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Gifted Apples Reading & Math specializes in disorders of reading and math, tailoring our tutoring approach to suit each child's unique needs. Our certified teachers provide intensive one-on-one intervention to children in grades PreK–3, Late Elementary Grades 4–7, and Middle and High School.

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Dyscalculia: Difficulty acquiring arithmetic skills

Becoming Numerate through Language, Concepts, and Procedures

Dyscalculia results in difficulty learning and comprehending arithmetic necessary to manipulate numbers and perform mathematical calculations.  Dyscalculia does not affect intelligence.  However, students show an impaired ability to process or solve numeric problems. 


Dyscalculia affects between 3 and 6% of the population with 11% of student's with dyscalculia also having ADHD.       

How does GiftedApples Literacy help students who have a math disability ~ dyscalculia?

  • Working directly with a trained GiftedApples Literacy Specialist, your child will develop mature counting strategies to retrieve numeric facts.


Using both digital and manipulative learning interventions, students are given opportunities 

  • to access their intrinsic 'mental number line' during number comparison tasks,
  • complete sensory manipulatives to function through technology,
  • counting procedures and problem-processes while receiving  one-on-one intervention with a GiftedApples Literacy Specialist. 


Whether your child needs help with basic arithmetic, geometry to algebra  or has a math disability known as dyscalculia, GiftedApples Literacy and Math has the knowledge and experience to help them succeed. Our dedicated tutors are all certified, licensed educators who provide personalized instruction with passion and patience,  making complex concepts easy to understand.

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dyslexia: Difficulty Acquiring Reading

Motivation for Success

We offer reading and reading motivation services that help students reach their full potential. Let us ignite the fire of motivation and guide your child towards academic success. We offer two reading programs for children and you can learn more about them by clicking the button below.

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24/7 Online Courses

Our online test prep sessions are scheduled with a certified and licensed teacher or interventionist to provide guidance, instruction and clarity on course and session activities. All of our online courses are available to students 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

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Intensive Intervention Options for Early Learners (PreK–3) and Students in Later Grades (4–12):

Grade PreK–1: Reading Readiness, Phonology, Aural Comprehension, Rhyme, Oral Story Literacy and High-Frequency Word Skills, Long/Short Vowels and Open/Closed Syllables

Grade 1–2: Phonology, Phonemics,  Onset-Rime Syllable Structure, Phonics, Decoding Strategies, High-Frequency Vocabulary and Story Comprehension

Grade 2-3: Phonics, Six Syllable Types, Orthography, Decoding Strategies, Reading Fluency, Tier 1, 2, 3 Vocabulary, Text Structure Comprehension

Grades3-5: Reading Fluency, Reading Comprehension Strategies, Reading Rules,  Anglo-Greek-Latin Roots and Bases, Fiction/Non-Fiction Text Comprehension

Grade K-8: Dyscalculia Math Disability, ADHD & ADD, Dyspraxia difficult Writing and Executive Function Behavior Management

Grade K-Adult: Dyslexia Spectrum Reading Disorders, Inaccurate and Dysfluent Word Reading, Phonological Awareness, Verbal Memory & Verbal Processing Speed. Language Impairments- motor co-ordination, mental calculationm concentration and personal organization.

Specific Language Impairment, Intellectual Disability and Executive Function Behavior

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Reading Leads to Success in Every Aspect of Life

Your Child Deserves to Become…

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Successful in School Classes

Students feel confident after receiving instruction that is provided in the manner in which they process information best. Involving all of the sense modalities ensures the child experiences learning through each of their senses.

Successful in Their College Academics

Students feel confident after receiving instruction that is provided in the manner in which they have processed knowledge, comprehended what they have learned, and can, orally/verbally or in writing, demonstrate what they have learned.

Successful in Their Future Careers

It is important to motivate students by opening their eyes to the various career paths available to them in the future. They  will feel more confident in their abilities and will want to excel academically once they establish a direction and a goal.

Transforming Education

Mrs. Harvin, founder of Gifted Apples, started her first tutoring program in 1991, founded SchoolRoom Professional Tutors Learning Center in 1994 and founded Shaker East Academy in 2005. Realizing that one-on-one instruction for individual students was not cost-effective for school districts, especially large, urban districts, Mrs. Harvin’s early vision was to provide individualized tutoring to students who required one-on-one instruction due to an Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD/ADD-H) diagnosis. All of Mrs. Harvin’s students had a diagnosis of a learning disability with other comorbidities (i.e., ADD/ADD-H, dyslexia, and executive function ‘behavioral’ deficit) as well.


One-to-one, individualized, or even small group instruction of 6 to 8 students is challenging for classroom teachers who may have 15 to 26+ students in their class. Special education teachers may have up to 15 students in a resource learning class.


