INTERVENTION

Teaching

We provide one-on-one and small group instruction using appropriate interventions based on a client’s individual assessment information. Progress monitoring is an integral part of providing appropriate ongoing services for clients.

Literacy Instruction

At Shine Learning Services, our reading and spelling instruction is designed to make sense of the English language. We provide instruction in a way that addresses the relationship between morphology, etymology, and orthographic phonology. Our goal is that students improve their overall literacy—reading words, spelling words, increasing vocabulary, and improving reading comprehension (Bowers & Bowers, 2017). To learn more, visit Structured Word Inquiry under Resources.

Knowing that we decode in order to make meaning, we use various tools as we assist students in thinking through texts of various kinds. One such tool is Thinking Maps. Thinking Maps assist a student in discussing and recording their ideas about a text or topic.

As a part of our overall literacy instruction, our goal is to assist individuals in becoming confident and competent writers. Realizing that good writing starts with good sentence construction, we begin at the sentence level. “Of all [the] writing components and processes, creating sentences may be the most complex” (Saddler, 2012). We use various tools and techniques to assist us in this endeavor.

 As students build skills in generating and composing quality sentences, we assist them in transferring these skills into longer written pieces. We customize our approach based on the student’s needs.

Math Instruction

We provide conceptually based, hands-on math instruction for students in kindergarten through middle school with one of our instructors utilizing Making Math Real based strategies and methods. Prior to instruction, we assess needs and determine a focus for instruction. We monitor student needs through ongoing progress monitoring and adjust instruction accordingly.