Allison Nucerino

He is on the right path and everyone is pleased.

Last May, when our son was at the end of first grade and the school recommended we retain him, you advised that we negotiate delaying that decision until just before school starts and tutor him during the summer using the Barton System. I have been working with him for about an hour a day, 5 days a week, using your system. We breezed through levels 1 and 2, but learned lots of great tools — especially for b-p-d confusion. When we reached level 3, we spent two months working through it, and his improvement is phenomenal.

As far as the school, they gave him a reading test on August 20, and much to their surprise, he is at a level 16 — right where he should have been at the end of 1st grade! His comprehension and ability to sound out words is amazing. They were also amazed at how well he was able to sound out words when they dictated a sentence. He heard every sound, a huge improvement over 2 1/2 months ago.

In fact, my son mentioned one of the spelling rules to their Reading Specialist. She asked me about it, so I explained some of the spelling rules to the school officials, and they were really impressed — so much so that the reading specialist wants to take a look at your system. They actually thought I had an education background after talking with me, but no, I am an accountant at heart – a far cry from a teacher.

The assistant principal agrees that what I have done has helped, so she is now willing to let me come to school to work with Sammy two times a week during his normal “reading specialist” time so that he can continue on the same path. I have gotten them to understand that the whole language approach was not working for him. This from a school which is completely focused on the whole language approach.

So in the end, we have decided to send him on to second grade. He is on the right path and everyone is pleased.

This year, he received the “Student of the Month” award for attitude and achievement.

Prior to Barton tutoring, Dustin struggled in school. Three years ago, at age 10, his teachers said that he could not spell, and his reading was far below grade level. They told me he was “unteachable.” They painted a bleak picture for his future academics and stated, “We don’t know how he will get through high school — or even middle school.”

He became more and more frustrated with school work, and he began to have serious socialization and behavioral problems.When I questioned his teachers about the possibility of dyslexia, they said, “Oh, you want to label him.” They were in no way helpful. I had no idea where to turn.

At that point, I did an internet search on dyslexia and found your website. You sent me a list of Certified Barton Tutors, and I hired one.

After three years of twice-a-week Barton tutoring, Dustin is about to finish Level 10, and his life has changed. He is happier. He says, “This is the best year!” School is easier. He is getting A’s and B’s. His GPA is 3.5.

This year, he received the “Student of the Month” award for attitude and achievement. He was the recipient of the Vice Principal’s Recognition award. He has also received awards for productivity and helpfulness.

His teacher reports that Dustin is flying through math and reading. She is amazed that he knows high school level words.

Thank you so much for your work. It has made a vast difference for our son. We are so grateful.

The Barton System brings hope and opportunity
to bright minds

I am a Special Needs Coordinator at a private school who accidentally stumbled upon the Barton System three years ago.

Although I have a Master’s in Education, along with a California Teaching Credential, I never learned the essentials of phonemic awareness or how to tutor students with dyslexia and ADD.

The Barton System saved me — and my students. Within a few weeks, one of my third graders said, “Thanks for teaching me how to sound out words.”

Whether I’m tutoring a kindergartner or an eighth grader, the results are superb. It’s 100% foolproof.

A huge burden has been lifted from these bright students who, at one point, thought they were stupid.

The Barton System brings hope and opportunity to bright minds, who would otherwise be overlooked and misunderstood.

My son read a book and wrote a paper by himself —
something I never thought he would ever be able to do.

My name is Tammy Hughes, and I am the Chair for the Accelerated Reader program.

After 6 long years of watching my son, Matt, struggle with reading, spelling and writing, I finally found a program that works for him. The result have been simply OUTSTANDING.

Matt is 12 years old and in 6th grade.

He has had an IEP since 2nd grade.
His progress was at snail’s pace at best.
His teachers and staff tried everything they could to help him.
As parents, we spent thousands of dollars on private tutoring and anything else we thought would help him.

Yet when he graduated from 5th grade, he could only read at the 2nd grade reading level.
He would guess at every single word when he would try to read.
He could only put very simple words three-letter words to paper.
He couldn’t even write a simple sentence.
But he could comprehend at or above grade level, if the material was read to him.
He completely understood the curriculum as long as he doesn’t have read it.
All his teachers said he was an incredibly hard worker.

I have been using the Barton Reading and Spelling System for the last 6 months.
The difference is night and day!
He can write simple sentences and paragraphs now, with capitalization and punctuation.
He can read without guessing. He knows how to sound out words.
For the first time in his life, Matt wrote a book report for school, with absolutely no help from me.
When he brought it home and showed it to me, I actually cried.

My son read a book and wrote a paper by himself — something I never thought he would ever be able to do.

Tutoring with the Barton System has changed his life,
and ours, too.

My son, Garrett, was labeled an “at risk” student every year of his school career. But every year we were told he was not far enough behind to be placed in resource.

The school’s answer was motivation. Garrett was simply not a motivated student. We tried to motivate him with prizes, money, stars — anything and everything — to no avail. So we struggled, trying to help Garrett any way we could, only to have him eventually start acting out his frustration. Everything we tried left us all frustrated, tense, and angry.

This year, he has gotten an hour of one-on-one Barton tutoring as part of his school day, which has changed all that. Not only is Garrett doing his own homework for the first time in his life, but his grades are good — A’s and B’s — and all on his own!

He is so much more fun to be around now. He is not moody, evasive, touchy, gloomy or destructive anymore. I’ve got my happy, playful, fun son back.

Tutoring with the Barton System has changed his life, and ours, too.

I tutored six students with the Barton System at my school last year. Those six were in the lowest of the low reading groups.

This year, all of them are in the middle or high reading groups.

In fact, the one student who completed all ten levels has been taken out of special education because he no longer needs it. According to the GORT, he now reads at the 8th grade level.

I just wanted to let you know that Evan is now an official Barton graduate. He made it all the way through Level 10.

Thanks to your system, his teacher says he’s at the top of his class and is actually “overachieving.” How many severely dyslexic kids can make that claim!

This is probably my 50th thank you, but it is as heartfelt and well-deserved as my first.

My son has been doing the Barton System with me since the end of first grade. He just finished second grade.

I just got his STAR testing results, and his HUGE advances are remarkable after only one year of tutoring.

But the scores don’t tell the whole story. Not only did he pass second grade with no problems, but (and this is what is most important to me), he is reading for pleasure.

He gets into bed at night with a chapter mystery book and reads until I tell him “lights out.”

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

For my Master’s research topic, I chose dyslexia and effective teaching methods. A comparison was made between the Barton System and the other Orton-Gillingham-based systems in terms of the cost and training involved, ease of use, and its effectiveness.

The Barton System ended up with the highest recommendation in all three areas.

My instructor said my thesis was the best she had ever read and recommended that I get it published in an educational journal. Wow!