Read/Write Intensive Programs
One-to-One Structured Literacy Instruction
About Read/Write Intensive Programs:
This program will build up your child's literacy skills and enable them to be successful in the classroom. Their instructors are highly trained in literacy intervention and remediation programs. Both mental and movement breaks will be taken during every session.
All intensive programs charge $60 per hour of instruction, assessment, and report writing. Please see the table here for an example of how an intensive program may be structured to account for instruction, assessment, and report writing hours.
Learning Options:
Online programs: will be delivered via Zoom ( FAQs for online delivery). - In-person programs
: will be delivered onsite at Foothills Academy
Intake Criteria:
Please visit this link to explore the criteria for all of our Read/Write programs
Intensive Fall Schedule
How to book your package: Please pick your package, your time for your lessons, and your weeks. When registering, please ensure that you are clear about your package option, the time you would like and the weeks you prefer. Please note that while this is first come, first served, we will do our best to accommodate your request.
An example of a completed package could look like this:
- Option 2 (4 weeks), 8:30 am-11:30 am, with the following weeks: Sept 5-6, Sept 11-15, Sept 18-22 and Sept 25-28
Build your intensive package!
Select your package option, times and week from the following options below.
Package Options:
- Option 1: 4 or 5 weeks, 3 hours per day and 5-days per week
- Option 2: 4 or 5 weeks, 2 hours per day and 4 days per week
- Option 3: 4 or 5 weeks, 1.5 hours per day and 4-days per week (4-6-year-olds only)
Time Options:
- Lessons are between the hours of 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM (Monday to Friday)
- Example: 9:30-11:30 AM for a 2-hour lesson OR 12:30-3:30 PM for a 3-hour lesson
Week Options:
- September Week Options
- September 5-8
- September 11-15
- September 18-22
- September 25-28
- October Week Options
- October 2-6
- October 10-13
- October 16-20
- October 23-26
- November Week Options
- October 30-November 3
- November 6-9
- November 13-17
- November 20-24
- November 27-December 1
- December Week Options
- December 4-8
- December 11-15
- December 18-22
Paige is a life-long learner. She completed an Honors Undergraduate Degree in Economics which led to some graduate work in Economics in Ontario and working at the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal before she returned to Calgary to work in executive search. She spent the next thirteen years with both national and international companies consulting senior executives and advising on the structuring of executive teams in companies of all sizes in a variety of industries. Her daughter was diagnosed with Learning Disabilities in 2012 and Paige immediately began studying Learning Disabilities and ADHD, pursuing a variety of certifications and gaining experience in providing direct instruction to children with Learning Disabilities in literacy and numeracy. In 2015 she decided to pursue a Masters in Counselling Psychology with a focus on working with children and adolescents diagnosed with Learning Disabilities and/or ADHD. Paige is now a Registered Psychologist with a passion for supporting children and adolescents diagnosed with Learning Disabilities and/or ADHD. She continues to seek out evidence-based practices for remediation to build confidence in each learner who comes through the Read/Write & Math Program. Moreover, Paige brings a level of compassion and empathy to the role as a parent of two children with unique learning needs who have required different levels of intervention over the last ten years.
Summer Cancellation Policy
Missed lessons/rescheduling:
Due to the careful scheduling of summer programs, there are no rescheduled lessons and no refunds for missed lessons. If an instructor is not available, a sub will be provided for the lesson.
Withdrawal:
If a family withdraws less than 7 days prior to the program start date, an administration fee of $100 will be charged, as an Instructor will already have been secured. The remaining balance will be refunded.
Payment
Lessons must be paid in full one week BEFORE the first lesson. Failure to pay for lessons (or failure to communicate with Foothills about a payment plan or payment needs) will result in program cancellation. A deposit equivalent to the first day of lessons is due at registration upon confirmation of your child's program. You will be sent an invoice upon confirmation of your child's program. You are welcome to pay for the program in full at that time.
Client expectations:
Our Instructors strive to engage their students in a strength-based and collaborative manner. We will let you know as soon as possible if a young person’s emotions and/or behaviour in a session prevented us from working with them in an effective manner. Should this occur, we would work in partnership with you to resolve the situation. If there were ongoing issues that impact the young person’s benefit from the sessions, and/or impact others, we would refund any remaining sessions.
Is committing to four or five weeks during the school year too difficult?
Consider choosing a booster week instead of weekly lessons. This is a great way to get more hours of instruction in a single week which allows for more growth with the daily repetition.
Visit the Booster options here for a solution that fits your timeline.