1,128 Barnstable County Special Needs Tutors

I have been a K-6 special needs teacher in the private and public sector for over 25 years as well as a parent of a child with learning disabilities. I presently work at the Cape Cod Collaborative Alternative Education Program which is designed to provide a highly structured academic setting for students experiencing serious difficulties within their... read more

...Short vowels, long vowels and syllables are what I feel are the very basis in teaching a child to read by use of phonics. This is the basis of the 12 step Wilson Reading Program that I have taught for many years. As an educator of children with "special needs," the first thing I work with is finding the way the individual child learns. Some children... read more

...I attended graduate school there in the Department of Behavioral Disabilities where I earned multiple certifications to teach students with mental retardation, learning and emotional disabilities. I taught students with moderate special needs in Madison, Wisconsin for five years. After moving to Boston, I developed a career as freelance editor and... read more

...I've taught in resource rooms, inclusion classrooms, team taught to develop instructional modifications to accommodate special learning styles and needs,and have helped write curriculum for special needs. In addition, I've worked with students with ADD, ADHD and dyslexia. I am very experienced with reading and interpreting IEP's, can help navigate... read more

...In the classroom I use hands on projects; authentic content reading materials; reading, writing and drawing for understanding; even some singing and dancing (and other kinesthetic approaches). I enjoy working with smaller groups and individual students as it allows me to use these techniques as well as more conventional strategies. By working at... read more