About Us

Since 1985, Dyslexia Tutoring Program (DTP) has operated on a simple belief: everyone deserves to read. For over 40 years we have been helping scholars from strategically underinvested communities overcome learning differences and unlock their potential. Because income and learning style should never limit access to literacy.

Our Mission

We remove financial barriers to literacy and ensure children and adults with dyslexia or language based learning differences have equitable access to the tools, empathy and support they need to learn and thrive. We offer free, personalized, one-on-one tutoring through dedicated, highly trained, volunteers. We use evidence-based, multisensory approaches tailored to dyslexic learning styles. And we engage in strategic partnerships that open the door not only to literacy, but to all that follows. Because everything begins with reading … and everyone deserves to read.

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THE CHALLENGE

When Support Falls Short

Dyslexic learners can learn, but they learn differently, and need to be taught differently. Unfortunately, crowded classrooms can’t address their individual needs or provide one-on-one attention. And while private resources work wonders, for many families they are unaffordable. The result? Students fall through the cracks.

Why It Matters

This is not a small problem. Dyslexia is the most common learning difference, affecting roughly 1 in 5 people. Without proper support, dyslexic learners are three times more likely to drop out of high school, face limited career opportunities, struggle with unemployment, and face higher risk of incarceration. Here in Baltimore, that means thousands of students are going without the support they need to learn to read—simply because their families cannot afford it.

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What We Provide

DTP provides free one-on-one tutoring, professional assessments, summer camp experiences, social/emotional learning and other services – worth thousands of dollars at market rates – for low-income children and adults with dyslexia or language-based learning differences in greater Baltimore. Our program deliveres real, measurable change in reading skills and transitions students from learning to read, to reading to learn.

Our Programs

How We Work

We utilize proven, evidence-based methods for tutoring; recruit and train volunteers in Orton-Gillingham, an approach aligned with the Science of Reading; and engage licensed professionals to administer standardized assessments at intake and after every 30 hours of tutoring to measure students’ progress against their baseline. Our application process is a careful step-by-step effort to ensure our program can help with your reading difficulties.

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Opportunities

DTP partners with local private schools, nonprofits and community organizations to offer our students access to a variety of resources on their journey to literacy. In addition to our year round one-on-one tutoring, DTP’s summer camp and mental wellness programs provide specialized training, individual attention, multisensory instruction, and deep empathy that are essential for dyslexic learners to thrive.

These collaborations open the door to high caliber learning experiences that support our students’ full range of needs and help extend the impact of these partners beyond their own served populations.

Our Partners

Since 1985, we have helped thousands of individuals learn to read and live with hope. And we look forward to continuing to build better communities and better futures, one reader at a time.

OUR IMPACT

What People Are Saying

Beyond giving me access to the teaching and tutelage necessary for my special brain to really be able to read … the support I received through Dyslexia Tutoring Program played a pivotal role in making it possible for me to be more than just another smart kid.
M.L.
Former Student
I would like to thank you for giving my son the opportunity to experience camp … he learned so many amazing things … and that it’s okay to be different. [He] was given an opportunity to just be himself.
T.P.
Students’ Parent
I would like to thank the Dyslexia Tutoring Program for all the opportunities and help with my reading writing and spelling. I love my tutor who has given me the confidence that I needed to join the book club at school.
K.S.
Student
Thanks for everything you’ve been doing to help my son T, he has been comoin along very well and improving in many different areas, We look forward to continuing to working with you though this year.
D.D.
Student’s Parent
J.D. excelled in the process of summarizing his thoughts and converting those points in perceptive analysis…often leading class discussions and modeling the sort of attention that helps lead students to a deeper and fuller understanding of the material.
Camp Tutor
M’s experience gave him the opportunity to see learning in a different way and now because of his experience he is ready for the school year with a better understanding about how important your education is and he is ready to learn with a better attitude.
T.P.
Student’s Parent
Beyond giving me access to the teaching and tutelage necessary for my special brain to really be able to read … the support I received through Dyslexia Tutoring Program played a pivotal role in making it possible for me to be more than just another smart kid.
M.L, former student
I would like to thank you for giving my son the opportunity to experience camp … he learned so many amazing things … and that it’s okay to be different. [He] was given an opportunity to just be himself.
T.P, students’ parent
I would like to thank the Dyslexia Tutoring Program for all the opportunities and help with my reading writing and spelling. I love my tutor who has given me the confidence that I needed to join the book club at school.
K.S., student
Thanks for everything you’ve been doing to help my son T, he has been comoin along very well and improving in many different areas, We look forward to continuing to working with you though this year.
D.D., student’s parent
J.D. excelled in the process of summarizing his thoughts and converting those points in perceptive analysis…often leading class discussions and modeling the sort of attention that helps lead students to a deeper and fuller understanding of the material.
Camp tutor
M’s experience gave him the opportunity to see learning in a different way and now because of his experience he is ready for the school year with a better understanding about how important your education is and he is ready to learn with a better attitude.
T.P, student’s parent
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