This 6-week summer clinic is for children with reading and communication problems, designed for children in the preschool and primary grades. This intensive, six-week program offers various options for treatment frequency and length.

Program philosophy: The Iowa Scottish-Rite Masons have maintained a long standing commitment to the Wendell Johnson Clinic to assist students with speech and learning difficulties. These efforts are funded through the Iowa Scottish-Rite Charitable and Educational Foundation. The purpose of these humanitarian efforts is to assist students to acquire the skills to be successful in school and in life.

This program is called Rite-Care which represented a national effort of Scottish-Rite Masons throughout the country to help, aid and assist children with speech and language difficulties. This help comes in the form of scholarships provided during the summer to help defray the costs of these services.

The program prepares the child for existing school programs and/or carryover of a current school program.

Link to the U of Iowa RiteCare Website

For more information, contact

Elizabeth Merrifield, Ph.D.
Wendell Johnson Speech and Hearing Clinic
250 Hawkins Drive
The University of Iowa
Iowa City IA 52242-1012

(319) 335-8736
elizabeth-merrifield@uiowa.edu