Rapid Improvement
in Reading, Writing, and Spelling
Children, Teens, and Adults

Providing Literacy Instruction that Works

Each child requiring remediation possesses a varied level of literacy skills and abilities. EBLI provides revolutionary speech-first instruction that help level the playing field, assisting each student to reach their highest literacy potential. The comprehensive, explicit EBLI instruction is effective regardless of diagnoses including dyslexia, learning disabilities, ADHD, ASD, or cognitive challenges. The EBLI system closes the literacy gap for learners of all ages and ability levels.

Quickly Strengthen Weaknesses

Closing the gap can take hours, not years. This provides learners with the opportunity to be successful, engaged participants in the classroom. Parents desire streamlined instruction that results in high-level literacy for their child. At EBLI’s Ounce of Prevention Reading Center, your child will be taught by the same respectful, dedicated, highly-experienced EBLI interventionist at each session. Instruction will be individualized based on the learner’s needs and will be purposeful and targeted toward areas that require strengthening

What You Need to Know About
Intervention Sessions

What to Expect

At your first visit, we take a short history of your child and do a brief assessment. This assessment, done initially and again at the last session, consists of your child reading lists of real and nonsense words, reading a passage for 1 minute, and a handwriting inventory for 1 minute.
Your child will work 1:1 with the interventionist who assessed them for their subsequent
instruction. A parent or adult who accompanies the child will be invited in the room on the first session and has the option to view all other sessions via live feed in our viewing room.

Parent Support

EBLI sessions include interaction with parents and documents about how to support your child at home between scheduled instruction and after sessions are completed. Often children who have not yet become proficient readers present with anxiety or behavior difficulties that convey their frustration. In these cases, a respectful, consistent plan to be carried out in their sessions and by you at home will help them transition to confident, relaxed,
successful learners.

In-Person or Virtual Instruction

Instruction is provided in-person at our center in mid-Michigan or from anywhere in the world
virtually. We do currently have a waitlist for our 1 on 1 private student instruction. Sessions are one hour in length and are scheduled once a week at a consistent day and time.

Fill out this form if you’re interested in being added to our waitlist

Ounce of Prevention Reading Center
and EBLI Headquarters

“My daughter has struggled since 1st grade trying to learn how to read. We were running out of options until a neighbor (teacher) told me to call this number (OOPRC). After 12 hours of instruction, she not only has jumped 3 grade levels, her spelling has improved, and she is reading all the time when before it was a struggle. I wish I could shout it from the roof tops to all the parents out there, like me, who just want to help their children learn to read that there is a place – a wonderful place that can work miracles.”

Sandy Minkwic Parent

“I would like to tell any parent who feels like their child is lost that there is a place. A place where your child will feel welcome and loved and a place where your child can grow and reach their full-potential. If you feel like you have tried everything, if you feel like you have done everything know that you haven’t. What are you waiting for? Another school year to go by?”

Jennelle Merrell Parent

“Omg!!!!!! EBLI is amazing!!! My son who will be going into 2nd grade in the fall and is dyslexic started about a month ago and the gains we have seen are tremendous!! This is also all done virtually once a week and the gains have far surpassed his 5/week MTA small group classes!”

Lori Mor Parent

“My son couldn’t read, not a lick! The school told us that they (the school) did not have the tools in their toolbox to help him read. I started looking around for a positive solution. I prayed for a divine intervention that would break the cycle of frustration and transform my son into a reader. As soon as I walked into OOPRC I knew my prayers were answered. The staff described what kind of child and learner my son was. There wasn’t anything wrong with him; he just needed tobe taught in a different way. With plenty of love and the “right tools” my son became a boy who enjoys reading.”

Kelly White Parent

“My son went through the EBLI program and he did learn to read. He worked very hard and he started 9th grade at reading level. A huge accomplishment for all! He graduated somewhere in the middle of his class! He didn’t drop out, he didn’t scrape by, he succeeded! He is the living example that EBLI works.”

Kathy Kujat Parent

“EBLI helped my son and daughter learn to read. They both struggled with reading in kindergarten. Prior to EBLI they would just guess at words. The skills they learned through EBLI have made a huge difference. They are both successful readers now. I would strongly recommend EBLI for any child who struggles with reading.”

Jana Van Wert Parent

“EBLI has been a life saver for us. After 12 weeks our daughter is freely reading on her own and has the confidence to read to her brothers and other family members. I never thought I’d see the day where she would pack books to take on vacation, but she has! Alissa and the EBLI team have turned a very sensitive subject into something that now brings us all great joy. I can’t thank them enough!”

Courtney Pike Parent

Unique EBLI Intervention and
Cognitive Function Support

EBLI Intervention that Aligns with the Science of Reading

At Ounce of Prevention Reading Center, your child will receive explicit instruction and practice in the foundational components of reading, spelling, handwriting, and writing. EBLI instruction is based on the most recent research on how the brain learns to read, providing a bridge from the science to instruction with students who have low level literacy, including dyslexia.

Individualized Cognitive Activity Instruction

All children have different strengths and weaknesses; our goal is to strengthen their weaknesses. Attention, processing speed, sequencing information, focus, motor planning and motor movement all impact literacy acquisition and vary between children. If these non-academic areas are hindering progress, we will do targeted activities with your child to strengthen these cognitive processes.

Interactive
Metronome

Ounce of Prevention Reading Center has provided Interactive Metronome to a subset of our clients for over 20 years. This non-academic, highly-researched timing and rhythm training tool
helps students improve memory, focus, attention, motor skills, sequencing, processing, and other cognitive functions. Typical IM training at OOPRC is 3 times a week for 5 weeks.

Rapid Improvement
in Reading, Writing, and Spelling
Children, Teens, and Adults

Providing Literacy Instruction that Works

Quickly Strengthen Weaknesses