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Reading Clinic

Announcement

Summer deadlines have passed. We will accept applications for Spring 2025 in December 2024. Contact readingclinic@uga.edu

The Reading Clinic is offered every Spring semester for 10 weeks.

Students from the community in kindergarten through 12th grade come to the reading clinic’s Aderhold office for one-on-one work with students who are enrolled in our graduate course LLED 6020, “Practicum in Reading Instruction and Assessment.” Tutors focus on word recognition strategies (including decoding using phonics), word meanings (through vocabulary development), reading fluency, and comprehension through a variety of teaching methods embedded in literacy activities. The Reading Clinic has its own library of leveled books to use during the tutoring sessions, and students may take them home to enjoy with their family, friends, and even pets.

We suggest parents contact us in the Fall in order to get their child on the list for consideration.

Program Details

Our Tutors

Our tutors are typically aspiring or veteran teachers dedicated to helping youth struggling with reading. They are matched with children based on parent applications and teacher reports and are observed and supervised by a language and literacy education faculty member.

For the students

Your child will receive personalized instruction that connects reading, listening, writing, and speaking to their interests or hobbies. They will work with their tutors on projects involving reading, writing, and other skills, such as writing a script and performing a puppet show, researching a topic of interest, or composing their own picturebooks in print and digital forms.

Our FounderIra Aaron founded the Reading Clinic in 1956, and today it is one of the oldest continuously run reading clinics in the country. He was inducted into the Reading Hall of Fame in 1983.
The experienceWatch a video about the Reading Clinic and get a sense of the one-on-one experience children have with our College of Education students.
Books for all levelsOur extensive selection of children’s books makes reading fun at any level. We use a color-coded system to separate books by grade, and our reading coaches are supervised by knowledgeable faculty. Our extensive selection of children’s books make reading fun at any level. We use a color-coded system to separate books by grade, and our reading coaches are supervised by knowledgable faculty.

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Contact Info

315 Aderhold Hall 110 Carlton Street Athens, Georgia 30602
© University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602
706‑542‑3000