Dyslexia Institute Of Minnesota Inc

Specialized classes, including best of basics summer program: 52 students were enrolled in classes where children engaged their minds everyday for a month in order to reinforce the skills they need for success during the school year. Ten k-1st grade students learned critical pre-reading skills in parent/child reading clubs, helping them to enter grade school ready to read.

Educator training : 47 educators and parents learned the orton-gillingham (og) approach in the reading center's basic and advanced institutes, accredited by the orton-gillingham academy. $21,140 in training scholarship was granted. 1,025 educators received free online training consistent with the science of reading and these teachers served 30,750 students statewide. These courses were provided free of charge to mn educators.

Outreach : 94 struggling readers from 9 low income partnership schools in rochester and the twin cities received 1,575 sessions of expert og instruction from the reading center tutors onsite at the schools throughout the school year, at no cost to the parents or schools. A total of $155,623.12 in scholarship funded services were provided for partnership tutoring students. 124 students from partnership schools were tested for reading difficulties. An additional 180 low-income struggling readers were served indirectly through training partnerships. 3,288 parents and others attended 38 outreach presentations to learn about dyslexia.