Services

Who Do I Teach?

Children with diagnosed, neurologically-based learning disabilities such as dyslexia, dysgraphia, and dyscalculia.

I provide screening for all of these learning challenges.

I practice in Phoenix, AZ.

Need a part-time tutor to supplement school-based learning? Are your child's struggles behavioral in origin? I would be happy to refer you to specialists in these areas.

Screening & Instruction

Instructional Services Offered:

Explicit early teaching of language and reading skills

Systemic, explicit teaching of:
- Phoneme Awareness
- Written Expression
- Spelling
- Reading Comprehension
- Comprehension Strategies

Assessment Services Offered:

Screening assessments for dyslexia, dysgraphia, and dyscalculia

What Do I Teach?

Custom lesson plans in reading, writing, and spelling

Supplement to school-based learning or homeschooling

Subject areas centered on your child's interests

How Do I Teach?

Structured Literacy is a scientific, evidence-based approach proven to be successful for children with dyslexia.
- Structured Literacy is an explicit, systematic teaching method that focuses on phonological awareness, word recognition, phonics, decoding, spelling, and syntax at the sentence and paragraph levels.
- For more detailed yet accessible descriptions of Structured Literacy, please click here.

LETRS (Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling) is the professional training that leads to certification in Structured Literacy.
- Accredited by the International Dyslexia Association
- Focuses on the structure of English language
- Highlights the cognitive processes of learning to read
- Provides teaching practices proven to be most effective in remediating reading difficulties