Private Tutor Services

I offer three official categories of tutoring services for children with learning differences, but in reality they often blend together. Many of my students have gaps in their knowledge that lead to both difficulty in class and lower standardized test scores. Students may be frustrated that their test prep isn’t leading to the gains it should, then explain to me that the topics they’re struggling with on the test are the same ones they had trouble with in math class last year.

Other tutors that focus specifically on test prep, or even just a specific part of test prep (an SAT English-only tutor, for example) might miss the underlying problems that cause these difficulties. If they teach strategies that address only the test, or only the next math homework assignment, they’re addressing the symptoms, but not the cause.

My full-spectrum approach to everything I tutor means I act as a mentor and a coach as often as I act as a subject matter expert. I aggressively pursue the academic areas that I think will get us the greatest effect in whatever we’re working on, and that often includes executive functioning skills, better note-taking, best practices for studying, and other important academic skills for children with learning differences.