Multi-sensory Reading Instruction Program for Lower Income Students
To help children learn to read!
What is multi-sensory reading instruction?
Multi-sensory reading instruction is a teaching method uses multiple senses. Students will learn how to read by literally seeing, hearing, feeling letters and words, and utilizing large movements. Utilizing multiple senses gives students that struggle to read multiple mechanisms for re-learning how to read.
All students can benefit from this type of reading instruction.
You can find out more about this type of instruction here
Check out our introductory video of multi-sensory reading instruction
Lower income and underserved reading instruction program
Multi-sensory reading instruction costs anywhere between $50-90/session. The high cost means this type of tutoring typically excludes underserved and lower income students.
Our program tutors lower income and underserved students in the Pittsburgh area.
If you are or your child are interested in being tutored please contact us!
If you are interested in becoming a tutor please contact us!
We are incredibly thankful to The Peirce Family Foundation for their funding and support for this program!
Become a Reading Tutor
We provide training to staff members, parents, and community members on how to become reading tutors!
We provide all necessary materials and equipment.
We also provide paid tutoring opportunities to community members!
If you are interested in becoming a tutor please contact us (tutoring@ldaofpa.org)!
Creating FREE Early Literacy Reading Tutoring Hubs in Lower Income Neighborhoods
Hill District
We provide free reading tutoring on Saturdays at Carnegie Library in the Hill District.
Trained parents and staff at Housing Opportunities Unlimited on Oak Hill Dr to run a reading program during their summer camp.
Beltzhoover
Trained staff at Voices Against Violence to run a reading program during their summer camp.
Are you connected to an organization that could benefit from reading tutoring? If so, please reach out to us (tutoring@ldaofpa.org)!
1-on-1 Multi-sensory Reading Intervention
We run a reading tutoring program for lower income families for free on a pay scale for families with higher income!
This reading tutoring program is located in Point Breeze at Pittsburgh New Church School, a school for kids with dyslexia.
This tutoring takes place 2x a week and our tutors create individual and personalized lessons for each student.
If you are interested in becoming a tutor please contact us (tutoring@ldaofpa.org)!
Our impact
Reading Tutoring Programs
We currently run one 1-on-1 reading tutoring intervention program at Pittsburgh New Church School, a school for kids with dyslexia, that uses multi-sensory reading tutoring techniques.
We run an early intervention group reading tutoring program on Saturday mornings at the Carnegie Library in Hill District
Early intervention group reading tutoring at Housing Opportunities Unlimited in Hill District and Voices Against Violence in Beltzhoover.
Students Receiving our Reading Tutoring Program in 2023
~14 students received 1-on-1 reading tutoring intervention
~68 students participated in our early intervention reading tutoring programs
More than 80 students have benefited from our reading tutoring program!
Reading Tutors Trained
We have trained 7 multi-sensory reading tutoring interventionist
We trained 12 reading tutoring early interventionists
This means we have trained 19 reading tutors!
Email: info@ldaofpa.org
Voicemail: (412) 212-7087