Michelle McIntosh

Michelle McIntosh is a Certified Orton-Gillingham Practitioner providing structured language and literacy support using the Orton-Gillingham approach.  She has over ten years of experience working in the educational field.  Michelle is a Supervising Mentor to other structured literacy practitioners and sits on the Board of Directors for the Canadian Academy of Therapeutic Tutors (CATT).

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Michelle has co-created a mindfulness program, Aduri Kids, and has a particular interest in the social-emotional aspect of learning.  She is the co-author of the book, Just Read! A Structured and Sequential Resource for Teaching Reading.

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Michelle offers a wide variety of services including:

• Traditional 1:1 Orton-Gillingham lessons

• 30-minute "booster" lessons in reading and writing

• Social-Emotional support woven into lessons as needed

Lesson packages include three progress reports throughout the school term, parent support and consultations and an initial informal literacy skills-based assessment.