Education majors at The University of Findlay will offer a free reading and literacy center Feb. 12 through April 18 for students kindergarten through sixth grade.

Designed for students experiencing difficulties in reading, the center will offer eight sessions of intervention strategies 5-6 p.m. Monday or Wednesday at the University’s reading and literacy center, located at 300 Davis St. in Room 195. Registration deadline is Feb. 3. There is a maximum of 15 students per session.

“Our goal in the Reading and Literacy Clinic is for our University students to learn correct authentic literacy assessment procedures, and to use information accrued from those assessments to devise and conduct lessons based on individual client’s needs,” said Amy Tebbe, instructor. “Our goal for the center’s clients is to build upon their literary strengths to enable them to overcome any difficulties they might have and to instill in them a greater love of reading.”

The center offers diagnostic assessment, intervention strategies and reading services. UF education majors test the elementary students to assess individual reading levels. Based on the determined reading level, reading diagnostics are used to apply appropriate intervention methods to help improve students’ reading skills.

For more information or to reserve a session, contact Patty Holcomb, administrative assistant to the dean of the College of Education, at 419-434-4682 or at holcomb@findlay.edu.

By Diana Musgrave
Senior, Communication Major
Arlington, Ohio