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The Barton certified one that had no college education was only $35 an hour, and wanted a 4 year commitment of 2 days of tutoring per week. The one with college degrees was $50 an hour and wanted a 4 year commitment of 3 days per week. We went with a different reading and language specialist trained in the Scottish Rite method who wanted us to come 4 days per week for 2 years. We negotiated down from $50 to $365 a month if we paid for the month in advance.

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There are none within a 2-hour drive of me that I have been able to find. We are in an area where there just do not seem to be any. A one-hour drive away there is a place that will give a dyslexia diagnosis and then recommend the Sonday system for home use. I have talked to them on the phone and was not interested in the Sonday system (though nothing wrong with it).

 

My son did get a lot of LIPS-like help at speech therapy, and that was covered by our insurance. Otherwise they had a sliding scale at the clinic he went to. He went to a university clinic and was seen by students, but they were very good.

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In our area they are a minimum of $65/hr. This was one of the reasons we decided to go ahead and do it ourselves-- just a few hours and it pays for the Levels! And you can resell them to recoup some costs. Of course, if you have a situation for whatever reason you can't do the tutoring yourself or you think your child will work better with someone else, then it's well worth the $$ to hire the tutor:)

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Wow!! I have been thinking of tutoring using the Susan Barton system. (It uses the OG phonograms, I do believe :)) I was thinking that to start I could maybe do $25 or so an hour. :)

 

Maybe that would be a good deal for families? :) I do well with teaching.... if I had finished college instead of headed to nanny, I was going to teach :)

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Wow!! I have been thinking of tutoring using the Susan Barton system. (It uses the OG phonograms, I do believe :)) I was thinking that to start I could maybe do $25 or so an hour. :)

 

Maybe that would be a good deal for families? :) I do well with teaching.... if I had finished college instead of headed to nanny, I was going to teach :)

:)

I would ask around and see what the prices are in your area. I was talking ot my son's tutor the other day and she actually dropped prices some due to the economy, but doesn't feel it has helped bring in any students. The trick is to be priced just enough that you are not outrageous, but not so low that you undervalue what you are offering. If that makes sense.

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The rates for Barton tutors in our area is $40-45 for 45min. You have to commit twice a week minimum.

Just trying to make the decision if I want to tutor my son with Barton or Dancing Bears or use a private Barton tutor again.

He had a tutor last year and we saw good improvements with his reading and his confidence soared.

We just relocated to another state and I really need to make a decision within the next free weeks!

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Is asking for a 4-year commitment standard? :huh: That reminds me of the Arrowsmith Program asking for a 3-year commitment at $22,000/year! So an O-G tutor will cost at least $14,000 over 4 years? :eek: Around how much will the Barton or other DIY system cost to get an 11-year old at grade 3 reading level up to grade 6 level?

 

Near Toronto, Canada, the rates I've seen so far are $35-$50/hour. I think I'm going to start with the $129 O-G "Language Tune-up Kit at Home" CD-ROM while paying for neurofeedback.

The Barton certified one that had no college education was only $35 an hour, and wanted a 4 year commitment of 2 days of tutoring per week. The one with college degrees was $50 an hour and wanted a 4 year commitment of 3 days per week.
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Is asking for a 4-year commitment standard? :huh: That reminds me of the Arrowsmith Program asking for a 3-year commitment at $22,000/year! So an O-G tutor will cost at least $14,000 over 4 years? :eek: Around how much will the Barton or other DIY system cost to get an 11-year old at grade 3 reading level up to grade 6 level?

 

Near Toronto, Canada, the rates I've seen so far are $35-$50/hour. I think I'm going to start with the $129 O-G "Language Tune-up Kit at Home" CD-ROM while paying for neurofeedback.

 

I tried the Language Tune Up kit and I had A LOT of problems getting the CD to work. It kept freezing up. I called the man/company and received NO help at all! I was told there was nothing wrong with the CD that it was my computer. I tried it on another computer and still no luck. I called and talked to someone(the same man) twice and he offered no help. Stinky customer service, bad attitude! I returned the CD for a refund. I was mostly mad because I really liked what little bit I was able to see and I really wanted it to work. I sure hope you have a different experience!

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Dyslexic parent -- you will need to do placement tests. If your child is reading at 3rd grade level -- Barton may not be the best choice, if you do not know that the help your child needs is something that will be addressed by Barton. I am not saying you don't know that, but it is worth researching.

 

I have some favorite resources: the Barton website, readingrockets.org, Overcoming Dyslexia, and Wiley Blevins books (the best about reading available at my library, overall).

 

If your child has a solid foundation through 3rd grade you might look at Rewards for more advanced decoding. If your child needs work on fluency you might look at a program aimed at fluency. If your child needs work on comprehension you might look at a program aimed at comprehension.

