Cara
Caring, compassionate tutoring for your K-5 child
As a teaching professional with 12 years of experience, 10 of them in Special Education for elementary students, I can offer the full array of teaching methods and programs to help your child improve and succeed academically. I possess not only the expertise and knowledge, but also the patience and empathy that are essential components in a teacher-student relationship. Among the areas I can help your child are reading, word attack skills, comprehension, study habits and elementary math. My ...
ADD/ADHD
My approach with students with ADD/ADHD is teaching with a multi-sensory approach. I use technology and hands-on learning. I use reading strategies such as E-z-reader trackers and having students orally describe answers to questions. I incorporate the 4-learning styles when teaching these students and often allow students to draw first their answers. I teach step by step approach to understand sequence in all subjects that often students miss, who are unfocused easily. Steps are written out for math and writing. I work on breaking down information into smaller understandable pieces of information and allow students to highlight, use manipulatively, use tactile materials that help with focusing during the teaching lessons. I play games in order to teach subject content. In different ways that stimulate students that are not able to understand informing in traditional learning styles. Game formats often will help them quickly intake information and motivate students to become engaged in learning from the traditional teaching methods. The games are educational and are on materials we are learning for each lesson I teach. I teach behavioral strategies and testing strategies to help these students feel comfortable during intensive learning and behavioral situations and can help with anxiety and over-stimulation.
dyslexia
elementary (k-6th)
elementary math
grammar
phonics
special needs
spelling
vocabulary
ADHD
Sharleen Z. from Glen Ellyn, IL
My son enjoys going to tutor with Ms. Cara. She is very good with him and understanding his needs. Ms. Cara is great a letting me know his strengths and what we need to work on. More importantly to me and for my son she is familiar with special needs and it makes it easier when he is having a bad day. He always leaves Ms. Cara happier then when he got there. She is great!!