In 1988 Vicky Vachon established a small tutoring service to assist students having difficulties at school. The service grew quickly and recently V2 became national serving students in the Greater Toronto and Vancouver areas as well as the surrounding suburbs In Toronto we have a centre on Merton St. but continue to provide in home tutoring to students who do not reside in the area serviced by the office.We are directly affiliated with the National Institute of Direct Instruction (NIFDI), which is headed by Siegfried Engelmann, the chief author of all Direct Instruction (DI) programs. V2 is the ONLY tutoring service in Canada approved by Mr. Engelmann.The two principals at V2, Dr. Vicky Vachon and Michele Davidson, together possess over 35 years of DI experience. Both have worked and continue to provide management consultant services for full school implementations of Direct Instruction curricula in elementary schools within large US cities. more... See more text