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Doña Ana County
Literacy Conference Provider Directory
Have you read with a child today?
Our Mission
Encourage and educate families
about their important role in
raising a reader
Support schools in assuring that
students read on grade level by
the end of third grade
Facilitate community
involvement in helping young
readers be successful
Maria A. Flores, Board Chair
Children’s Reading Foundation of
Doña Ana County
P.O. Box 285
Mesilla NM 88046
Email contact:
Website:
readingfoundation.org/dona_ana
Avance-NM
Rebecca Cram 424 N Main Street Suite 100
Las Cruces, NM 88001
Office: 575-526-6666 Cell: 575-312-3343
Avance-NM • Costs/Fees:
– Free to all
• What population do you serve? – Parents, as well as other members of the family unit,
with children 0-5 years of age.
• AVANCE is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization whose main purpose is to strengthen and support educationally disadvantaged families with small children. Our mission is to unlock America’s potential by strengthening families through effective parent and child education and support programs.
Agency: Doña Ana Reading Council #34300 Contact: Blanca Merewether -or- Lorena Ancira Address: 1071 Boling Lane, Las Cruces, NM 88007 Phone: (575) 526-7805 Email: [email protected] Website: www.darcira.org/contact-us.html
Doña Ana Reading Council
Program Description
The Doña Ana Reading Council, affiliate of the New Mexico International Reading Association, is a
nonprofit, professional organization which provides information, support and service to all in the development of
literacy and the life-long love of reading.
Cost of Membership
$20.00 Annual Membership Fee
Who We Serve
DARC's membership - of teachers, educational specialists, administrators, parents, retired educators, university
professors, students and others - is committed to advocating for all in our community who strive for and promote literacy.
Doña Ana County Head Start
Contact Person: Amanda Gibson-Smith
Address: 2540 El Paseo, Suite B, Las Cruces< NM 88001
Phone: 575-647-8733 ext.111
Email Address: [email protected]
Doña Ana County Head Start
Costs/Fees: $0 We presently serve 258 children from low-income
families in Doña Ana County
Our Program: Head Start is a Federal program for preschool children from low-income families. Children who attend participate in a variety of educational activities. Children receive free medical and dental care, have healthy meals and snacks and enjoy playing indoors and outdoors in a safe setting. Services are offered to meet the special needs of children with disabilities.
Dyslexia Institute of Southern New Mexico, Inc.
Ellen Saige, Executive Director, Therapist PO Box 13507
Las Cruces, NM 88013 Physical Address: 1050 Monte Vista Ave., Las Cruces, NM
88001
575-649-2992 www.disnm.org
Dyslexia Institute of Southern New Mexico, Inc.
• Costs/Fees: $30 per session/individual therapy, $20 per session/small group, initial $40 materials charge. Partial scholarships available to continuing students.
• Population DISNM serves: Dyslexia Institute of Southern New Mexico, Inc. serves people of all ages who are affected by dyslexia or dyscalculia (severe difficulty with math): elementary, middle school and high school aged students, as well as college students and adults.
• Description of program: Using a highly structured
multisensory program developed by the Scottish Rite Children’s Hospital in Dallas, Dyslexia Institute of Southern New Mexico works with individuals of all ages who struggle with dyslexia. We work mainly one-on-one, or in small groups to build skills in reading, math and written language.
Name of Agency: Esperanza Children’s Therapy
Contact Person: Sandra I. Saenz, Clinical Director
Address: 1080 Med Park Ste A. Las Cruces, NM 88005
Phone: 575-647-3773
Email Address: www.esperanzachildrenstherapy.com
Costs/Fees: Contracted with all Medicaid Salud Programs, Medicaid
ACS, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Lovelace Health Plan, Presbyterian
Health Plan, GEHA-PPO, United Health Care, and TriWest. Self-pay
plans are also provided.
What population do you serve? Children and Adolescents from 3-18
years of age.
Esperanza Children’s Therapy offers specialized services in speech
and language, physical and occupational therapy for children ages
three to eighteen. The outpatient therapy facility is child friendly and
aims to provide a warm and welcoming home-filled environment.
