“If the child is not learning the way you are teaching, then you must teach in the way the child learns.”
– Professor Rita Dunn
Session Information
Customized
- During an initial assessment and consultation, we discuss the student’s learning challenges and goals
- After that, we create a plan to help the student reach his/her goals
- I create a lesson plan in advance of each session that is designed to help a student master the concepts related to their goals
- Each lesson plan builds on the previous session; I review (or reteach) concepts that were difficult, or move forward with new concepts at a pace that “fits” the student
Convenient
- Sessions (usually one hour long) are conducted in-person or remotely (FaceTime, Google Meet, etc.)
- No contract, minimum, or predetermined number of sessions required
- Reasonable session rates
Collaborative
- I am willing to collaborate with a client’s parent(s)/teacher(s) to ensure he/she has appropriate spelling lists, reading material, and accommodations at school
- 16 years of experience helping students (and their parents) identify, advocate for, and utilize appropriate accommodations to achieve academic success
- If a student has a psychological evaluation, Individualized Educational Plan, or 504 Plan, I will review those documents so that we can incorporate that information in order to help the student achieve his/her goals as efficiently as possible
Specialty Areas
Reading Instruction
- Provide individualized, multisensory reading instruction utilizing the Orton-Gillingham approach for nonreaders or struggling readers to improve their decoding skills as well as their reading fluency
- This research-based approach to teaching reading is phonetically-based and highly effective with students who have dyslexia
- Administer assessments to measure the impact of my reading instruction on a student’s reading skills
Spelling Instruction
- The Orton-Gillingham approach includes instruction in both reading and spelling simultaneously; clients learn to decode (read) words at the same time that they learn to encode (spell) words
- Direct spelling instruction to strengthen their ability to spell phonetic as well as non-phonetic words
- Administer assessments to measure the impact of my instruction on a student’s spelling skills
Technology Utilization and Instruction
- 16 years of experience teaching students how to utilize assistive technology effectively to improve the efficiency of their reading, spelling, and writing