651 Boulder Special Needs Tutors

...I have had over a decade of experience with ages 2-23 as a tutor, consultant, and teacher. I have successfully used instruction of word families and blends to build phonemic awareness in developing readers with and without Dyslexia. Games and word activities are fun ways to help students associate consonant and vowel combinations with appropriate... read more

...I have had additional training in various reading programs and I am currently supervising graduate students at the Speech and Hearing clinic at CU. I have taught reading skills to elementary, middle school and high school students in regular and special education classrooms. I have worked in regular and special education language arts classrooms... read more

...I have always found the best way to teach is to ask questions to guide the student towards the right answer instead of giving it away. I find this helps students remember the information more effectively, and builds critical thinking skills. I completed two physics courses in college and earned an A in each.... read more

...I have also worked with a certified "genius" student and a number of other high-functioning individuals and have spent time researching their specific needs, although these needs (for all of my students) obviously vary depending on the student. I spent roughly four years coaching high school mock trial and one year coaching college mock trial. I... read more

...Besides being an English teacher for many years, I home-schooled my two children, (who are now in their 20's). Living in Asia for many years, I not only home-schooled my own children in all general subjects from kindergarten to 12th grade, but I helped educate the children of other staff members in the NGO I was working in. I believe due to these... read more