About the REACH O-G Learning Center

REACH Orton-Gillingham Learning Center is an academic remediation center that was formed to assist individuals who are struggling to learn to read or spell. Using the Orton-Gillingham approach to remediating language-based learning difficulties, our staff have all been specifically trained to teach reading, writing and basic language skills to students who have difficulties acquiring these skills.

In order to serve our families and the North Shore community better, we moved the REACH Learning Center to a larger facility at 850 West 15th St. North Vancouver in 2006. With consideration of easy access from across the North Shore, better parking availability, and continued growth of our parent resources, we hope you and your family will be as excited about our location as we are!

The REACH Difference

1 to 1 Tutoring. This means that one tutor specifically designs and teaches Orton-Gillingham lessons to one student for one full hour. We call this a Total Language Hour.

All tutors and directors are certified in the Orton-Gillingham approach to remediating language based learning difficulties. Our center also places a high importance on the ongoing training and enrichment of our staff. The support given to our staff reflects the value we place on the needs of our students.

Lessons are multisensory, sequential, cumulative, systematic and designed specifically for each student prior to each lesson. The English language is broken into manageable pieces that are presented multisensorially to the student to ensure an engaging, successful lesson.

Regular progress reports are given that outline specifically the skills that the student is learning. The progress of each student is also monitored by our directors to ensure that maximum expertise can be shared for the benefit of each student.

REACH Learning Center is dedicated to parent education. We offer parent enrichment sessions and a parent library of resources about learning difficulties, literacy, current research in literacy, and other issues relating to learning difficulties.