Structured Literacy Instruction for Students With Dyslexia
Dyslexia Tutoring in Portland using Orton-Gillingham
It’s discouraging to see your child continue to struggle to read, especially when you’ve already tried extra support and haven’t seen progress.
When reading consistently feels overwhelming, many students begin to avoid it. Over time, that avoidance significantly impacts both their confidence and academic growth.
At Strive, we provide specialized dyslexia tutoring in Portland using the Orton-Gillingham approach. Our structured literacy instruction is designed to help students become confident, capable readers.
Will Reading Always Be This Hard For My Child?
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With the right support, your child will grow in their confidence and skills.
Watch Your Child Thrive
We’ll create a personalized plan tailored to your child’s needs, goals, and interests.
Create a Personalized Learning Plan
We’ll discuss your child’s strengths, goals, and how we can partner to support them.
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Here’s How It Works
Your child will develop the phonemic awareness, decoding, and spelling tools needed to become a confident reader.
Builds Reading & Spelling Skills
Every lesson engages visual, auditory, and kinesthetic methods to reinforce memory and boost retention.
Multisensory Instruction
Orton-Gillingham follows a step-by-step sequence, building on previously learned skills.
Structured & Sequential Approach
What is Orton-Gillingham Tutoring?
Your child will practice reading words using this new concept.
Decoding Practice
We will carefully introduce a new phonogram, rule, or pattern.
New Concept
Next, we review previously learned patterns to reinforce memory and automaticity.
Review
We start with auditory activities to strengthen your child's ability to identify and manipulate sounds, which is essential for building reading skills.
Phonemic Awareness
We wrap up each session with a brief review and then ending with a preferred game or activity.
Review &
a Fun Game
For older students, we focus on affixes, base words, and root words to strengthen vocabulary.
Morphology
Using a connected text, your child will practice reading with increased fluency.
Fluency Practice
We apply the new concept to spelling, helping your child break down sounds and spell accurately.
Encoding Practice
What Does a Tutoring Session Look Like?
$110 / hr
Tutors:
• Master's Degree
• 5+ years of Experience
• Specialized Training
Subjects:
• Orton-Gillingham Tutoring
• Specialized Tutoring (ADHD, ASD, Dysgraphia, Dyscalculia)
• Academic Coaching
• Executive Function Coaching
Includes:
• Everything in the Standard Package
• $200 off KTEA-3 Assessment
• Monthly Teacher Check-Ins
• IEP Assistance & Advocacy (if necessary)
Specialized
$90 / hr
Tutors:
• Bachelor's Degree
• 5+ Years of Experience
Subjects:
• Reading
• Writing
• Math
• Homework Help
Includes:
• Free Consultation
• 1st Session Free
• Quarterly Progress Updates
• Flexibility (location, online)
Personalized
investment
Rebecca's story is proof that children with dyslexia can become confident, skilled readers if they receive the right support.
Rebecca’s Rise as a Reader
It only took three months for Sam to gain a over a full grade level in both reading and spelling.
Sam’s Dyslexia Breakthrough
From dropping out to making the Dean’s List, Alex’s story shows how the right academic support can change everything.
From Dropout to Dean’s List
Real Students. Real Stories. Real Growth.
case studies
Students with dyslexia typically benefit from meeting two or more times per week. Regular practice and repetition are essential for building automaticity and long-term progress. We are happy to accommodate any family's needs or schedule into our work.
How often should dyslexia tutoring sessions occur?
Progress is measured using structured literacy benchmarks, literacy assessments, spelling inventories, and fluency data. Instruction is based on student data rather than guesswork. Families receive ongoing updates so growth is visible and measurable.
How do you measure progress in dyslexia tutoring?
Yes, Orton-Gillingham is a structured literacy approach that is the gold standard for students with dyslexia. It uses explicit, multisensory instruction to teach phonics, spelling patterns, and language structure in a clear, sequential way. Orton-Gillingham tutoring supports measurable reading growth and increased confidence.
Is Orton-Gillingham effective for students with dyslexia?
Yes, we provide dyslexia tutoring for students throughout Portland and nearby communities using the Orton-Gillingham approach, with both in-person and virtual options available. Support is matched to each student’s learning profile and level of need.
Do you offer dyslexia tutoring in Portland?
Dyslexia tutoring provides structured, explicit instruction in reading and spelling for students with dyslexia. It focuses on foundational skills such as phonemic awareness, decoding, fluency, and written expression using the Orton-Gillingham approach. Effective dyslexia intervention is systematic, multisensory, and based on the science of reading.
What is dyslexia tutoring?
FAQs
General reading tutoring tends to focus on basic fluency or comprehension strategies. Dyslexia tutoring addresses the underlying decoding and spelling difficulties that cause reading challenges in the first place. Dyslexia tutors tend to have more training and expertise supporting struggling readers.