Diane
Diane P. - Reading Specialist
- $70 / h
- 19 rating s
- West Newton , MA ( 02465 )
- 20 miles
RI Certified, MA licensed elementary teacher, certified and licensed reading specialist, 15 years public school classroom teaching experience, Orton-Gillingham trained, experience tutoring dyslexic children, ELL children, children with broad spectrum of language-based learning disabilities, writing, autism, special needs, gifted, and disabilities in math. Concepts presented with multisensory, structured, and sequential approach to the learner. All concepts reviewed frequently to ensure success....
needlework
dyslexia
autism
I presently work as a reading teacher in special needs school teaching students who are autistic. I teach them reading and help them learn how to interpret what others are thinking or feeling because they can’t understand social cues. I have taught them how to read social skills such as tone of voice or facial expressions, and how to watch other people’s faces for clues about appropriate behavior. I have also taught autistic children about empathy using psychodrama. I am a RI Certified, MA licensed elementary teacher, certified and licensed Reading Specialist, with 15 years public school classroom teaching experience.
Aspergers
I worked as a substitute teacher in special needs classrooms with other teachers. I was assigned to be the instructor for students who had Aspergers. I have 3 years' experience working for 5 different school districts around the Boston area. Each district assigned me to classrooms that were either self-contained special needs students or mainstreamed special needs students. I taught all students who had various special needs in every subject and at every age from preschool through middle school.
discrete math
ADHD
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
ADD/ADHD
I have a daughter with ADD/ADHD and have helped her through 12 years of school battling executive functioning skills, attention problems, time management issues, and creating appropriate tools so she can be organized. She is now thriving in college and loves learning. In addition, I have been a public school teacher of students who have ADD and because of the screening process in my class, I have alerted the school to give the services students require with their ADD/ADHD.