Learning Matters, Inc.
Programs
Budget
$645,176.00
Description
Academic interventions are available on a sliding fee scale. Research-based interventions, including, but not limited to, Orton-Gillingham, Wilson Reading System, SPIRE, Singapore Math, Spectrum Math, and Step Up to Writing, are conducted by certified and highly qualified teachers. All sessions are one-on-one, 60 minutes once per week. Each student has an individualized teaching plan that is developed in response to assessments, and diagnosis. Teachers work hard to create positive learning attitudes and active participation through interactive goal setting, culturally responsive methodology, and tailored motivational games. We work closely with schools to monitor district benchmark testing. Caregivers receive ongoing and detailed feedback on student progress after each session. 2024 delivered 8112 hours of tutoring.
Beneficiaries
Economically disadvantaged people
K-12 (5-19 years)
People/Families with of People with Disabilities
Program Areas Served
None
$645,176.00
Description
Academic interventions are available on a sliding fee scale. Research-based interventions, including, but not limited to, Orton-Gillingham, Wilson Reading System, SPIRE, Singapore Math, Spectrum Math, and Step Up to Writing, are conducted by certified and highly qualified teachers. All sessions are one-on-one, 60 minutes once per week. Each student has an individualized teaching plan that is developed in response to assessments, and diagnosis. Teachers work hard to create positive learning attitudes and active participation through interactive goal setting, culturally responsive methodology, and tailored motivational games. We work closely with schools to monitor district benchmark testing. Caregivers receive ongoing and detailed feedback on student progress after each session. 2024 delivered 8112 hours of tutoring.
Beneficiaries
Economically disadvantaged people
K-12 (5-19 years)
People/Families with of People with Disabilities
Program Areas Served
None
Budget
$250.00
Description
Learning Matters provides educational advocacy for all students served. Advocacy is helpful to parents when communicating desires to school personnel in IEP and student support meetings. The child's unique learning profile is shared with teachers and administration, and recommendations to better serve the student are made collaboratively, based on the law. Advocacy is measured in hours provided. This past year, we provided 446 hours of advocacy at no cost to families.
Program Areas Served
None
$250.00
Description
Learning Matters provides educational advocacy for all students served. Advocacy is helpful to parents when communicating desires to school personnel in IEP and student support meetings. The child's unique learning profile is shared with teachers and administration, and recommendations to better serve the student are made collaboratively, based on the law. Advocacy is measured in hours provided. This past year, we provided 446 hours of advocacy at no cost to families.
Program Areas Served
None
Budget
$309,760.00
Description
Learning Matters conducts psycho-educational and diagnostic assessments. Psycho-educational assessments clinically evaluate cognitive, academic, and literacy skills to diagnose learning disabilities. Diagnostic assessments are customized to the student's needs, typically covering reading, spelling, comprehension, and written expression. Our assessment team includes Clinical Psychologists who work in schools and are faculty at local universities. The team analyzes assessment data and background information to create an individualized report and provides feedback meetings with parents to discuss the student's profile and intervention recommendations.
Program Areas Served
None
$309,760.00
Description
Learning Matters conducts psycho-educational and diagnostic assessments. Psycho-educational assessments clinically evaluate cognitive, academic, and literacy skills to diagnose learning disabilities. Diagnostic assessments are customized to the student's needs, typically covering reading, spelling, comprehension, and written expression. Our assessment team includes Clinical Psychologists who work in schools and are faculty at local universities. The team analyzes assessment data and background information to create an individualized report and provides feedback meetings with parents to discuss the student's profile and intervention recommendations.
Program Areas Served
None
CEO/Executive Director/Board Comments
| Assessment and interventional tutoring are financially out of reach for many families. Learning Matters is the only organization in Middle Tennessee that provides this holistic approach to helping students and does so on a sliding fee scale. Unfortunately, many of the 80% of economically disadvantaged third graders in Tennessee who urgently need intervention face obstacles to attaining it. The high school dropout rate for students with Dyslexia and other learning disabilities is nearly 35% or more than double the national average, and a staggering 85% of prison inmates are Dyslexic. Many teacher preparation programs provide little, if any, training on identifying and instructing Dyslexic students. While these statistics are grim, Dyslexic students can thrive with proven interventions addressed in our programming. |
