Jean A.
- Rockport, TX 78382 ( 24.8 mi )
- Expert Elementary Phonics Tutor
- Female
- Member since: 01/2013
- Will travel up to 20 miles
- Tutoring Rate: $25 /hr
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On-line
In-Home
- Also Tutors: Elementary Social Studies, Elementary Science, Elementary Study Skills, Elementary Vocabulary, Elementary Reading, Elementary Grammar, Elementary, Basic Learning Skills
My comments on tutoring Elementary Phonics : I have taught a proven method to a complete non-reader who did not know his basic words to having him completely reading by 7 months at which time he achieved a fluency rate of 60 wpm. In just 2 months' work, I had raised his TPRI scores from 0's and 1's with a Tier 2 ranking to mostly 4's and 5's in just 2 months. Illness, missed sessions, and summer vacations caused student to miss a lot; and if he had not missed so much, I could have had him reading earlier. My system is unique and works! My system teaches you to read ANY word and be successful with a word you have never seen before! It also helps improve spelling difficulties dyslexics usually have as well.
One-on-one, sequential, multisensory, and repetitive approach.
Time spent attending conferences and workshops began to help me learn how to help my severely-dyslexic son and grandson. Then I helped apply some of the concepts learned to help several dyslexic families with the problems they had including ADD/ADHA, organizational, spelling, reading, and comprehension issues. I have been volunteering for several years gaining experience along the way. Every student I have helped has had some kind of learning disability involved and guess those have various levels of dyslexia. In just a few cases have I been successful in getting them to have their children diagnosed. I have recently improved the outcomes of several students who have come to me and taken a complete non-reader and made him into a successful lst grade reader in a relatively short period of time. I have helped a stud ... read more
