one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Be careful with the certifications. You want training/ experience tailored to the challenge you are trying to address. A Fellow of the Orton Gillingham Academy can charge between $75-200 an hour depending on the location.

Public school reading specialists are often poorly trained.

Actually the opposite is true. It's the sham programs that are the rip offs. The certified reading specialists understand the nuanced and varied neurological complexities of reading and already know prescriptive scripted programs work for no one.

New poster here. This has NOT been our experience or the experience of most parents we know in the dyslexia community. Public school reading specialists are often poorly trained and do not understand dyslexia at all. They often use the "whole language" method that became popular in the 1980's which includes just memorizing lots of sight words. Memorization works great for some kids but is a disaster for others. Look for a specialist who has completed a rigorous Orton Gillingham based training reading program. We went through ASDEC in Rockville, MD, to find ours. I think we paid around $85 an hour but it was incredibly effective.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Be careful with the certifications. You want training/ experience tailored to the challenge you are trying to address. A Fellow of the Orton Gillingham Academy can charge between $75-200 an hour depending on the location.

Public school reading specialists are often poorly trained.

Actually the opposite is true. It's the sham programs that are the rip offs. The certified reading specialists understand the nuanced and varied neurological complexities of reading and already know prescriptive scripted programs work for no one.

New poster here. This has NOT been our experience or the experience of most parents we know in the dyslexia community. Public school reading specialists are often poorly trained and do not understand dyslexia at all. They often use the "whole language" method that became popular in the 1980's which includes just memorizing lots of sight words. Memorization works great for some kids but is a disaster for others. Look for a specialist who has completed a rigorous Orton Gillingham based training reading program. We went through ASDEC in Rockville, MD, to find ours. I think we paid around $85 an hour but it was incredibly effective.

As a reading specialist of nearly 37 years, and a college professor, trainer of teachers, and literacy specialist for all ages in all settings, I can unequivocally say that you are wrong. You basically states that reading specialists do not understand dyslexia, and that statement alone should give everyone pause. What do you think everyone is doing in grad school? Perhaps it is you that doesn't understand it. And, I can assure you that there is not one packaged program that "cures" dyslexia. Sorry!

I'm involved in curriculum development for many public settings, and no, no one uses whole language as a reading tool in early instruction. The term was being used in the 1970s, and frankly, it has no real meaning in any program context today. No early reading program has a whole language instructional goal. This is propaganda that commercial companies use, not unlike the right wing rhetoric about CRT, to influence parents, knowing lay people don't have anybackground and can get hung up on terms. This has been going on for decades. And another news flash: developmental optometry- also rubbish.

Spend your $$ as you wish. I can direct you to a number of neighborhood MLMs, too, if you are interested.

[Anonymous]

We used a Lindamood-Bell program and it was $120/hr. Well worth it.

[Anonymous]

Dr. Andy Johnson

Addresses the packages of programs and why people are misled by what they might not understand:

https://rss.com/podcasts/drandy/41676/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Be careful with the certifications. You want training/ experience tailored to the challenge you are trying to address. A Fellow of the Orton Gillingham Academy can charge between $75-200 an hour depending on the location.

Public school reading specialists are often poorly trained.

Actually the opposite is true. It's the sham programs that are the rip offs. The certified reading specialists understand the nuanced and varied neurological complexities of reading and already know prescriptive scripted programs work for no one.

OMG, no. You need find a reading specialist that is Orton-Gillingham (or at a minimum Wilson Fundations) certified.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Be careful with the certifications. You want training/ experience tailored to the challenge you are trying to address. A Fellow of the Orton Gillingham Academy can charge between $75-200 an hour depending on the location.

Public school reading specialists are often poorly trained.

Actually the opposite is true. It's the sham programs that are the rip offs. The certified reading specialists understand the nuanced and varied neurological complexities of reading and already know prescriptive scripted programs work for no one.

New poster here. This has NOT been our experience or the experience of most parents we know in the dyslexia community. Public school reading specialists are often poorly trained and do not understand dyslexia at all. They often use the "whole language" method that became popular in the 1980's which includes just memorizing lots of sight words. Memorization works great for some kids but is a disaster for others. Look for a specialist who has completed a rigorous Orton Gillingham based training reading program. We went through ASDEC in Rockville, MD, to find ours. I think we paid around $85 an hour but it was incredibly effective.

