Quick Read
Edublox is an educational approach that integrates reading (phonological and orthographic), spelling, and math interventions with cognitive skills training and proven learning principles.
Edublox helps students become lifelong learners and empowers them to achieve their highest educational goals. While Edublox is not a quick fix, its use can permanently alleviate the symptoms of learning difficulties such as dyslexia and dyscalculia.
For Live Tutor, we offer a free consultation, free assessment, and a free first lesson, allowing families to experience the program before committing.
Reading Intervention
Edublox offers live, personalized 1-on-1 online instruction that integrates Orton-Gillingham-based reading instruction, cognitive skills development, orthographic processing training, and proven learning principles to help students overcome the symptoms of dyslexia and other reading difficulties.
- Orton-Gillingham-based reading instruction develops phonological processing and decoding.
- Cognitive skills development strengthens the underlying learning capacities that support reading, such as memory, processing speed, attention, sequencing, and reasoning.
- Orthographic processing training helps students move beyond laborious decoding toward automatic word recognition through orthographic mapping.
- Proven learning principles help students learn more effectively, retain what they have learned, and transfer new skills to real-world reading tasks.
We offer a free consultation, free assessment, and a free first lesson, allowing families to experience the program before committing.
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Math Intervention
Edublox offers live, personalized 1-on-1 online instruction that integrates structured math instruction, cognitive skills development, and proven learning principles to help students overcome the symptoms of dyscalculia and other math learning difficulties.
- Structured math instruction develops number sense, counting skills, mental computation math, mathematical reasoning, procedural fluency, and an understanding of concepts such as place value, fractions, decimals, percentages, integers, and order of operations.
- Cognitive skills development strengthens the underlying learning capacities that support mathematics, such as memory, attention, processing speed, sequencing, and reasoning.
- Proven learning principles help students learn more effectively, retain what they have learned, and transfer mathematical skills to real-world situations.
We offer a free consultation, free assessment, and a free first lesson, allowing families to experience the program before committing.
Watch some of our students’ success stories:
More Ways Edublox Can Help
In addition to online reading and math interventions, we also offer live tutoring to students whose primary difficulties are spelling and reading comprehension.
Our platform includes two home-based programs, Development Tutor and Reading Tutor, which support the development of the cognitive and reading skills that underpin academic success. The exercises are designed for regular, ongoing practice—much like physical exercise strengthens the body over time. Unlimited sessions are available each month.
We also offer a library of free resources, including programs, worksheets, and educational games.
Frequently Asked Questions
What makes Edublox different from other learning programs?
First, Edublox focuses on developing foundational learning skills rather than merely teaching processes, strategies, or techniques. The difference can be illustrated using basketball as an example. Before a person can become a successful basketball player, they must first master foundational skills such as passing, dribbling, defense, and shooting. Only then can they effectively learn strategies and techniques. Similarly, Edublox develops and automates the cognitive skills that underpin reading, spelling, mathematics, and learning, including processing speed, memory, attention, sequencing, and rapid naming.
Second, Edublox is aligned with best practices and the latest findings in educational neuroscience. For example, our reading intervention incorporates Orton-Gillingham-based instruction while simultaneously developing the brain’s visual word form area. Our orthographic processing training helps students move beyond laborious decoding toward automatic word recognition through orthographic mapping.
Third, successful teaching depends not only on what is taught, but also on how it is taught. For this reason, we adhere to proven learning principles that help students learn more effectively, retain what they have learned, and transfer new skills to real-world situations.
How was Edublox developed? Does it really work?
Over the last 30+ years, Edublox has helped more than 150,000 people in approximately 40 countries learn, read, and achieve through home programs, online instruction, and learning clinics.
Edublox began in 1979 as a school-readiness program. In 1980, it was used experimentally with a child who had learning difficulties and subsequently overcame them. This success sparked decades of research and development. Since then, our team has extensively studied learning, learning principles, brain development, and neuroplasticity in an ongoing effort to refine and improve the Edublox approach.
Today, Edublox is an evidence-based educational intervention supported by peer-reviewed research. Three 2024 studies demonstrated significant improvements in word recognition, reading comprehension, and spelling compared to control groups:
- Word recognition scores improved from 28% to 93%, compared to 23% to 45% in the control group.
- Reading comprehension scores increased from 8% to 91%, compared to 8% to 12% in the control group.
- Spelling scores improved from 21% to 95%, compared to 17% to 36% in the control group.
Beyond these studies, research has documented improvements in focused attention, visual memory, visual sequential memory, processing speed, and IQ. Edublox has also documented more than 800 success stories from learners of different ages and abilities worldwide.
Edublox conducted a benchmark survey among current and former clients. Our Net Promoter Score was 77 (excellent), compared to the educational industry average of 44 (great).
Visit our reviews section to read testimonials, case studies, and success stories from families around the world.
How long does it generally take to see results when doing Edublox?
Many students begin to show improvement within the first few weeks of instruction. However, improvements in cognitive skills do not transfer immediately to school performance. This transfer takes time.
When it occurs, it is often sudden and noticeable. Parents commonly report improvements in concentration, reading, spelling, confidence, and academic performance after approximately 18 to 30 hours of instruction, although some students progress more quickly and others require more time.
Progress is rarely linear. Many learners experience periods of steady growth followed by sudden leaps forward. Others show a gradual “snowball effect,” where small gains accumulate into significant improvements over time.
Because every learner is different, the rate of progress depends on factors such as age, severity of the difficulty, consistency of participation, and the intensity of the program.
How long must a student continue before their difficulties are overcome?
Learning difficulties do not disappear overnight. While noticeable improvements often occur within weeks, fully developing and automating the foundational skills required for learning takes considerably longer.
Most students participate in Edublox for approximately one year. Learners with more severe difficulties may require up to two years, depending on the intensity of the intervention.
It is important not to discontinue the program too early. Once foundational cognitive and academic skills have become well established and automated, the gains are generally permanent. At that point, students can discontinue the program or gradually reduce the frequency of sessions.
Education is a process, not an event. Whether the goal is reading, spelling, writing, or mathematics, meaningful and lasting improvement requires time, consistency, and practice.
Is Edublox Online Tutor intended only for children with learning difficulties?
No.
While Edublox is widely used to help students overcome the symptoms of dyslexia, dyscalculia, and other learning difficulties, it is also suitable for learners who simply want to improve their academic performance and learning abilities.
Just as athletic training is not reserved for children who struggle with sport, cognitive and academic training is not reserved for learners with difficulties. Many families use Edublox to strengthen foundational learning skills, improve academic performance, and help students reach their full potential.
Edublox aims to develop the cognitive and academic skills that support lifelong learning, whether a child is struggling, average, gifted, or somewhere in between.
