Redwood Academy

Redwood Academy offers tutoring, assessments, and group intervention for students with learning differences, including structured literacy tutoring and before and after school programming. The program provides dyslexia testing, dysgraphia screening, dyscalculia screening, reading fluency and comprehension testing, and spelling and word identification assessments. It also offers intensive summer sessions and an 8-week guided cohort experience.

• Schedule: 8-week guided cohort experience
• Price: $979 one time cost (Parent Support Program); $600/month (Small Group & 1-1 Tutoring)

Redwood Academy offers both in-person learning centers in Chicago and online programming across the US, with in-person options that include before and after school programming and intensive summer sessions. Online programming features expert-led assessments and tutoring sessions that are described as flexible and accessible, and families can enroll online in 10 minutes and start sessions, with appointments available as soon as the same week. The program states that schedules are customizable and that students are matched with a specialist in dyslexia, dysgraphia, and dyscalculia.

The specialists at Redwood Academy are board-certified in special education and trained as dyslexia, dysgraphia, and dyscalculia intervention experts, and the curricula used are described as having been proven effective for students with these learning differences based on research studies, norm-referenced data, and student testimonials. The leadership team includes Founder & CEO Kait Feriante (Wilson Reading System® Certified, Learning Behavior Specialist), Founder Andre Feriante (Wilson Reading System® Certified, Reading Specialist), Director of Partnerships Jillian Patten (Executive Board Member of The Reading League New Mexico), Director of Programming Sammi Oberman (Wilson Reading System® Certified, Learning Behavior Specialist, SPED), Assistant Director of Programming Rachel Halverson (Wilson Reading System® Certified, Chris Woodin Trained®, SPED), Site Manager at Rogers Park Stephanie Orozco (Writing Our World™ Trained, Learning Behavior Specialist), and Site Manager at Lincoln Park Jennifer Snell (Wilson Reading System® Certified, Early Childhood Certification).

Redwood Academy reports that 91% of students made documented norm-referenced growth for the 23/24 school year as measured by DIBELS and that 91% of Redwood students have made documented academic progress since 2018. The program describes its approach as structured literacy evidence-based intervention, combining proven methodologies with the latest in education research to create its own curriculum, and it provides quarterly data progress reports. Since 2018, the team reports having worked in 7 countries, impacted 1,500 students, and formed 20 school partnerships, offering group intervention in support of each child’s educational needs in settings that can be in-person, online, or through schools around the world.

Redwood Academy states that it exists so that all students with literacy struggles can access their dreams and that it focuses on cultivating hope and restoring confidence while working with students regardless of socio-economic background or learning differences. The program is an approved provider for Education Savings Accounts (ESAs) in select states, and eligible families can use ESA funds for dyslexia testing, dysgraphia screening, and structured literacy tutoring.

Parent, educator, and administrator testimonials describe renewed hope for a child’s reading, a dyslexic student becoming a confident reader, smooth collaboration with school teams to craft schedules, and access to highly trained instructors for small groups. Other testimonials note that Redwood Academy brings a wealth of knowledge and resources, that its work teaches struggling students to read and affects long-term outcomes such as confidence and job prospects, and that teachers have observed students writing more in class than before.

Last updated April 18, 2026.