Children's Dyslexia Center of Portland

02/27/2026

02/18/2026

BECOME AN “O-G” CHILD TUTOR

Do you have a bachelors degree and love teaching children? Would you commit 100 hours over a year to become a certified practitioner in the Orton-Gillingham method of instruction for children with dyslexia? Would you find personal pleasure in fostering self-confidence in children learning to read? If so, inquire about our classroom studies and one-on-one after-school student tutoring to be held at our Center located near the Portland Jetport. There is no cost to the program participants.

Tutors satisfactorily completing the program will be accredited and can earn continuing education credits from the University of Maine. Graduates may be offered paid tutoring positions at the Center after completing the training program, and/or work independently or with local schools to serve these children. These are great opportunities for retired schoolteachers who love to work with children and might like some extra money from a part-time teaching position.

If you are interested in participating in this learning program that will begin in May, please contact the Portland Children’s Dyslexia Center at 207-773-4949 or [email protected].

Please also contact the Center if you know of children with dyslexia needing our special services, whether home-schooled or attending public, private or parochial schools. Students are served at no charge to the parents. More information on our educational program may be found at www.childrensdyslexiacenters.org.

01/07/2026

If you are interested in learning how to teach struggling kids to read using the Orton Gillingham approach, please contact the Portland CDC. Our next training will begin in May. Contact us and we’ll help you get started😊
207 773-4949
[email protected]

01/04/2026

Prevention is not about waiting and seeing. It is about acting early. When we invest in strong foundational literacy from the start, we protect students from struggling later. This is why early instruction and early intervention matter so much.

10/06/2025

Practicing musicians waiting for tutoring to start😊

07/17/2025

https://www.landmarkschool.org/our-school/leadership/meet-josh-clark

https://youtu.be/0qYR03oexp4

www.landmarkschool.org/landing-pages/reading

See Landmark Outreach, Landmark School, Decoding Dyslexia, Made By Dyslexia, National Center on Improving Literacy, The Reading League, Cox Campus, Learning Disabilities Association of America, Understood,

https://dyslexiaida.org/fact-sheets/

https://www.readingrockets.org/reading-101

https://www.landmarkoutreach.org/strategies/dyslexia/

https://www.landmarkschool.org/landing-pages/reading

12/25/2024

Wishing everyone a happy holiday filled with peace, joy, and love!

12/11/2024

Congratulations to the winners at the 2024 Portland Children's Dyslexia Center's Festival of Trees. A giant Thank You to our Event Sponsors - Hammond Lumber and the Maine Masonic Charitable Foundation; to all those who donated the 34 beautifully decorated trees and gifts worth $47,000; as well as those who gave over 90 items for our Silent Auction. And our heartfelt thanks to all of those who donated countless hours to prepare for and work the festival, and the thousands of patrons who made it all worthwhile and beneficial to the children with dyslexia whom we serve.

(Please click on the picture to see the full list.)

10/26/2024

It's time to add the 2024 Portland Festival of Trees on your schedule and invite others to attend with you. Proceeds benefit children with dyslexia by training teachers with dyslexia teaching skills and on-on-one tutoring of children with dyslexia so they can read and pursue their life's desires. See our Festival website at: https://www.portlandfestivaloftrees.com/

08/06/2024

Words to live by from an Olympian…

In a stirring display of grit and determination, American track and field sprinter Noah Lyles has won the men's 100-meter final by finishing the gut wrenching race in an unbelievable 9.784 seconds. He was just 0.16 seconds of breaking the legendary Usain Bolt's Olympic record of 9.63s.

“I lhave Asthma, allergies, dyslexia, ADD, anxiety, and Depression.
But I will tell you that what you have does not define what you can become.
Why Not You! “

Noah Lyles

05/10/2024

Today Arundel Lodge is proud to announce that we have made our largest investment in our community to date! Arundel Lodge is partnering with the Scottish Rite - Portland Children's Dyslexia Center and will provide 7 teachers from RSU 21 and 1 teacher from The School Around Us, with the requisite training to be accredited in Orton-Gilligham Multisensory Structured Language Education. For 25 years the Scottish Rite Children's Dyslexia Centers have assisted children in regaining confidence and their self-esteem through proven methods of reading instruction, tutoring and dyslexia remediation. Arundel Lodge has long served the community schools with its annual Most Improved Student Night, College Scholarships and Bikes for Books reading incentive program. It's our sincere hope that we can make a true measurable difference in a childs life. I personally would like to thank our Officers led by our WM. David Crowell and all of our members of supporting this endeavor. I would also like to thank The RSU 21 for accepting this donation and most especially, I would like to thank all of the staff that have volunteered to spend May - December with 50 hours of classroom training and then spending over 100 hours of Practicum time from September through next June! Your dedication is greatly appreciated!