Gifted Apples’ licensed and certified teachers provide intensive one-on-one intervention to children in grades PreK–3, Late Elementary Grades 4–7, and Middle and High School. Contact us today to get started.

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The Gift of Success

Gifted Apples was established in 2015, drawing from Mrs. Farmer's background as a principal and teacher, along with her professional development. Children with reading and learning difficulties will be more successful at catching up with grade-level work rather than falling farther and further behind if help is given early. Best practices require an early start to reading instruction and intervention. Research and evidence-based methods of giving kids systematic and explicit instruction using multisensory instruction (i.e., visual, auditory, kinesthetic, and tactile) continue to be supported by research. Due to their struggles with reading and learning, the student with significant reading and learning disabilities may have gotten angry or even depressed since they perceive themselves as successful in school while receiving bad or failing grades in the majority of their classes and performing worse academically than their peers.


By the time students get to the fourth and fifth grade, learning becomes more difficult at every grade level and in every subject area course where integrated reading is required due to their experiences with reading, the reading process, and trying to understand what is read or heard. Concern arises from the fact that as these pupils age, there is an increasing disparity in their academic performance since they have not acquired the knowledge needed to match the standards of their current grade level. The unpleasant feelings associated with reading and the reading process lead to limited reading experiences, or outright disinterest in reading, which is counterproductive to achieving academic achievement in school and in life. Your child's condition makes it very difficult for them to "read to learn" and "learn from reading," as seen by limited reading experiences and low enthusiasm to read.

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Give Your Child the Gift of Success

Mrs. Harvin’s passion for educating students with learning differences and disorders, is the Spirit which guided the creation of GiftedApples Learning in 2016. 


GiftedApples' vision is to provide a structured and professional learning environment where children and adults with learning differences can receive personalized instruction.


Mrs. Harvin began this journey in 1991, organizing SchoolRoom Professional Tutors.  In 1995, the State of Ohio granted a charter for the opening of her school,  Shaker-East Academy Christian School. 


GiftedApples' Mission


" Restore to Every Child Hope, Confidence and Joy From Success in Reading."


At GiftedApples, students are provided with numerous opportunities to practice 'learning to read' , 'learning from reading' and 'reading to learn'.


Using evidence-based practices of The National Reading Panel Report (NICHD,2000) and the International Dyslexia Association,  Reading and Specialists at GiftedApples guide students' learning through Socratic inquiry, utilizing systematic and explicit multisensory instruction with each each of the six pillars of reading.  .


Individuals do not out-grow their learning disabilities and require instructional intervention to learn the knowledge and skill expectations closer to their grade level.

 



With intervention from a GiftedApples Reading and Literacy Specialist, our students become successful at reading and decoding words, comprehending text, and understanding the principles of arithmetic necessary to solve problems. 


At GiftedApples we realize that students with severe reading, math, and language comprehension disorders, often experience negative learning outcomes in school which can lead to negative emotions due to frustration,  lack of success due to poor or failing grades, and increased embarrassment from of falling behind their grade-level peers.


The negative emotions connected to reading and the reading process result in limited reading experiences (literally not wanting to read), which is necessary to achieve in school and become academically successful in life. 


Individuals do not out-grow their learning disabilities and require instructional intervention to learn the knowledge and skill expectations closer to their grade level.


The earlier intervention is provided for children with reading and learning disabilities, the more success a child will have at catching up with grade-level work instead of falling farther and farther behind.


By the time children reach the 4th and 5th grade levels, their experiences with reading, the reading process and trying to comprehend what is heard or read, cause learning to become increasingly challenging with each higher grade level, and within each content area course in which integrated reading is be required.


With intervention from a Reading and Literacy Specialist, a student can make gains and learn strategies to become successful at reading text, understanding the principles of arithmetic and solving math and science problems.


Children, teens and adults with reading, math and learning disabilities deserve and have the legal right under Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015 (ESSA PL-115-95) that, "...disadvantaged and high-need students be taught to high academic standards that will prepare them to succeed in college and careers..."


With intervention from a Reading and Literacy Specialist at GiftedApples Literacy and eLearning, your child will learn the knowledge, skills and strategies to

  • Become successful at blending and decoding words
  • Read phrases, sentences and connected text
  • Use comprehension strategies to understand the genres of English writings
  • Utilize text structure to comprehend

        non-fiction, evidence and test structure

  • Understand the principles of arithmetic to solve math

Reading, Math, and More

Our dedicated team of tutors offers professional career tutoring and specialized ACT and SAT test preparation. With personalized support, we ensure that every student reaches their full potential. We also offer all pre-K–5 reading and math programs, such as:


  • Early middle and high school reading and math instruction
  • 3rd Grade Reading Guarantee and Grades 4–8 All-Subjects Test Instruction
  • High School Ohio State Test; ACT/SAT Instruction, Practice and Prep


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Comprehensive Learning Services

At Gifted Apples, we offer comprehensive learning services specifically tailored to enhance your child's math and reading skills. With a focus on building a solid foundation and fostering a love for learning, our goal is to empower students to reach their full potential. Discover the difference personalized tutoring can make at Gifted Apples.

