AVKO offers free daily tutoring. The accent is on daily. For dyslexics to learn to read and spell, they must receive tutoring on a daily basis. If tutoring is done only once or twice a week, it becomes a waste of time and money. If AVKO charged a rather normal rate of $60.00 an hour, only the very rich could afford daily tutoring at the foundation. If AVKO were to charge at a rate of $5.00 an hour which many could afford, people might think that our tutoring isn't worth very much. Hence, we do our tutoring pro bono. However, because we do not like being taken advantage of, we do charge $20.00 to start back up. That is, if for any reason, a tutoring session is missed, a start up charge of $20.00 is assessed. No exceptions. Training for Parents For those who cannot commute to the AVKO, we do train parents to use the special AVKO materials at home on a daily basis. For parents who cannot come to the AVKO Clinic for training we have materials that are parent-friendly, the book, If it is up to be, it is up to me. We also have lesson plans for an adult community education course for parents who want to learn how to tutor their children. These lesson plans are free to any school system that will start such a class. Contact Don McCabe for more information by calling the AVKO Educational Research Foundation (810) 686-9283 or E-mail DonMcCabe@aol.com . Boarding Students At any given time, AVKO may have students living at the Foundation and receiving free daily tutoring. As space is limited, we rarely have more than one or two. We have had a 19-year-old from Denmark, a 20-year-old from Texas, a 15-year-old from Indiana, a 21-year-old from Pennsylvania, a 19-year-old from Michigan, and a 61-year-old from Germany. There is, however, a charge for room and board as well as the materials used.
If you have comments about this website or questions concerning spelling, phonics, learning disabilities, homeschooling, etc., you may always e-mail to DonMcCabe@aol.com. We appreciate any comments that will help us make this website even more useful. All donations are greatly appreciated. If you would like to support our mission which is to raise the level of literacy to the point where the words, illiteracy, phonemic awareness, learning disabilities, dysgraphia, family literacy, adult literacy, and illegible handwriting will no longer have relevance, please mail your tax-deductible check (in U.S. dollars) to The AVKO Foundation, 3084 Willard Road, Suite W, Birch Run, MI 48415-7801. The AVKO Foundation is recognized by the IRS as a 501(C)3 publicly supported organization working with teachers, parents, tutors, and home schooling parents, publishing materials developed by its research, and providing free daily tutoring at its local reading clinic. |
