Children’s Dyslexia Centers Tutoring Program
33 Marrett Road, Lexington, MA 02421
About
The Children’s Dyslexia Centers Tutoring Program offers intensive reading instruction, reading instruction, tutoring, dyslexia remediation, and dyslexia intervention for children. Children receive one-on-one tutoring sessions that focus on structured reading support. The program uses an Orton-Gillingham based, multisensory structured language education approach, with lessons that incorporate techniques that simultaneously activate sensory pathways to help children understand the written word.
• Ages: 6–18 years old
• Schedule: Children are tutored one-on-one twice a week after regular school hours.
• Price: Our more than 40 Dyslexia Centers in 13 states provide intervention at reduced or no charge to children from early elementary through high school who have a profile suggesting dyslexia.
The Children’s Dyslexia Centers Tutoring Program is part of a network of more than 40 Children’s Dyslexia Centers in 13 states that are nationally recognized for dyslexia tutoring locations providing intensive reading instruction for children in grades 1 through 12. Over 16,000 children have been assisted through the program, and over 4,200 tutors have been certified in its training courses. Each Dyslexia Center is administered by its own director, has its own staff, and is governed by a volunteer Board of Governors that is broadly representative of the community in which the Center is located, and all Centers fall under a single not-for-profit Massachusetts corporation.
The program’s leadership and staff include Randy Clark, Executive Director; Carin M. Illig, EdD, Clinical Director; Cindy Allen-Fuss, MEd, Associate Clinical Director; Dan Quattrocchi, Accounting Manager; Daniel Pang, Payroll/Accounts Payable Manager; Susan Goldberg, Communications Coordinator; Donna Broderick, Administrative Assistant; Walter F. Wheeler, President; L. Arby Humphrey, Vice President; Kenneth A. Clay, Treasurer; Donald R. Heldman, Secretary; David Barnes, Director; Steven Smith, Director; Henry A. Haisch, Jr., Director; Larry Plasket, Director; Steven C. Stefanakos, Director; Howard D. Turner, Director; Scott D. Inglis, Director; G. Nicholas Graff, Director; Karen J. Avrit, Director; Mary Farrell, Director; and Shawn O’Brien, Director. Staff credentials specifically noted include Carin M. Illig, EdD, Clinical Director, and Cindy Allen-Fuss, MEd, Associate Clinical Director.
Scottish Rite Freemasons of the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction partnered with Massachusetts General Hospital’s Language Disorders Unit in 1994 to launch this effort to address challenges faced by children with dyslexia, and since its inception in 1994, the organization reports that it has changed lives with the help of professional staff, trainees, volunteers, and friends. The Children’s Dyslexia Centers is a charity of Scottish Rite, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction Freemasonry, and for more than 25 years, Scottish Rite Freemasonry of the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction has partnered with local communities through reading instruction, tutoring, and dyslexia remediation. Members and supporters of Scottish Rite, NMJ have served the Children’s Dyslexia Centers as board members, directors, tutors, donors, and fundraisers.
The mission of the Scottish Rite Freemasons related to this program includes three pledges: to help children with dyslexia learn to read and to reach their full potential; to help their families end the frustration, guilt, and disruption caused by dyslexia; and to help communities by developing Children’s Dyslexia Centers to help children succeed in and out of school. Children are eligible for the program regardless of economic status, and the 40 locations in 13 states provide both training courses and intervention to children. The program notes that its therapeutic techniques have a documented success rate, generally resulting in significant gain in reading level, and it holds IMSLEC accreditation.
Parent, graduate, and tutor testimonials about the Children’s Dyslexia Centers Tutoring Program include: “I feel truly blessed to have found this program. Without it, my child would have been left behind.” (Betty, Parent); “The big thing I have learned at the Children’s Dyslexia Center is that I am not dumb. It may take me longer to read, to study, to write, but I can do it.” (Josh, Graduate); “It is difficult to put into words what it means to find a beacon of light in our struggle to find help for our child.” (Robert, Parent); “If it weren’t for the Center helping me, I would not love school as much as I do now.” (Autumn, Graduate); and “My training at the Children’s Dyslexia Center has proven invaluable to my success in teaching these bright children with learning disabilities.” (Donna, Tutor).