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • Why is Gifted Apples so popular?

    Gifted Apples provides exceptional tutoring services in Cleveland, OH. Our tutoring teachers are certified, licensed, and well-versed in the subject they are tutoring. We provide math tutoring, reading tutoring, and test prep. Contact us today to get started!

  • How does online tutoring work with Gifted Apples?

    Design of Intervention Learning Options and Digital Course Selection


    With Gifted Apples, online tutoring is very much like learning at school. The difference is that your learning session is private with your teacher, and the instruction provided to you is designed especially for you. Occasionally, you and another student, or even a group of 4, may participate in a unique learning activity that will increase the transfer of a newly learned skill by engaging in an activity with a peer partner or partner teams. However, small grouping is not typical with Gifted Apples for intensive Tier III instruction. If a small group activity is planned, you will break out of the group to resume your individual, private session when the activity is complete.


    Your individually designed learning option is taught by a certified and licensed “tutor”, and is scheduled by appointment. You will be able to log in to our instructional learning platform to stream videos during instructional time, which will be recorded for progress monitoring and evaluation. An online, supportive course of study will support all of your learning sessions. Your tutor will schedule a time to work with you on your online course of study based on your scheduled calendar, but you may also study independently on your online course by logging in at any time.


    Supportive courses are required for the 3-month, 4-month, 5-month, 6-month, or 7-month intervention options.


    At no additional cost, we offer a 2-session per month bonus. Your intervention program will include the additional “2 Sessions Bonus,” which will be scheduled each month and will provide additional learning in one of our adaptive, predictive sequential online courses.


    The 2-Session Bonus shall be applied to all intervention program options.


    Refer to our How It Works page for more details.


    Is testing required?


    Yes. An individual assessment of your abilities in the area(s) in which you are seeking help is necessary and required to meet educational standards and curriculum guidelines established by your state’s Department of Education.


    The individual assessment observation and tutoring phase (IA&OT) is planned and starts with the initial screening. It then evaluates reading skills in areas such as word study (phonology/phonemic awareness), fluency (naming words quickly), vocabulary, rate of fluency for proper comprehension, and retelling of a story to see how well the reader understood the text. Motivation for reading and learning is also observed.


    An evaluation of your basic math skills needed to solve different types of math problems, your vocabulary of basic math concepts needed to understand math problems, your reading comprehension skills needed to understand the language of math problems and your familiarity with formulas for solving unknown variables. word problems and math equations will be evaluated using traditional testing resources administered by your interventionist or tutor as well as online computer-adapted assessments.

  • How are instructional and intervention sessions calculated?

    Why is so much instructional time required?


    Gifted Apples offers six (6) intensive intervention learning options ranging from 750 to 2500 minutes or the equivalent of 15 to 50 clock hours per session. One (1) Carnegie credit is 120 clock hours/7200 minutes. There are four quarters in the traditional school year, equivalent to 30 clock hours or 1800 minutes per academic quarter. A typical reading or math class is based on 40 minutes of instruction five days per week, totaling 200 minutes per week x nine weeks, equal to 1800 minutes or 30 clock hours. If Gifted Apples’ intervention sessions were delivered for 40 minutes, 5 days per week for 9 weeks, students would receive a total of 1800 minutes, or 30 clock hours—equivalent to 0.25 credit hours or 1 academic quarter of instruction. Gifted Apples intervention sessions are 50 minutes, which provides more intensity since students cannot attend five intervention sessions per week. At 50-minute sessions, your child will receive 2250 minutes, or 37.5 clock hours, of private, individual intervention compared to the traditional 40-minute class session with 18–26 students per class. Our classes are designed on a clock-hour basis so that instruction can be aligned with traditional credit courses in most academic programs.


    What is the Learning Gap Guarantee?


    The Close the Learning Gap Guarantee is designed to increase your skill and knowledgeability by 15% on critical components of reading and math assessed during your Individual Assessment and Observation Tutoring Phase (A&OT). Word development, fluency development, comprehension development, basic math, algebra, and geometry are just a few examples of the subjects or learning targets that students enrolled in an Intervention Option program must work on with their tutors or interventionists for a total of 150 minutes per month for three (3) consecutive months.

  • How do I earn Gifted Apples Learning Stipend?

    Earned credits and stipend award


    In our effort to support your academic success, we will award you a monetary stipend for each month that you fulfill the Learning Gap Guarantee (LG Guarantee). You can earn three (3) credits per month for each consecutive month you attend your intervention option session for 150 minutes and complete your online supportive class learning for 150 minutes on a single course without absence. Each credit is worth $10. Students can earn nine (9) credits by the end of their Intervention Option Program and be awarded $90.


