NEW at RITES: We're in the News! Co-Director Halley Lavenstein represented RITES on a panel for an Education segment taping with Patrice Wood of Channel 10 News. The panel included Education Commissioner Deborah Gist and Office of Libraries and Information Services Youth Coordinator Cheryl Space, and focused on what parents can do to support their children's academic skills over the summer. Here's the video clip: Click on the link below to read an article based on the segment: Ways to Make Summer Learning Fun Summer Success with Sensory Kids Check out the helpful information provided by Carolyn Dalgliesh, a successful local home organizer who specializes in helping families with sensory children: Successful Summer Supports for Your Typical and Sensory Children There are still a few spaces left for Summer 2010, but they're going quickly! View and download the forms online by clicking below: RITES SUMMER PROGRAMS 2010 Study SMARTER, Not Harder: Study Skills Series for High School Students Fall dates: October 17, October 24, November 7, November 14, 2010 Study SMARTER, Not Harder with Written Expression: Summer Course for Middle School Students Summer dates: August 2 - 13, 2010 Click above on RITES SUMMER PROGRAMS and select Study Skills for more details

Rhode Island Tutorial & Educational Services (RITES) was established over a decade ago to help students with various learning styles realize their academic potential. RITES has helped hundreds of students develop the skills for success both in their classrooms and at home.

We are a local organization that offers one-on-one tutoring, small-group instruction, summer programs, assessment services, and advocacy support to the Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts communities. We understand that the “one size fits all” approach to instruction just doesn’t work for all kids. That’s why our teachers develop personalized plans of instruction based on each student’s learning needs.

Why We are Different
All the components of our program are based on the latest scientific research, which details instructional practices that increase academic skills. For example, our reading program was developed from the latest research-based teaching practices from The National Reading Panel at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 2000 Teaching Children to Read: An Evidence-Based Assessment of the Scientific Research Literature on Reading and Its Implications for Reading Instruction.

For more information see www.nationalreadingpanel.org.

In addition, we have specialists on staff to work with students with dyslexia, language disabilities, attention deficit disorder, and executive functioning issues. These teachers have experience and training in Orton-Gillingham, Project Read and other proven, multisensory, systematic approaches.

Rhode Island Tutorial & Educational Services is a proud member of the International Dyslexia Association and CHADD.

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