Last updated May 13, 2026.
• Ages: 6–18 years old
• Schedule: Children are tutored one-on-one twice a week after regular school hours.
• Price: Our more than 40 Dyslexia Centers in 13 states provide intervention at reduced or no charge to children from early elementary through high school who have a profile suggesting dyslexia.
The Children’s Dyslexia Centers Tutoring Program is part of a network of more than 40 Children’s Dyslexia Centers in 13 states that are nationally recognized for dyslexia tutoring locations providing intensive reading instruction for children in grades 1 through 12. Over 16,000 children have been assisted through the program, and over 4,200 tutors have been certified in its training courses. Each Dyslexia Center is administered by its own director, has its own staff, and is governed by a volunteer Board of Governors that is broadly representative of the community in which the Center is located, and all Centers fall under a single not-for-profit Massachusetts corporation.
The program’s leadership and staff include Randy Clark, Executive Director; Carin M. Illig, EdD, Clinical Director; Cindy Allen-Fuss, MEd, Associate Clinical Director; Dan Quattrocchi, Accounting Manager; Daniel Pang, Payroll/Accounts Payable Manager; Susan Goldberg, Communications Coordinator; Donna Broderick, Administrative Assistant; Walter F. Wheeler, President; L. Arby Humphrey, Vice President; Kenneth A. Clay, Treasurer; Donald R. Heldman, Secretary; David Barnes, Director; Steven Smith, Director; Henry A. Haisch, Jr., Director; Larry Plasket, Director; Steven C. Stefanakos, Director; Howard D. Turner, Director; Scott D. Inglis, Director; G. Nicholas Graff, Director; Karen J. Avrit, Director; Mary Farrell, Director; and Shawn O’Brien, Director. Staff credentials specifically noted include Carin M. Illig, EdD, Clinical Director, and Cindy Allen-Fuss, MEd, Associate Clinical Director.
Scottish Rite Freemasons of the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction partnered with Massachusetts General Hospital’s Language Disorders Unit in 1994 to launch this effort to address challenges faced by children with dyslexia, and since its inception in 1994, the organization reports that it has changed lives with the help of professional staff, trainees, volunteers, and friends. The Children’s Dyslexia Centers is a charity of Scottish Rite, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction Freemasonry, and for more than 25 years, Scottish Rite Freemasonry of the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction has partnered with local communities through reading instruction, tutoring, and dyslexia remediation. Members and supporters of Scottish Rite, NMJ have served the Children’s Dyslexia Centers as board members, directors, tutors, donors, and fundraisers.
The mission of the Scottish Rite Freemasons related to this program includes three pledges: to help children with dyslexia learn to read and to reach their full potential; to help their families end the frustration, guilt, and disruption caused by dyslexia; and to help communities by developing Children’s Dyslexia Centers to help children succeed in and out of school. Children are eligible for the program regardless of economic status, and the 40 locations in 13 states provide both training courses and intervention to children. The program notes that its therapeutic techniques have a documented success rate, generally resulting in significant gain in reading level, and it holds IMSLEC accreditation.
Parent, graduate, and tutor testimonials about the Children’s Dyslexia Centers Tutoring Program include: “I feel truly blessed to have found this program. Without it, my child would have been left behind.” (Betty, Parent); “The big thing I have learned at the Children’s Dyslexia Center is that I am not dumb. It may take me longer to read, to study, to write, but I can do it.” (Josh, Graduate); “It is difficult to put into words what it means to find a beacon of light in our struggle to find help for our child.” (Robert, Parent); “If it weren’t for the Center helping me, I would not love school as much as I do now.” (Autumn, Graduate); and “My training at the Children’s Dyslexia Center has proven invaluable to my success in teaching these bright children with learning disabilities.” (Donna, Tutor).
Last updated May 13, 2026.
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