Indianapolis Children's Dyslexia Center
650 N. Meridian St., Indianapolis, IN 46204
About
Indianapolis Children's Dyslexia Center offers reading instruction, written language tutorial services, and dyslexia tutoring in a one-on-one clinical setting. The program provides dyslexia tutoring locations that offer intensive reading instruction for children in grades 1 through 12, using a curriculum based on the Orton-Gillingham approach and a sequential, multisensory phonetic approach to teaching and spelling. The curriculum is tailored to each individual child, with progress made in small, readily quantifiable steps.
• Ages: 6–17 years old
• Schedule: Children are tutored one-on-one twice a week after regular school hours.
• Price: Provide, free of charge, the highest quality multisensory reading and written language tutorial services for children with dyslexia. Services are provided at minimal or no cost to them or their families.
Since 1994, the Scottish Rite Masons, Northern Jurisdiction, have been national leaders in the effort to help children and their families overcome the painful obstacles of dyslexia. The mission of the Indianapolis Children's Dyslexia Center is to provide, free of charge, the highest quality multisensory reading and written language tutorial services for children with dyslexia through a network of nationally recognized centers of excellence, to promote and encourage education of professionals, tutorial trainees, and the public to become a resource in teaching children to read, and to advance scientific knowledge of dyslexia through support of clinical research to improve today’s standards and tomorrow’s care. The program also offers tutor training and training courses for tutors, with requirements for certification that include 50 hours of classroom instruction and 100 hours of practicum work under the supervision of qualified professionals, tutoring two children twice a week at a Learning Center, and a minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree as a prerequisite for this training. The training program is IMSLEC accredited, the training courses lead to certification in a nationally accredited program, and affiliations with institutions of higher education enable professionals who train as tutors at many Centers to earn full graduate course credits as well as continuing education credits. The Children’s Dyslexia Center of Indianapolis Program represents a substantial charitable commitment, following the philanthropic precedent of many other Masonic charities, and Masons do their charitable work at a level where a real difference can be made in the lives of individuals, families and communities. The Children’s Dyslexia Centers, Inc. are nationally recognized for their dyslexia tutoring locations, and the program was recognized by IndyStar as 2020's Best Learning Center / Tutor.
Last updated May 12, 2026.
• Ages: 6–17 years old
• Schedule: Children are tutored one-on-one twice a week after regular school hours.
• Price: Provide, free of charge, the highest quality multisensory reading and written language tutorial services for children with dyslexia. Services are provided at minimal or no cost to them or their families.
Since 1994, the Scottish Rite Masons, Northern Jurisdiction, have been national leaders in the effort to help children and their families overcome the painful obstacles of dyslexia. The mission of the Indianapolis Children's Dyslexia Center is to provide, free of charge, the highest quality multisensory reading and written language tutorial services for children with dyslexia through a network of nationally recognized centers of excellence, to promote and encourage education of professionals, tutorial trainees, and the public to become a resource in teaching children to read, and to advance scientific knowledge of dyslexia through support of clinical research to improve today’s standards and tomorrow’s care. The program also offers tutor training and training courses for tutors, with requirements for certification that include 50 hours of classroom instruction and 100 hours of practicum work under the supervision of qualified professionals, tutoring two children twice a week at a Learning Center, and a minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree as a prerequisite for this training. The training program is IMSLEC accredited, the training courses lead to certification in a nationally accredited program, and affiliations with institutions of higher education enable professionals who train as tutors at many Centers to earn full graduate course credits as well as continuing education credits. The Children’s Dyslexia Center of Indianapolis Program represents a substantial charitable commitment, following the philanthropic precedent of many other Masonic charities, and Masons do their charitable work at a level where a real difference can be made in the lives of individuals, families and communities. The Children’s Dyslexia Centers, Inc. are nationally recognized for their dyslexia tutoring locations, and the program was recognized by IndyStar as 2020's Best Learning Center / Tutor.
Last updated May 12, 2026.
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