Educational Therapy/One-to-One Tutoring

One of the most helpful supports for a student is one-on-one guidance and support in a relaxed, quiet setting. My approach to tutoring is unique as I specifically tailor student sessions to the learning style of the student. I specialize in teaching visual learners how to get their visual, rapid-fire, 3-dimensional minds, to translate images into the correct words. I work to remediate reading issues, spelling issues, and math computational problems making “magic” happen with kids when they are able to excel in a comfortable, non-pressure environment. I love to see their faces light up because they are learning the way in which their brain receives new concepts the best. I employ specific, personalized strategies that no one else I know is currently using.

During our 50 minutes of uninterrupted academic learning time, student sessions are based upon the identified needs of both formal and informal observation and assessment results. I regularly communicate with both parents and educator(s) as students progress. I offer tutoring in a variety of subject areas:

• Reading
• Math
• Spelling
• Writing

My educational therapy consists of quickly analyzing a child’s processing style.  Then I share with that child how AMAZING they are and work to paint a picture of how their mind works. I then work to make connections and relate their personal learning style to some of their struggles so that they make sense.  It’s imperative that children understand that their struggles are not a result of them not being intelligent but rather an issue with their learning style.

When trust has been established the child/student typically begins to make rapid progress. They become increasingly confident and in turn, are more willing to take important risks that lead to higher learning and understanding. I do not directly re-mediate in the traditional way, which is a direct frontal approach to the problem. Instead, I believe that most people with learning issues are often right-hemispheric learners, and have within them the ability to accomplish much of what a left-brained school system offers and requires. In short, I work to develop the innate strengths of the dominant hemisphere. This helps children feel accomplished and capable of meeting most of the demands that school and other life challenges may bring their way.

I’m proud to say that I have a reputable track record which is replete with successes. I proudly and humbly share that virtually every student I have ever worked with has gained tremendously from my expertise.

You can read the many testimonies from parents on the success their child has had as a student in my educational therapy here. 

Parent Support and Consultations

Shock and fear often accompany the realization that one’s child identifies with dyslexia.  What does it mean, what can be done, can it be “fixed”?  These are just a sample of the hundreds of potential questions a parent may have as they take the dyslexia journey.

As this population of visual learners quickly becomes the norm in education, the time is NOW to make sense of what this means for your precious child.  Early intervention with systematic, explicit, multi-sensory phonemic awareness and phonics instruction is key to building a strong foundation and helping to close the gaps early to prevent years of future struggle.  I understand the learning process deeply, and am well prepared to work with children just starting their school careers to ensure that they learn to read accurately and smoothly.  When this is accomplished successfully, the brain is free to make meaningful connections.  This short window of opportunity is when the brain needs to be primed to develop the correct neural pathways.  Left to chance, children begin to develop coping strategies such as guessing and “word solving” based on what they think rather than what is written.  I work closely with families, not just the child, to teach correctly from the start! and at the very least they’ll need classroom accommodations to help even the playing field so that they are able to find success without trying to be someone they’re not. I’ll reveal techniques that both parents and educators can immediately use to turn their child’s performance around in school as well as in other aspects of their lives.

Lectures / Speaking Engagements

I offer a variety of speaking options for parent groups, educators, and school administrators. Speaking engagements usually range from 45 minutes to 1.5 hours. As an experienced, perceptive and dynamic speaker who has lived this topic all of my life, I have much to offer. As my work has spanned the years and has been filled with amazing experiences, I’ll share a variety of real-life examples, solutions and anecdotal stories of issues that have confronted my many students. I’ll offer easy, hands-on strategies and techniques which will revolutionize how teachers and parents will view their all students.