Children's Dyslexia Centers

A Charity of Scottish Rite Freemasonry


For 25 years, the Children's Dyslexia Center (CDC), one of the four charities of the Scottish Rite Benevolent Foundation, has worked to provide children with dyslexia educational support and confidence. Offering one‐on‐one tutoring and educator certification, the CDC has become a national leader in the effort to help children and their families deal with the challenges presented by dyslexia through the Orton-Gillingham multisensory method.

Since the Scottish Rite, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction opened the first Children's Dyslexia Center in Massachusetts in 1994, it has expanded to 13 states with 43 Centers and two satellite tutoring locations. In that time, the organization has continuously worked to equip children with the skills and the confidence they need to approach learning with eagerness

and without fear.

The Children's Dyslexia Centers are nationally recognized for their dyslexia tutoring locations that provide intensive reading instruction for children in grades 1 through 12. We follow an Orton‐Gillingham based, multisensory structured language education (MSLE) approach. Lessons incorporate techniques that simultaneously activate sensory pathways to help children understand the written word.
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Children are tutored one‐on‐one twice a week after regular school hours. This allows for the curriculum to be tailored to each individual child and progress is made in small, quantifiable steps.

Today, we at the 32° Scottish Rite Freemasonry are thrilled to share that the next chapter of the Children's Dyslexia Center has officially begun. From its new branding and logo, to the freshly designed

website and new leadership, the CDC is poised to carry on its mission with renewed strength, making a difference to new generations of children in need.

A crucial part of sharing the CDC's new branding with the world and moving it forward is a modernized website. The new online home of the CDC better visually reflects the amazing work being done throughout the organization while providing helpful digital resources for parents, highlighting upcoming events, and housing a simplified online donation form.

Millions of children with dyslexia endure frustration and demoralization every single day as they struggle to acquire skills that many of us take for granted. Your support can help make a difference. Interested in donating to the Children's Dyslexia Center? Follow this link:Click here Grand Master-Elect James R. Hanby,Sr., has chosen the Scottish Rite Children's Learning Center/Local Scottish Rite Scholarship as his Charity for the 2024-2025 Masonic Year.