Our programs offer a nurturing experience for growing your little one’s self-esteem, and include:
Early Childhood Education Programs for Grades 1-8
ACE Academic Centre 4 Excellence is now dedicated solely to providing specialized Orton-gillingham reading instruction. ACE is operated exclusively by Kim Underwood, offering one-to-one reading instruction designed to help children with reading difficulties and dyslexia achieve academic success. With over 95% success rates using the Orton-gillingham method, ACE focuses entirely on this highly specialized, multi-sensory reading program.
We always strive to take an active interest in your child’s academic development and will be happy to attend school meetings (IE. IPRC) in order to thoroughly review, analyze, interpret your child’s psycho-ed assessments.
Reading Instruction
The highly successful Orton-gillingham system is utilized. Statistically we know that 30% of the population has some level of reading difficulty. They do not learn to read even with thorough phonics programs alone. Dr. Orton and Dr. Gillingham developed a simultaneous multi-sensory system designed for dyslexic students. However, this program works across the board so that no student fails to learn to read. Research has shown that when all senses are used to learn (visual, auditory, tactile, and kinesthetic) the individual can retrieve the information better. Instruction is more intense and more repetitious than normal. Students must be taught how to take the individual letters or sounds and put them together to form a word (synthetic) — as well as how to break it into smaller pieces (analytic). Both synthetic and analytic phonics must be taught all the time.
Kim Underwood, Executive Director, Educational Consultant & Orton Gillingham Instructor
Over 25 years of experience teaching Orton-gillingham
