Updated 07/20/06...wl

Services Summary

Name	Center for Communication
Contact Information	1280 Main Street Sanford, ME 04073 centerforcommunication@verizon.net 207-324-2888
subjects and grades served	Reading              K-12
location of tutoring	business
Experience with diverse populations	Students from high poverty schools Minority students Special education students
time when tutoring delivered	After school Weekends Summer
If tutoring is not in the student's home, is there transportation provided, and if yes, is there a separate fee? (Note: Districts are not required to provide or pay for transportation)	Transportation not provided
mode of instructional delivery	Individual tutoring, Small group tutoring
length of tutoring session	60 minutes
number of tutoring sessions per week	1-2 per week
student/Instructor ratio	1 to 1, not more than 3 to 1
service area	Acton, Kennebunk, Sanford, SAD 55, SAD 57, SAD 60

Program Description – written by Center for Communication

Curriculum in Reading

Two Speech Language Pathology staff members have received training as reading specialists in addition to their graduate degrees in Communication Disorders through Massachusetts General Hospital’s Graduate Program. Four SLP staff are trained in the Lindamood Phonemic Sequencing (LIPS) Program. All SLP staff are trained in the Telian-Cas Learning Concepts (TLC). The staff as a whole is quite familiar with other reading programs as well.

Delivery of Services Model

Small group 1:3 maximum with a Speech Language Pathologist present and responsible for the instructional level of the group. At times, a student will be seen 1:1 because of significant needs which can not be addressed as effectively in a small group setting. It is not uncommon for a student to begin 1:1 and then move to a small group setting as their skills and abilities progress. If a group contains more than 3 students, a second staff member assists.

Instructional Strategies

• Multi modality to reading as outlined by: Lindamood Bell Phonemic Sequencing, Telian-Cas Learning Concepts (TLC)
• Visual imagery as outlined by Visualizing and Verbalizing (VV) (Lindamood)
• Sight word development – Seeing Stars (Lindamood)
• Pneumonic strategies as outlined by Great Leaps Reading Program
• Segmentation and Blending of words
• Generalizing of skills into connected text