Children's Dyslexia Center

Children's Dyslexia Center is a tutoring service in Bay City, MI. It is a non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation established in 1994 as a charitable outreach program by the Supreme Council, Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction. The center focuses on helping children with dyslexia learn to read and reach their full potential while assisting families in managing the challenges associated with the condition. It serves children ages six to eighteen using an Orton-Gillingham approach that is multisensory, systematic, and sequential. Tutors meet with students twice a week for one hour in a one-on-one setting during the school year. Most students complete the program after 100 lessons, which typically takes two academic years. The center reports a 92.4% success rate in helping children meet or exceed their proper reading grade level within that timeframe. Beyond direct student tutoring, the organization provides training for teachers and other adults to work with students who have difficulty with reading and language processing. It also offers access to research and maintains a database of teaching methods for students with dyslexia. The Literacy Practitioner Training Program includes four days of summer instruction, four Saturdays of graduate-level classroom instruction, and a 100-hour practicum of tutoring with two students at the center. Mary Trogan serves as Center Director and Allison Sova serves as Business Manager.

The location at 614 Center Ave is situated about 0.1 miles from the Bay County Building and the Alice and Jack Wirt Public Library. It is also near North Madison Avenue, 7th Street, the Van Buren Street Theatre, and the Bay City Police Department, all within 0.2 miles.

Children's Dyslexia Center holds a rating of 3.70 based on customer reviews. Its specific focus on Orton-Gillingham instruction and practitioner training distinguishes it as a specialized resource for reading support in Bay City.