Therapists work with children to reach their maximum potential and
attain their goals as established in collaboration with the family and
primary care physician. Esperanza Children’s Therapy supports
parents with their child’s development through individualized therapy
sessions.
Las Cruces Public Schools
Toyota Family Literacy Program
• Erlinda Martinez, Director
• Yolanda Silvia, Program Lead
• 505 South Main St. #249
• Las Cruces NM 88001
• 575-527-5883
Toyota Family Literacy Program
• Offered at five parent centers which are located throughout the district
• No Cost to Families
• Target audience: families of lower socio-economic status
Program Description
• Key Components of the Literacy Program – ABE/ESL classes
– Childcare is provided
– Parents learn to interact with their children through playtime opportunities
– Parents learn side by side with their children in the classroom.
– Workshops on Parenting Skills
Gym Magic, Inc.
Dr. Nancy Bates
2341 Entrada del Sol, Las Cruces, NM 88001
Website: gymmagic.com & learningfoundations.info
575.523.1616 or 575.644.3493
LEARNING
FOUNDATIONS:
a multi-level tutoring program
• Proven reading and language arts tutoring program that combines integrative movement with classroom instruction for children in K-6th grade
• Substantial improvement in fluency rates, self-confidence, coordination & motor skills
• Cost:
– Free to SES, Title I students from eligible schools
– Sliding scale for private pay
“Best program my child has been in.”
FLUENCY RATES
20 Hours of Instruction
0
50
100
150
200
250
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
FINAL
INITIAL
Students
Words per Minute
Name of Agency: Mariposa Autism Service Center
Contact Person: Katrina Hille, Clinical Director
Address: 301 Perkins Dr Ste B
Phone: 575- 526- 6682
Email Address: [email protected]
• Costs/Fees: ** depends on insurance groups/ funding sources**
• What population do you serve? Children with an autism spectrum diagnosis (up to age 18)
• As a department within the Aprendamos family, we strive to put children first and empower families. Mariposa Autism Service Center is committed to providing the most effective and evidence based services to children with Autism. We provide behavioral therapy based on the principles of Applied Behavior Analysis.
• Visit our link at : • http://vimeo.com/23618864
• Thomas Branigan Memorial Library • 200 E. Picacho
• Las Cruces, NM 88001
• Catherine Christmann
• Youth Services Manager
• (575) 528-4085
Thomas Branigan Memorial Library
• All programs are FREE
• We serve all citizens of the City of Las Cruces and Dona Ana County
• We offer weekly children’s reading programs: Read to Me (ages 3-5), Toddler Time (ages 18 months – 3), Mother Goose (infants), Rhythm Roundup (ages 2-5) and Fantastic Fridays (ages 7-11). We also have school vacation week specials and the summer reading program. Many schools, daycares and Headstart groups visit the library for programs throughout the year, and staff visit After School sites.
Tresco TOTS
Sylvia Washington, Director of Children Services 2325 E. Nevada
Las Cruces, NM 88001
575-527-4900
Tresco TOTS • Costs/Fees:
– State Entitlement Program, no direct cost to Families
• What population do you serve? – Children birth to age 3 in the Dona Ana, Sierra, and Otero
(Chaparral) County
• We serve children, birth to age 3 that have a Developmental Delay, are at Risk of having a Developmental Delay, or have an Established condition/diagnosis from a Pediatrician. We provide therapy; special instruction and parent education on child development and helping the family make gains in regards to their child’s development.
Literacy Volunteers of Doña Ana County
3400 South Espina Street Las Cruces, NM 88003 Contact: Stephen DeGiulio, Coordinator [email protected] (575) 527-7541 P. Leighton, Education Facilitator [email protected] (575) 527-7544
Literacy Volunteers of Doña Ana County
Program Description
• Free training for volunteer tutors.
• Free lessons in reading, speaking, and writing English for improvement in learners’ health, financial, and citizenship literacy.
• Free one-to-one or small group adult instruction.
LVDAC has tutoring sites throughout Doña Ana County.
• NM Lions Crane Reading Foundation
• Allen Crane: 649-5878
• Eldon Steelman: 373-2912
• 1400 North Sixth, Las Cruces
• nmlcrf.com
NM Lions Crane Reading Foundation
NMLCRF charges $5 for an hour session.
