Reading Clinics
Teaching and Learning
456 Pioneer Drive
Rochester, MI 48309-4482
(location map)
Phone: (248) 370-2613
[email protected]
The Reading and Language Arts Department has operated reading clinics for the better part of five decades and helped more than 15,000 children improve their reading. Children are instructed by tutors (often experienced teachers) completing the practicum phase of their master’s degree in Reading and Language Arts. Reading clinics provide assessments to identify a child’s reading level, strengths, and needs; and assessment-based instruction.
The Reading Clinic will be offered in every other (even) year. (2024, 2026, 2028, etc.)
For additional information, please contact:
Dr. Tanya Christ, Professor
(248) 613-5700
[email protected]
The Reading Clinic is for children in grades 1-12. The fee is $400 (comparable services in the public sector may run as high as $2,000). All reading clinics are offered online via Zoom, so to participate your child will need a laptop or tablet and high-speed Internet access.
The dates and times of your sessions will be decided mutually between you and your child’s tutor. Reading clinics run from May-July, and include 20 one-hour sessions of assessment or assessment-based instruction (two per week).
Sometimes we ask your permission to use this video also for research purposes to improve reading instruction and teacher preparation. However, if asked, you are free to decline your permission for this use of your child’s videos. Your child will still receive the same instruction, and be video-recorded, but the videos will not be used for research purposes.
The Reading Clinic will be offered in every other (even) year. (2024, 2026, 2028, etc.)
Registration for the clinics is solely online, and opens April 1 and remains open until the May-June Reading Clinic is full. Please note that spaces are limited, and registration is first come, first served. Submitting your electronic payment of $400 is part of the registration process, and is non-refundable.