Online
Reading and Dyslexia Tutor
We teach kids how to read!
Why Choose Online Tutoring
Readily Available
Online instruction works around your busy schedule, whether you’re at home or on vacation: your time, your place!
Ease and Comfort
Students can learn free from distractions and in the comfort of their own home. Today’s students are often more comfortable learning in a digital environment.
One-On-One Instruction
Provides individualized, one-on-one instruction with an expert instructor in your home.
Real World Experience
Today’s students are digital natives; they live in a connected world. Online instruction will help them develop basic typing, online networking, and communication skills.
How it Works
Orton Gillingham Approach
Orton Gillingham is a highly structured instructional approach. Through multi-sensory activities (eye, ears, hands, and mouth), an instructor teaches students the connections between letters and sounds. While primarily used with struggling readers, this approach is beneficial to all learning readers.
Individualized Instruction
We assess each student’s strengths and weaknesses through the use of student/parent surveys, informal assessments, and, if applicable, 504’s/IEP’s. With this information, we design an individualized, one-on-one, instructional plan specific to your child’s needs.
Online Sessions
Sessions are held online, over a high speed internet connection. Each session is conducted through a computer, web camera, headphones, Zoom (an online conferencing app), and online whiteboard. As long as your child has access to the internet, a computer, and Zoom, we can ‘meet’ anywhere!
Ongoing
Unlike speech, the brain in not ‘pre-wired’ for reading. In order to gain maximum benefits, and to ensure retention, a minimum of two sessions per week is required.
Services
Reading Instruction
Individualized
1:1 Instruction
Structured Literacy Instruction
(Orton-Gillingham Approach)
*2 Sessions Per Week Minimum
Feature Articles
Creating a Homeschool Curriculum for Your Dyslexic Child – Part 2
In Part 1 we covered choosing the subjects you want to teach, your current goals, your child’s current levels, and how your child learns best. You know what you want to teach, now it’s time to create a plan for moving forward; a map if you will.
Creating a Homeschool Curriculum for Your Dyslexic Child – Part 1
You made the big decision to homeschool your child and now you have to come up with a curriculum. Where do you even begin to start? We suggest using the following questions to help you untangle all the different thoughts and questions racing around in your head – find a thread and pull!
Should I Send My Dyslexic Child to School or Homeschool This Year?
Over the last few weeks, everywhere we turn, we are are hearing this question. There are no easy answers. In this post, we’ll share with you the same answers and guidance we have been giving to our Literacy Untangled families.
First and foremost, there are no ‘correct’ answers; there are only decisions to be made concerning what will work best for your individual family. Below we’ll guide you through the same questions we ask our families when they come to us asking for help in making this decision.
My Story
Masters of Teaching (MAT): Special Education
Former Special Education Teacher (English/Reading):
Kennedy Krieger Institute & Baltimore County Public Schools
Structured Literacy Classroom Teacher: The Center for Effective Reading Instruction
Associate/OGA: Orton-Gillingham-trained at the Academy Associate Level, continuing to work under the mentorship of a Fellow
International Dyslexia Association Member
Dyslexia and ADHD are prevalent in my family, with multiple diagnoses of both in my immediate and extended family. This, combined with my experience teaching English and reading for the Kennedy Krieger Institute and Baltimore County Public Schools, instilled in me a passion for working with beginning and struggling readers. In my view, the ability to read is an essential life skill which no one should be denied.
I received my Masters of Teaching in Special Education from Goucher College and am trained in the Orton Gillingham Approach to reading instruction. Currently, I am working towards the Associate Level Certification from the Academy of Orton-Gillingham Practitioners and Educators (AOGPE). I am also a member of the International Dyslexia Association (IDA).
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