We serve readers at all levels. The typical reader doubles his/her reading speed in 24 sessions. We first screen for visual acuity and eye teaming. The NMLCRF program uses templates to improve fine motor skills, bouncing balls alternating the right and left hands to improve gross motor skills, computer programs to build phonics skills and another computer program to lead the student to read faster and faster.
Reading and Literacy Center New Mexico State University
Curriculum & Instruction
Contact person: Dr. Koomi Kim
Phone: 646-7183
Email: [email protected]
Reading and Literacy Center New Mexico State University Curriculum & Instruction Cost/Fees: There is no charge for this community service We work with K-8th graders and their families.
The Reading and Literacy Center provides a variety of reading/writing and literacy related sessions designed to foster and support literacy growth, as well as to build
confidence in learners’ reading and writing abilities.
First Step Center Dr. Stacey Frazier
390 Calle de Alegra Las Cruces, NM 88005
575-556-8200 [email protected]
First Step Center
• Costs/Fees: No cost for families • What population do you serve? Reach Out and Read
promotes literacy in 0-9 year olds with a primary focus on 6months – 5 years of age
• Please describe your program in 50 words or less: Reach Out
and Read prepares young children to succeed in school by partnering with doctors to prescribe books and encourage families to read together. Each child is given a new book at health prevention visits and the benefits of family reading are discussed. Reach Out and Read is a national, nonprofit, school readiness organization founded in 1989 at Boston Medical Center, through a collaboration of pediatricians and early childhood educators. ROR is supported by both public and private funding with the National Center providing training, technical assistance and partial funding support.
Family and Youth, Inc Janet Lindsey
1320 South Solano Las Cruces, NM 88001
575-522-4004 [email protected]
Family and Youth, Inc
• Costs/Fees: Most services are free of charge or sliding scale fee • What population do you serve? We serve all populations. All ages,
different socio-economical classes, sexual orientation, assisting at various levels in the individuals lives.
• FYI provides the following services: Consumer Benefits and Eligibility, Health Education, Prevention, and Intervention Programs, AmeriCorps, Child and Adult Care Food Program, Transitional Living Program, Family Focus, Comprehensive Community Support Services, Children’s Safehouse, Family Support Services, Functional Family Therapy, Juvenile Drug Court, Juvenile Community Corrections Program, Treatment Foster Care, BMS and Respite Care Services, Access and Visitation, Residential Group Homes
Enrich The Kids, Inc Angie Montes
2704 Sandigale Drive Las Cruces, NM 88011
575-571-7734 [email protected]
Enrich The Kids, Inc
• Costs/Fees: – Title I and 21st Century Learning Centers are free of charge,
parent paid programs are $10/day. • What population do you serve?
– We serve elementary school age students.
• We strive to: Provide quality child care and enrichment programs that are safe, affordable, and convenient. Assist children in their physical, intellectual, social, emotional, and creative growth. Provide children with positive interaction and opportunities to establish relationships with peers and adults. Involve children and parents in continuous program development and improvement. Provide qualified, caring staff members who participate in regular training and education
MECA Therapies, Inc Roberta Martinez-Flores
1350 Hillrise Circle Las Cruces, NM 88011
575-522-9500 [email protected]
MECA Therapies, Inc
• Costs/Fees: State and Federal Funds as well as private insurance
What population do you serve? • Birth-to-Three home and community services (Las Cruces and
Clovis, NM) • DD Waiver home and community services (Las Cruces, Clovis,
Roswell NM) • Birth-age 60, Outpatient Clinic (Las Cruces and Clovis, NM)
– Emphasis on pediatric population (Birth- 18) • MECA Therapies is a privately owned, accredited company
who provides comprehensive rehabilitation through diagnostic and treatment services. We employ both English and Spanish speaking therapists who serve children and adults within our programs. Primary services provided include: Speech, Physical and Occupational Therapy however, we provide a number of additional services.
Mission:
To facilitate collaboration and leverage
resources between public and private
sectors to support educational excellence
and optimize the county’s workforce.
Vision:
All students in Doña Ana County
graduate with skills to compete
in an international workforce.
