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 Learnability's Special Needs Tutoring offers one-on-one adaptive instruction for students with disabilities like ADHD, ASD, dyslexia, and processing disorders. Tutors serve as educators, mentors, and advocates. Why It Matters: These students often need support beyond academics—behavioral skills, social interaction, and emotional regulation are critical components of learning . How It Works: Tutors craft individualized academic plans, while also coaching executive functioning and social-emotional development. Programs like Talkies® are used to improve language and communication skills. Benefits Include: Academic remediation in reading, math, and writing Improved behavior and self-regulation Enhanced confidence and school engagement Learnability Integration: Our approach involves collaboration with families and educators to create complete learning plans. Tutors incorporate assistive tools, emotional support, and social skill training for overall student growth.

 Learnability’s Reading Intervention Program is tailored to students facing challenges in decoding, comprehension, or fluency. It combines research-based tools such as Visualizing & Verbalizing®, phonics, and vocabulary-building strategies. Why It Matters: Underperforming readers often lack the cognitive strategies needed for deep comprehension—such as making inferences or summarizing. How It Works: Each student receives a custom plan targeting specific weaknesses. Multisensory methods and evidence-based tools are employed in a structured way, ensuring skill growth and assessment of progress . Key Benefits: Stronger reading fluency and understanding Broader vocabulary and effective summarizing skills Measurable growth in academic performance Learnability Integration: Our tutors assess each student’s reading profile and implement targeted strategies and monitoring. By combining phonics, fluency drills, and comprehension work, we help students develop confiden...

  Seeing Stars®, developed by Lindamood-Bell, focuses on visualizing sounds and letters—symbol imagery—which underpins fluent reading, spelling, and comprehension. Many readers can decode phonetically but struggle to recognize and recall words instantly. Seeing Stars® builds automaticity in word recognition by developing symbol imagery. How It Works: Through multisensory techniques—visual, auditory, and tactile—the program strengthens decoding, memory, and orthographic awareness. It targets reading fluency and spelling accuracy. Program Benefits: Faster sight-word recognition Improved spelling through visualization Smooth, fluent reading with fewer mistakes Learnability Integration: We personalize Seeing Stars® lessons to each student’s needs. With guided imagery practice and supportive tools like charts and flashcards, students build strong visual language skills that support lifelong reading success.

Overview: Talkies®, by Lindamood-Bell, helps students develop concept imagery—the ability to mentally visualize language—as a foundation for spoken expression and comprehension. Why It Matters: This program is especially beneficial for children with limited oral vocabulary and expressive or receptive language delays, including many on the autism spectrum. How It Works: Sessions (one-on-one or small group) include exercises to improve listening comprehension, expressive language, and social communication. The Talkies® Kit provides multisensory tools for imagery and language building . Key Outcomes: Increased vocabulary Clearer articulation Enhanced ability to form and express ideas in full sentences Learnability Integration: Our tutors guide students through engaging Talkies® exercises. We help children “see” words in their minds, enhancing their communication clarity, descriptive ability, and confidence in verbal expression.

The Wilson Reading System® (WRS) is a structured literacy program based on Orton-Gillingham principles, designed for students in grades 2–12 (and adults) who struggle with decoding, spelling, and fluency—often due to dyslexia or other language-based learning disabilities. Why It Matters: WRS uses a 12-step sequential system that directly teaches phonology, orthography, and morphology. Lessons are delivered in small-group or one-on-one settings (2 students is ideal) and focus on mastery before progression. Proven Results: Studies show statistically significant gains in oral reading fluency and comprehension for students with disabilities who complete the program. Explicit teaching of word structure and decoding Emphasis on high-frequency words and morphology Built-in progress monitoring to track student growth Learnability Implementation: At Learnability, WRS is integrated into custom tutoring plans. Using a multisensory approach, our tutors support decoding, spelling, ...