    The maximum award is $90 per household. Students must complete their 16; 20; 24; or 28-week program according to the LG criteria of 150 minutes per month in both classroom sessions and online learning on a single course, without absence. Students will receive their GiftedApples Stipend Award at the end of their Intervention Option Program.


    Refer to our learning terms for details.


    Can I change my learning program option?


    Yes. You can change your learning program option, but your initial areas of concern will still be targeted for instruction. In order to maintain a “balanced learning structure”, an increase or decrease in the frequency or intensity of instruction in a specific area may be modified. Instead of having to change your learning program, an evaluation of your skills and abilities may be reassessed. Based on the data from the curriculum-based measurement of your learning growth or deficiencies, the learning program may be modified and/or differentiated.


    You can also decrease or increase your session hours without changing your enrollment contract.

  • What forms of payment do you accept?

    Gifted Apples accepts all credit and debit cards, Paypal accounts, ACH processing payments, and payment installment plans.


    Payment Installment Plan Options


    Note: If you choose Installment Pay Pal, your GAs program Intervention Option Program will not begin for approximately two weeks but not later than twenty (20) days from the date of completion of your Assessment and Observation Phase. This time frame allows for the review of all testing data, the writing of the intervention plan report, the preparation of the intervention plan program, and the scheduling of the course of study program and calendar.


    Installment Payment Plan

    • If you pay the Assessment & Observation Phase (A&OT) fee in full, you will receive a ten percent (10%) deduction off of the initial A&OT Phase fee.
    • A minimum of one-third (1/3) of the A&OT Phase fee is due before the initiation of testing and in conjunction with your Tutoring and Intervention Contract.
    • You can also choose to pay for your child’s Assessment and Observation Phase fee in three installments, the first of which must be paid at the time of enrollment.
    • If you opt for an agreed-upon installment plan for your intervention option program, individual private tutoring, or small group virtual class, your invention option program will be scheduled and begin in accordance with your agreed-upon installment plan and course of study schedule.
    • A 2.5% convenience fee for the 2-payment installment payment plan a 3.5% convenience fee for the 3-payment installment payment plan or a 4.5% convenience fee for the 4-payment installment payment plan shall be charged for each billing transaction of each installment.

    Note: The maximum installments for our intervention option programs will be four (4).


    When is the remaining balance of my tutoring program due?


    For our assessment and evaluation of your child, your enrollment fee plus one-third (1/3) of the Assessment and Observation Tutoring (A&OT) Phase fee must be paid at the time of your enrollment. You may pay in full and receive a ten (10) percent discount, or you may have the option to pay for your A&OT fee in three installments, of which one-third of your A&OT Phase fee would be due upon enrollment, along with an extended time to pay for the A&OT from the initiation of your child’s assessment. Your assessment and observation tutoring will be scheduled and initiated with only one-third of the fee submitted.


    If you enroll in an Intervention Option Program, Individual Private Tutoring, Small Group Virtual Class, or Online Course, all fees, plus two-thirds (2/3s) or sixty-six percent of the Assessment & Observation Tutoring Phase fee, must be paid before your Individual Learning Option Program can be initiated.


    Refer to our learning terms for details.

  • What is the refund policy?

    Refunds


    Gifted Apples will provide additional tutoring (up to nine sessions) at no cost to your parents if your academic performance does not increase by 15% in any of the assessed areas measured during the Assessment and Observation Tutoring Phase. If, after the additional tutoring and instruction, there is no significant improvement in the target areas assessed, Gifted Apples will return up to 100% of your tuition for the nine sessions required by the Closing the Learning Gap Guarantee (including the enrollment fee).

  • What is the withdrawals & cancellation policy?

    Withdrawals and cancellations


    If you withdraw from your GAs Learning Program or cancel your intervention option plan, you will be eligible for a refund on the following terms:


    • If you choose to withdraw your enrollment within three (3) days or 72 hours before the first scheduled

    In the Assessment and Observation Tutoring (A&OT) Phase, we will refund 100% of the tuition you have paid, less the enrollment, course Setup and administration fees.


    • If you choose to withdraw your enrollment after three (3) days or 72 hours before the first scheduled A&OT phase, we will refund 60% of the tuition you have paid, less the enrollment course.

    Setup and administration fees

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    Apples Literacy Advance and Math 4–12 Academy d/b/a Gifted Apples Literacy and E-Learning complies with all Federal Trade Commission laws and complies with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 guidelines.


    This part implements the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (15 U.S.C. 6501, et seq.),  which prohibits unfair or deceptive acts or practices in connection with the collection, use, and/or disclosure of personal information from and about children on the Internet.

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