As a reading specialist of nearly 37 years, and a college professor, trainer of teachers, and literacy specialist for all ages in all settings, I can unequivocally say that you are wrong. You basically states that reading specialists do not understand dyslexia, and that statement alone should give everyone pause. What do you think everyone is doing in grad school? Perhaps it is you that doesn't understand it. And, I can assure you that there is not one packaged program that "cures" dyslexia. Sorry!

I'm involved in curriculum development for many public settings, and no, no one uses whole language as a reading tool in early instruction. The term was being used in the 1970s, and frankly, it has no real meaning in any program context today. No early reading program has a whole language instructional goal. This is propaganda that commercial companies use, not unlike the right wing rhetoric about CRT, to influence parents, knowing lay people don't have anybackground and can get hung up on terms. This has been going on for decades. And another news flash: developmental optometry- also rubbish.

Spend your $$ as you wish. I can direct you to a number of neighborhood MLMs, too, if you are interested.

So you're saying the Kindergarten teacher that didn't give my child any phonics instruction and instead suggest she guess words based on pictures was teaching her to read the right way? But her OG-certified tutor who DID teach her using phonics-based and multi-sensory methods, as well as the little "tricks" like "controlled R" and "magic E" did not? Ok, thanks. I'll use common sense and what ACTUALLY worked for my child as proof not your bloviated "blah blah I'm an expert listen to me because I have a lot experience" nonsense. In my experience, the people with 20+ years of experience are the ones spewing nonsense.

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Anonymous wrote:Be careful with the certifications. You want training/ experience tailored to the challenge you are trying to address. A Fellow of the Orton Gillingham Academy can charge between $75-200 an hour depending on the location.

Public school reading specialists are often poorly trained.

Actually the opposite is true. It's the sham programs that are the rip offs. The certified reading specialists understand the nuanced and varied neurological complexities of reading and already know prescriptive scripted programs work for no one.

New poster here. This has NOT been our experience or the experience of most parents we know in the dyslexia community. Public school reading specialists are often poorly trained and do not understand dyslexia at all. They often use the "whole language" method that became popular in the 1980's which includes just memorizing lots of sight words. Memorization works great for some kids but is a disaster for others. Look for a specialist who has completed a rigorous Orton Gillingham based training reading program. We went through ASDEC in Rockville, MD, to find ours. I think we paid around $85 an hour but it was incredibly effective.

As a reading specialist of nearly 37 years, and a college professor, trainer of teachers, and literacy specialist for all ages in all settings, I can unequivocally say that you are wrong. You basically states that reading specialists do not understand dyslexia, and that statement alone should give everyone pause. What do you think everyone is doing in grad school? Perhaps it is you that doesn't understand it. And, I can assure you that there is not one packaged program that "cures" dyslexia. Sorry!

I'm involved in curriculum development for many public settings, and no, no one uses whole language as a reading tool in early instruction. The term was being used in the 1970s, and frankly, it has no real meaning in any program context today. No early reading program has a whole language instructional goal. This is propaganda that commercial companies use, not unlike the right wing rhetoric about CRT, to influence parents, knowing lay people don't have anybackground and can get hung up on terms. This has been going on for decades. And another news flash: developmental optometry- also rubbish.

Spend your $$ as you wish. I can direct you to a number of neighborhood MLMs, too, if you are interested.

So you're saying the Kindergarten teacher that didn't give my child any phonics instruction and instead suggest she guess words based on pictures was teaching her to read the right way? But her OG-certified tutor who DID teach her using phonics-based and multi-sensory methods, as well as the little "tricks" like "controlled R" and "magic E" did not? Ok, thanks. I'll use common sense and what ACTUALLY worked for my child as proof not your bloviated "blah blah I'm an expert listen to me because I have a lot experience" nonsense. In my experience, the people with 20+ years of experience are the ones spewing nonsense.

