...Orton Gillinham is a structured language approach that is different in both what is taught and how it is taught and is targeted towards students that display signs of Dyslexia. The system is a multi-sensory, direct, explicit, structured and sequential program designed for intense intervention. I have also been trained in Science of Reading. (read more)
...I understand phonics as secrets into literacy and I often find that by using children's intrinsic curiosity and imagination that they are able to discover phonics and build phonological maps through multimodal learning approaches. I understand how phonological awareness and phonological mapping ... (read more)
...I have successfully helped students prepare for the SAT and ACT for over 20 years. For over 20 years, I have successfully prepared students to take the English, reading, writing, and essay sections of the SAT and ACT. I have worked with adult non-native English speakers for over 20 years, and I have helped many students prepare for the TOEFL. (read more)
...I am a qualified teacher, but beyond that I have homeschooled my two children and saw for myself the difference working one-to-one could make to how quickly they learn. I also recognize how much their confidence grew having an adult individually encourage them, and it is this independence, confi... (read more)