I am qualified to tutor/teach students diagnosed with Asperger's and Autism, Dyslexia, Special Needs, and Elementary Level Students through my teaching certificate as a Resource Specialist, and my 22 years experience working full time in that position for a large school district in the Bay Area. Recently I retired, but I have a great deal of experience with helping students improve their academic functioning, study skills and organizational skills. As a Resource Specialist I worked with students with ADD/ADHD, learning disabilities and autism. In my profession I met with families, school dist [more]
I have earned a CA credential TC3 to teach Special Education Mild/Moderate Clear that includes instruction of conditions of Dyslexia. In addition, I have 18 years' experience working with students who have Dyslexia, both in classrooms and individually. Do you want to learn better, faster, remember more? It's FUN! My gift and great joy is to turn on your student's light of learning, discover their style of learning, and build their potential. We will strengthen the strong areas as well as the weaker. With your child's unique learning style, I help your child learn techniques and strategies for [more]
My 15 years of experience working with these bright, yet struggling learners has taught me that structural support systems and flexible curriculum are key. I use a multi-sensory teaching style in a well-structured environment that provides support to the dyslexic learner. For reading, I tend to focus on teaching whole word recognition before phonics, building on the dyslexic learner?s natural, picture-oriented learning style. In math, I focus on working whole to part, making learning hands-on and kinesthetic, building foundational skills and finding practical uses for math. I am familiar with [more]
I was trained in the Barton tutoring program for people with dyslexia and related reading difficulties. It employs the Orton-Gillingham research and teaching methods. I successfully tutored a seventh grade student at a middle school last year. He won the award for 'the most improved student of the year.' He got A's on all the exams I prepared him for in his language arts class that used the Orton Gillingham method. On the last few tests he scored 100%! I have all six sets of lessons from the Barton tutoring program. [more]
I have worked with many students with learning disabilities and Dyslexia over the years. I have provided students with reading instruction through hands-on and one-on-one support in many different learning environments. With my background as a certified K-12 School Counselor and Educator, I believe I have the qualifications to work effectively with students who struggle with Dyslexia. I have experience teaching at the college level as an Academic Coach and Adjunct Professor, as well as teaching at a K-8 private elementary school. I have taught in the areas of Psychology, Special Education, Gen [more]
I have a Master's in Clinical Social Work from Fordham University and many years of experience and success working with students with dyslexia and/or dyscalculia, their families, and school counselors in order to advocate on our students' behalf. A friend once commented to me that my success as a tutor is due to the fact that I am, "a Renaissance man in the age of specialization." In other words, I can tutor most subjects K-12, I speak French and Portuguese fluently and have an intermediate Spanish level, and I am highly experienced with SSAT, SAT, ACT, GRE, GMAT, and TOEFL prep, among many ot [more]
As a resource specialist I worked with many children with "dyslexia". Dyslexia is a medical term, which we were not permitted to diagnose in our school district. An umbrella term for a low reader, it is characterized by a lack of fluency, omitting and substituting letters in words, omitting "small" words (in, then, the etc.), forgetting a word which has previously been decoded and skipping lines of text. The reader often has the sense that words are moving on the page. Children with dyslexia need systematic, sequential and frequent periods of reading instruction. often text needs to be enlarg [more]
I worked with students with Dyslexia in my Resource Program for 26 years from 1984 to 2008 in the Santee School District as a Resource Specialist. I also taught Special Day Class students for 4 years under contract with Santee School District. I wrote and delivered services for this population too. I am an outstanding tutor in any subject,especially for Reading, Math and Writing. I love kids and will make learning fun. I have 30 years of teaching experience in both Regular and Special Education. My credentials are all California and current. I was a Resource Specialist for 26 years in San Dieg [more]
I have a masters degree in reading instruction with emphasis on reading disability. I love working with students, I use a lot of hands on activities. I have a master's in reading and special education. I have over 14 years of teaching experience working with special need students. When working on basic math skills, I use a lot reinforcing activities to support addition, multiplication, subtraction, and division to build mental math skills in K-8th. I use a lot of cards, dice, dominoes, and other items. When working in reading I am trained in Sue Barton, Read 180, and SWR. I... [more]