Thoughts From Our Team

Hello Everyone! I hope everyone is having a great summer so far! It’s hard to believe we are already almost halfway through July. My name is Maggie, and I am the UW – Madison AHEC CHIP (Community Health Internship Program) Intern for the summer! I have been interning at DAC since the first week of…

On a recent visit to the library, I saw a poster informing parents of the importance of reading to their children. Among other statistics, the poster stated that, “Being read to three times per week raises test scores to the top 25%,” and “If a student reads 20 minutes a day, they will likely score…

As experienced tutors trained to teach the Orton-Gillingham instructional reading program, we are seeing more children everyday who struggle with attention-deficit and processing issues in addition to dyslexia. This is a heavy load for them. It falls to us more and more often these days to take a creative, out-of-the-box approach to reach these children…