I completely agree. Public schools in this area are finally moving away from Lucy Caulkins whole language and are moving to more old school phonics instruction which I think is great. My kids are not dyslexic, but I used an OG reading program at home to supplement and it made such a tremendous difference. This is after I hired a public school reading specialist who basically had my daughter guessing the word based on the first letter and the picture. If that technique was sufficient, I would not have needed a tutor. Some kids pick this stuff up intuitively but many need more in depth phonics instruction. Almost all words are decodable when you are taught how to decode. Hire an OG specialist.

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Anonymous wrote:Be careful with the certifications. You want training/ experience tailored to the challenge you are trying to address. A Fellow of the Orton Gillingham Academy can charge between $75-200 an hour depending on the location.

Public school reading specialists are often poorly trained.

Actually the opposite is true. It's the sham programs that are the rip offs. The certified reading specialists understand the nuanced and varied neurological complexities of reading and already know prescriptive scripted programs work for no one.

New poster here. This has NOT been our experience or the experience of most parents we know in the dyslexia community. Public school reading specialists are often poorly trained and do not understand dyslexia at all. They often use the "whole language" method that became popular in the 1980's which includes just memorizing lots of sight words. Memorization works great for some kids but is a disaster for others. Look for a specialist who has completed a rigorous Orton Gillingham based training reading program. We went through ASDEC in Rockville, MD, to find ours. I think we paid around $85 an hour but it was incredibly effective.

As a reading specialist of nearly 37 years, and a college professor, trainer of teachers, and literacy specialist for all ages in all settings, I can unequivocally say that you are wrong. You basically states that reading specialists do not understand dyslexia, and that statement alone should give everyone pause. What do you think everyone is doing in grad school? Perhaps it is you that doesn't understand it. And, I can assure you that there is not one packaged program that "cures" dyslexia. Sorry!

I'm involved in curriculum development for many public settings, and no, no one uses whole language as a reading tool in early instruction. The term was being used in the 1970s, and frankly, it has no real meaning in any program context today. No early reading program has a whole language instructional goal. This is propaganda that commercial companies use, not unlike the right wing rhetoric about CRT, to influence parents, knowing lay people don't have anybackground and can get hung up on terms. This has been going on for decades. And another news flash: developmental optometry- also rubbish.

Spend your $$ as you wish. I can direct you to a number of neighborhood MLMs, too, if you are interested.

So you're saying the Kindergarten teacher that didn't give my child any phonics instruction and instead suggest she guess words based on pictures was teaching her to read the right way? But her OG-certified tutor who DID teach her using phonics-based and multi-sensory methods, as well as the little "tricks" like "controlled R" and "magic E" did not? Ok, thanks. I'll use common sense and what ACTUALLY worked for my child as proof not your bloviated "blah blah I'm an expert listen to me because I have a lot experience" nonsense. In my experience, the people with 20+ years of experience are the ones spewing nonsense.

I completely agree. Public schools in this area are finally moving away from Lucy Caulkins whole language and are moving to more old school phonics instruction which I think is great. My kids are not dyslexic, but I used an OG reading program at home to supplement and it made such a tremendous difference. This is after I hired a public school reading specialist who basically had my daughter guessing the word based on the first letter and the picture. If that technique was sufficient, I would not have needed a tutor. Some kids pick this stuff up intuitively but many need more in depth phonics instruction. Almost all words are decodable when you are taught how to decode. Hire an OG specialist.

Just wanted to chime in that my public school kids have been taught phonics-based reading and spelling. I'm not sure who your K teacher was, but that's not standard in all schools.

[Anonymous]

“phonics-based reading and spelling” is probably ok for 85 percent of kids. And what does that even mean? The 15 percent or so who have dyslexia need systematic, intense phonics, both encoding and decoding, involving a hands on component. The tutor is literally attempting to rewire the areas of the brain used for reading and writing. Orton -Gillingham is the standard here but there are other types of interventions (there’s one called Reading Reflex or something like that).

Look into Scottish Rite in your area. They often have free or low cost services for people with dyslexia.

[Anonymous]

Just so parents understand, an OG trained teacher took the 30 hr long course (I'm taking it now). If you are OG certified, you've done a 6+ month long practicum that costs $2K. Make sure you ask if the person is trained or certified. Certified folks will command higher pay.