Kate
Certified Teacher Providing Patient, Creative Reading Lessons
- $75 / h
- 4 reviews
- 61 rating s
- Collegeville , PA ( 19426 )
- 20 miles
From 2007-2012 I taught special education in NJ public schools, helping families with children with dyslexia, autism, cognitive impairments, and other developmental disabilities. Since moving to PA with my husband, I have worked as a reading interventionist, supporting children with their reading skills, both decoding and comprehension. I have also tutored several children, during after school hours, who are struggling with reading and writing using the Orton-Gillingham and Wilson Reading p...
special needs
ADHD
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
dyslexia
autism
I completed my MEd in 2010 in Special Education. I am certified in PA to teach Special Education grades PK-12. In NJ public schools I worked with children with special needs from ages PK-12 for over 8 years. I started my career in a self-contained pre-school program for children with autism where I gained extensive experience with autism and ABA trials. From there, I taught 1st/2nd grade self-contained classes and 3rd/4th grade self-contained classes of children with multiple disabilities including autism, fetal alcohol syndrome, cognitive impairment, dyslexia, and other developmental and language disorders. I have tutored children with autism for reading comprehension, decoding, and math. I use hands-on manipulatives and multi-sensory techniques during instruction, as I realize the unique needs of children with autism. I feel comfortable following behavior intervention plans, using positive reinforcement, and creating task boards for task completion when necessary. I truly enjoy working with children with autism, and can individualize my sessions to meet specific needs.
ADD/ADHD
I am certified in PA to teach Special Education grades PK-12. I also completed my certification in Orton-Gillingham, a program designed specifically for teaching children with dyslexia how to read, through Fairleigh Dickinson University. This program is also effective for children with ADD/ADHD as it uses multi-sensory techniques and uses short sessions of practicing different skills within the same lesson. In NJ public schools I worked with children with special needs from ages PK-12. I taught a 1st/2nd grade class and a 3rd/4th grade class of children with multiple disabilities including dyslexia, ADHD, ADD, autism, and developmental disabilities. I find that children with ADHD often struggle organizing information and often prefer to learn about something in a way that relates to them and their interests. For this reason, I like to use the 4-Square Writing Program for struggling writers. It allows them to easily organize their reading and writing, and the graphic organizer never changes, they just use it differently. This eliminates them having to "choose the right one". I use multi-sensory techniques for teaching reading and writing, and also use student interests to begin work in an area of difficulty. I have a lot of experience working with children who learn differently and have unique needs when it comes to academics.
algebra 1
vocabulary
grammar
prealgebra
reading
spelling
elementary math
elementary science
elementary (k-6th)
phonics
Sandy S. from Harleysville, PA
Kate was a wonderful, patient and caring tutor. We really enjoyed working with her over the summer. Even though we could not continue once school started, due to her schedule, we would have been thrilled if we could have. I highly recommend her!
Jayne R. from Abington, PA
Kate understands how important it is to treat each student for their individual needs. Her strategy is to format lessons for the individual. This is very important to be a great tutor. I am looking forward to see how she continues to do this. The girls have already shown improvement and look forward to their lessons. The girls are making wonderful progress. They actually look forward to their lessons. I am so happy for them.
Denise F. from Blue Bell, PA
Kate is providing reading tutoring services for my 7 year old daughter. Kate did an assessment to find her reading weaknesses, and has geared her lessons to achieving the goals that my daughter needs to achieve. My daughter enjoys working with Kate. She is nice, caring, knowledgeable, and explains our daughter's progress each week. Our daughter looks forward to seeing Kate each week and learning new information. We are very happy with Kate's reading tutoring services. I highly recommend her as a tutor!
Karyn H. from King Of Prussia, PA
Kate has helped my daughter build skills and confidence in her reading capabilities. She is kind and patient. Very pleased with results!