Services

Reading Therapy Services

Acelin utilizes a multi-sensory approach to help students develop the skills of a strong reader as indicated in the report of the National Reading Panel (2000): phonics, phonemic awareness, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. For those students who have difficulty identifying sounds and decoding words, we use curricula to develop accurate phonics (sound-symbol associations) and stimulate phonemic awareness so that students can distinguish, identify, and sequence sounds in words. With good phonemic awareness skills in place, students practice recognizing frequent letter patterns, or “sight words,” to produce automaticity in reading. We strengthen visual memory by stimulating the brain to create mental images of letters. This strengthens the brain’s imaging capability and produces a quick, reflex-like connection between words and the accompanying sounds. The result is clear, independent, fluid reading.

Enrichment & Test Prep

For parents who desire to keep students stimulated with new concepts and instruction, Acelin offers several enrichment programs. Enrichment programs are designed around specific educational goals and objectives in order to develop new skills. Parents often elect to enroll students in an enrichment program during the summer or winter break, which helps to prevent students from experiencing a lapse or slump in their performance after break. An enrichment program is also a good option for students who would benefit from advanced introduction of concepts and skills before they are presented during the school year. Having already practiced the concepts, students can approach their classroom assignments with greater confidence and success once the topics are introduced in class. Enrichment programs can have a math or language arts focus.

Acelin also offers several tutoring programs to support students who are performing below their academic potential in specific subject areas. Tutorials are offered in elementary and middle-school math, algebra, geometry, science, social studies, language arts and English.

School Programs and District Support

Acelin created the In-School Programs (ISP) Division as a means to help schools tackle the rising presence of basic literacy and math deficiencies. We partner with schools and districts in a variety of ways, providing services such as professional development and training, program implementation, school improvement, and impact evaluation. Having supported dozens of schools, our team can help your school or district identify critical factors for improving outcomes. We provide a range of support options, ranging from the light touch of profession development to intensive, full-program administration with accompanying professional development. Our services are designed to remediate literacy and math deficiencies for student in both the elementary and secondary grades, in both in-school and after-school formats.

Acelin will provide your school or district with highly effective, research-based support. Our expertise flows from having directly administered programs in schools, providing over 15,000 hours of academic support, and consistently delivering outstanding results.