Read/Write

Read/Write Literacy Programs

Structured Literacy Programs

Spring applications are now OPEN. Summer applications will be opening April 11.

Structured Literacy Programs

Application Dates:

  • March 15 - Applications have opened for Spring 2023 Intensive and Weekly Literacy programs. Please click here.
  • April 11 - Applications will open for Summer 2023 Intensive and Literacy Booster programs.

Children who are diagnosed with a Learning Disability in reading or writing (or suspected of a Learning Disability) benefit from direct and intensive instruction. Read/Write Programs offer evidence-based instruction customized to each student's needs. Programs range in intensity from 60 minutes per day to 3 hours per day. The vast majority of our programs are offered in a one-to-one setting.

Our literacy program has offered Structured Literacy for many years through the Lindamood Bell methods. Published research has confirmed the benefits of Foothills Academy’s Read/Write program. “Significant improvements were found in the areas of nonword decoding, phonological awareness, and spelling following the reading remediation program” (Dick, Kaplan, & Crawford, 2006, p.106). More recently we have also added Wilson Reading methods to our Instructors’ repertoires. Our instructors have also trained in the Voyager Sopris: Step up to Writing program to support more focused instruction in writing.

Please note: In addition to one-to-one programs, we now offer a Small Group option for the literacy programs. Small groups include up to three students. If this is of interest, please indicate interest on the application form. Not everyone who applies to a group is accepted into a group. Admission requires other learners at the same age and with comparable or complementary learning needs indicating an interest at the same time. We will work with you to find the best solution if there is not a small group running that works for your student. 

“Significant improvements were found in the areas of nonword decoding, phonological awareness, and spelling following the reading remediation program” — (Dick, Kaplan, & Crawford, 2006, p.106)