Hello, I’m Kate.

I’m an certified Orton Gillingham Practitioner, B.A., A/AOGPE dedicated to supporting students with various learning challenges. My work focuses on helping those who can enhance their phonological awareness skills, as well as improve their decoding, fluency and comprehension abilities.

I collaborate with students who thrive in active learning environments, including those diagnosed with dyslexia. The Orton Gillingham approach is multisensory, incorporating tactile and kinesthetic elements. This method is particularly effective for students who benefit from structured learning, multi-sensory, individualized instruction, phonics-based, repetition and practice all in an engaging learning experience.

A little bit about me, I have a bachelor's degree in Psychology and a Minor in Special education from American University. My Associate degree is in Liberal Arts from Landmark College. I have my certification for Montessori Teacher in Primary Education.

Throughout my academic journey, I’ve come to understand and relate to my students who learn in their own unique ways. I have seen firsthand how you can overcome these challenges with the right Educational approach and support. It is my passion to be able to help students excel in their reading skills and develop a love for reading. It is an honor to support them in building their self-confidence.

My Approach

I work as an Orton-Gillingham Practitioner, providing Orton-Gillingham intervention to students one-on-one.

My services include the following areas:

  • .Administer informal assessments to pin point academically in the scope and sequence where to begin instruction

  • Design Orton-Gillingham lessons that are diagnostic to each child’s individual needs.

  • Always assessing and spiraling back when needed to reiterate what material has been presented.

  • Use a multi-sensory approach to best support each individual's learning style.

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Schedule a Free 30 Minute Consultation.

Schedule a free 1:1 consultation to discuss your child’s needs and see how I best support your child’s academic needs.

FAQ

  • In this consultation, we will discuss your child’s reading skills. We will want to review your child’s teacher or psychologist's recommendations. If your child has an evaluation from a psychologist, we can review that and start our scope and sequence.

    • I do 45 minutes to hour-long sessions.

    • Recommend sessions at least 2 times per week.
      We can also work with you 3-4 days per week if recommended.

    • Our sessions are based on each child’s individual needs.

    • My sessions are customized to a child’s needs.

    • We would do a non formal assessment to see where we start in the Orton Gillingham scope and sequence.

    • Create a plan from there to increase your child’s decoding skills, phonological awareness skills, fluency and accuracy with both reading and spelling.