 

On the other hand your child could have a weak foundation that is causing the problems, and then Barton is a great choice.

 

But if you just say 3rd grade reading level, that is not enough information to know what needs to be targeted.

 

To be quite honest -- I tried some computer programs that turned out not to be properly targeted to my son's level and needs, and it was a total waste of time and frustration for him. I would have been better off to try to get some personalized guidance. Yes, trial and error did work in the end (to some extent), and all the programs I tried are ones that did work for some children out there, but I think it is worth trying to figure out what to target and how best to target it.

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I returned the CD for a refund. I was mostly mad because I really liked what little bit I was able to see and I really wanted it to work. I sure hope you have a different experience!
Thanks for the replies. It's good to hear that you liked what you saw from Language Tune-up Kit and that you were able to get a refund.
you will need to do placement tests.
Are there placement tests available online, or do I get them from the school or an Orton-Gillingham tutor?
I have some favorite resources: the Barton website, readingrockets.org, Overcoming Dyslexia, and Wiley Blevins books (the best about reading available at my library, overall).
I am reading the Overcoming Dyslexia book, will borrow Wiley Blevin's Boom! Zoom! book, watched Barton's free videos and will take her Tutor and Student screening tests. I also hope to attend a seminar about the Orton-Gillingham approach this week.
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I can tell you about resources I have used for placement tests. They are all focused on my son's areas of difficulty, however.

 

One, the Dibels website. This is a reading screening meant to identify at-risk children. This is how my son was first identified at school. If you sign in you can get access to the screenings. It is not so much a placement test, but might be helpful

 

Two, the book Reading Reflex. It has got a little part about placement within the program -- it might let you see weak areas.

 

Three, placement test from Abecedarian. It is similar to Dibels imo. You could see if she had weak areas and where she would place in that program and then the details of that place, and then still use another program. It is from abcdrp.com then free supplement materials and then placement assessment. It is similar to Dibels -- it has got nonsense words, first with just needing to know the letters of the alphabet, and then needing to know more phonics. (As you read Overcoming Dyslexia, you see nonsense words mentioned, and Dibels and this both are ones with nonsense words.)

 

Four, Wiley Blevins, Teacing Phonics and Word Study in the Intermediate Grades. I am not able to link (my mouse?) but if you go to amazon, it has the "look inside" feature. You see that Appendix 6 is "Six Quick Assessments." The assessments are included in the "look inside," if you scroll down. B/c I have read the book, I will say, for The Names Test, the explanation is that some teachers are opposed to nonsense words, but this test functions like a nonsense word test in a way, b/c it is unlikely the children will be familiar with all the names.

 

By Wiley Blevins I really like Phonics A-Z, and this Phonics book. He also has a book about teaching non-fiction reading skills, that I have had from the library, and I have a good impression, but my son is young for it.

 

These are all things I have used with my son, who is/was (more was these days) weak in phonemic awareness. All these are ones that let you see how the phonemic awareness is coming, and you can see what a nonsense word assessment looks like.

 

It would not be comparable to a full assessment done by a tutor, probably, but you could see how phonemic awareness is, and decoding of unknown words. If these are not problems, then I don't know if you would need Barton. If they are problems, Barton is a highly-recommended program.

 

But if a child is reading well at a 3rd-grade level, I think maybe these are not issues, and the issues are something else. There are different recommendations and programs for fluency and comprehension. I am doing fluency now with my son (at 2nd-grade level) and his comprehension is fine. For fluency I am not doing a formal program but I am doing recommended practices.

 

I don't think that it is not the problem, either, just that it is possible.

 

If you use Barton - - everyone starts with Level 1, some children just move through it more quickly than others. I am pretty comfortable, personally, to read through my Phonics books and figure out what my son's weak areas are, and then target what needs work. I also want to coordinate with my son's public school as much as possible. My son is not a child where that is difficult to do -- he is just pretty obvious in where he needs help, and I don't think all kids are. The Phonics books give an overview of reading development, that I agree with, and that I think agrees with Overcoming Dyslexia, and I track where he is through it. There is also a fluency target thing I use.... you can see how fast your child reads and see how good that is for their grade level. I get that information from my son's school, I don't time him myself, but I just see if he is improving his WPM (words read per minute) (WCPM is words read correct per minute) and that is good enough for me right now.

 

He is reading 2-syllable words pretty well, but having trouble with more, and if that does not improve, I will be looking for a program targeting multi-syllable words. I will most likely use either Rewards or Abecedarian Level C, though there are other choices, and this would be included in Barton if you do Barton ----- if you do Barton, you do not need to piece together different things, and you can know there are no gaps. That is the biggest benefit of doing an O-G program like Barton, in my opinion.

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