Building The Bridge for Student Success
Improving Education
To Prepare a Well-Qualified
Workforce
For a Stronger Economic Future
for Doña Ana County
Building Support for a Public-Private Partnership
A Unique Public-
Private Partnership:
Economic
Development
Business Sectors
Government
Education
Aprendamos Intervention Team Abel Covarrubias, CEO
Celina Waller, Program Director 301 Perkins Ste. B
Las Cruces, NM 88001 575-526-6682
Aprendamos
• Costs/Fees: This is a free program for children.
• What population do you serve? – We provide services to children from birth to 3 years of
age. • APRENDAMOS Intervention Team provides early intervention
services for children birth to three. We offer therapy and consultation services to children in our community who are at risk or may have a developmental delay. We provide services in the child’s natural environment which may include the child’s home, daycare or community setting. We provide bilingual services in the areas of occupational, physical and speech therapy, family therapy, social work services, nutrition and nursing services.
Therapaws-Reading Education Assistance Dogs (R.E.A.D.)
Steve McIlree 7280 Cougar Ln
Las Cruces, NM 88012 575-532-9595
Therapaws-Reading Education Assistance Dogs (R.E.A.D.)
Costs/Fees: Therapaws is a volunteer organization. • What population do you serve? Children who are experiencing
difficulties with reading due to anxiety in reading aloud to adults or peers.
• The Reading Education Assistance Dogs (R.E.A.D.) program
improves children's reading skills by a unique method: reading to a dog. Children who experience tension when reading to peers or adults, relax and find reading enjoyable when reading to the non-judgmental listener provided by a friendly dog. peers or adults, relax and find reading enjoyable when reading to the non-judgmental listener provided by a friendly dog.
NMSU Pan American Dance Institute
LITERACY THROUGH MOVEMENT • Performances for children (PreK-5th)
• In-service training for teachers
• Workshops for children
Contact: Ann Gavit, [email protected], 575-646-2070
BRINGING BOOKS TO LIFE
“Cactus Poems”
“Where the Wild Things Are”
“Snapshots from a Wedding”
“The Squiggle”
“Chicka Chicka Boom Boom”
“The Very Hungry Caterpillar”
El día de los niños/El día de los libros
at New Mexico State University Contact Person: Sarah Baker, Education Librarian, NMSU
Mardi Mahaffy, Humanities Librarian, NMSU Address: MSC 3475 New Mexico State University PO Box 30006 Las Cruces, NM 88003 Phone: 646-6087 (Sarah) or 646-6925 (Mardi) Email Address: [email protected] or
El día de los niños/El día de los libros at New Mexico State University
Costs/Fees: Programs are free to the public All community members are free to attend El día de los niños/El
día de los libros events. Some programs are targeted toward parents, teachers, children’s book writers and other adults. Other programs are targeted toward children ages 6 – 12.
El día de los niños/ El día de los libros is an annual nationwide
celebration of the joys and wonders of childhood and the importance of family literacy. Día's vision is to spread "bookjoy" by linking children from all cultures with books. NMSU celebrates annually by putting on programs for both children and adults.
Address: 125 N. Main, Ste. 103, Las Cruces NM 88001Phone: (575) 551-8943Contact Person: Miriam Juarez, LLC Program CoordinatorEmail: [email protected]/Fees: FreePopulation Served: This program is developed for primarily Spanish-speaking parents with children 0 to 5.
Leading Learning Communities (LLC) recognizes that parents are the most important teachers in their children’s lives. LLC supports “ Abriendo Puertas/Opening Doors” which is a comprehensive 10-ses-sion parent leadership and advocacy training program. Its curriculum is designed to help parents become committed to the education of their children.
New Mexico Lions Crane Reading
Foundation
A surprising number of children have vision issues which interferes with reading. The Lions Crane Reading Foundation which provides state of the art eye examinations for children, including initial screenings, follow up eye exams with licensed optometrists, and free corrective lenses when necessary. Lions Crane partnered with the Children’s Reading foundation on its First Teacher program at Valley View, Conlee, and Jornada elementary schools in Las Cruces providing vision services to all of the children who participated in the program.
