Multisensory Reading Clinic

 

Our Reading Specialist

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Ruth Tougas has been in the field of education for more than 30 years. She has helped students from university, college, secondary, elementary, and individuals from all walks of life to succeed. She has the expertise in reading and spelling instruction with more than nine years of 100% success in literacy intervention, remediation and prevention from the Multisensory Reading Clinic.

 

She was a Workshop Facilitator in different community organizations and at schools such as the YMCA and Concordia University, a Tutor for students with disabilities at Concordia University, and a College Instructor at the General Santos Institute of Arts & Technology.  She was also a Literacy Specialist at the Lester Pearson School in Verdun Montreal, where she assessed the individual student's reading strengths and needs, recommended by the Resource Team, and provided literacy intervention and remediation to nonreaders and struggling readers with unparalleled SUCCESS!

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With the goals of providing effective lifetime solutions to individuals with difficulties in learning to read, write, spell, and comprehend and to accommodate students from different schools and communities, on September 15, 2015, the ​Multisensory Reading Clinic was born - and all who have asked for her help, young and old, have had constant decoding progress and    permanent gains.

 

Besides, she also works as a Literacy Consultant specializing in helping individuals with dyslexia and other disabilities and disorders and gives literacy training and workshops to teachers and parents, mostly at schools in Laval and Montreal areas.

 

She has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Language and Literature. She studied Applied Human Sciences, specializing in Human Relations, at Concordia University, where she graduated with distinction. She has also studied inclusive education (special needs) at McGill with a GPA of 3.84/4.0 and at Harvard University's education & teacher training focusing on family engagement in education.

 

A Kurzweil 3000 Trainer, with expertise in customizing instructions based on an individual’s specific needs, she is also a Learning Disabilities Specialist, an Assistive Technology Specialist, and a Learning Strategist with an advanced program of studies in learning disabilities and strategies for individuals with learning disabilities and disorders and mental illness, where during her schooling, she achieved the highest grade of 99% and the average grade of 92% and graduated as SCHOLARS with perfect GPA (4.0/4.0) in all of the four programs.

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A dyslexic, with ADHD, she has experience and training in different reading programs: The Wilson Reading System, the RX for Discovery Reading, the PCI Reading Program, and the Recipe for Reading, to mention only a few. She has also traveled extensively to the United States to obtain her Orton-Gillingham intensive training at Associate and Certified Levels and incorporate the Orton-Gillingham approach into her teaching. She also attends workshops and conferences in Canada and the United States to stay informed about education trends.  

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Furthermore, she is also a professional member of the International Dyslexia Association (IDA), a membership restricted to professionals who have specialized training in structured instruction that aligns with the IDA Standards.