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My services are designed to help your child understand, remember, and demonstrate academic knowledge and skills more effectively and confidently.  I offer sessions in-home or in partnership with your school, both during school hours and after-school for your convenience.  

Assessments and Evaluations

• Kindergarten Readiness Skills/Early Literacy Assessment (Letter and sound recognition, Concepts of Print, Phonemic Awareness)

• Phonemic Awareness,  Phonological Awareness, Phonics Skills, Word Recognition

• Informal Reading Inventories (Independent and Instructional Reading Level, Oral Reading Accuracy, Fluency, Comprehension) 

• Analysis of Writing Samples

• Written evaluation report that determines your child's literacy strengths and needs 

• Defines clear objectives and recommendations for the most effective individualized program

• One to two 1-hour sessions 

Parent Consultations

• Support for parents and families as you work with and instruct your child

• Beneficial for home-schooled students

• Diagnostic Literacy Assessments

• Tools, advice, and instructional tips to meet your child's strengths and individual needs. 

• In-person meetings monthly or bi-weekly with the child and parent to support instruction and monitor progress.

Literacy Workshops 

• Small groups of parents or teachers

• Informal and collaborative

• Topics are based on your interests and concerns. 

• Workshop examples:

  • Early Literacy and Foundational Skills (for preschool teachers or staff)

  • Understanding Literacy and how to help my child at home

  • Effective teaching strategies for students with Dyslexia

  • How to help or advocate for my child with Dyslexia 

• Typically a 2-hour Workshop (mornings and evenings available)

Individualized Intervention and Academic Coaching

• One-on-one instruction

• Gain foundational skills necessary for success in school

• Diagnostic Literacy Assessment and Evaluation 

• Direct, explicit instruction 

• Phonemic Awareness, Phonological Awareness, Phonics, Decoding (reading), Encoding (spelling), Fluency, Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary, Language and Written Expression

• 1-hour sessions, one to three times per week

Dyslexia Therapy

Your child will learn and discover exactly why words are spelled and pronounced the way they are to build a clear understanding of the English language.  Dyslexia Therapy takes time but will yield dramatic results for your child. 

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• A multi-sensory, systematic approach that builds on previously learned skills

• Structured Literacy (Orton-Gillingham)

• Phonemic awareness, Phonological awareness, phonics instruction that reinforces letter-sound relationships

• Orthography (spelling), morphology (structure of words), syllables, syntax (sentence structure), and semantics (meaning).

• 1-hour sessions, two to four times per week