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Certified Dyslexia Evaluator | Structured Literacy Therapist |
Megan C.

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I’m a certified Speech-Language Pathologist and Structured Literacy Dyslexia Interventionist with over 15 years of experience helping students who struggle with reading, writing, and executive function. I specialize in working with students who haven’t responded to traditional instruction and need an individualized, evidence-based approach. My work supports learners with dyslexia, ADHD, dysgraphia, autism, and other language-based learning differences.

My instruction is grounded in the...

I’m a certified Speech-Language Pathologist and Structured Literacy Dyslexia Interventionist with over 15 years of experience helping students who struggle with reading, writing, and executive function. I specialize in working with students who haven’t responded to traditional instruction and need an individualized, evidence-based approach. My work supports learners with dyslexia, ADHD, dysgraphia, autism, and other language-based learning differences.

My instruction is grounded in the Science of Reading and includes UFLI, Orton-Gillingham, phonological awareness training, and morphology-based decoding. I also provide private dyslexia evaluations and help families track reading progress through diagnostic tutoring. Whether your child needs support with decoding, spelling, fluency, comprehension, or confidence, I build a plan based on their learning profile and goals.

I run Virtual Milestone Academy, serving families across Arkansas and nationwide via teletherapy. Many families reach out when they feel their child is bright but still behind. I also guide parents through IEPs, 504 plans, and Arkansas Act 1039 support. My goal is always to make sure students feel capable and make real academic gains. I’d love to connect and help you move forward.

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Education

University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Bachelor's
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Masters
Certification in dyslexia at the University of Florida
Graduate Coursework
  • Licensed teacher

Policies

  • Hourly Rate: $125
  • Rate details: My rate includes time to account for individualized planning and consultation time; this ensures that services are high quality and personalized
  • Lesson cancellation: 3 hours notice required

  • Background check passed on 1/22/2021

  • Your first lesson is backed by our Good Fit Guarantee

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ADHD

ADHD

My understanding and experience with ADHD goes beyond my professional scope and into my personal life. I have not only learned how ADHD impacts learning, but also everyday life. I have studied many of Dr David Nowell’s and Cindy Goldrich’s work with ADHD. I understand had ADHD impacts executive functioning, processing speed, working memory, inhibiting, planning, choosing, and prioritizing. I have experienced great success with my student’s with ADHD by further understanding their processing patterns, behavior patterns, and interest patterns. I understand how both kinesthetic and multimodal learning opportunities with combined systematic organization empowers learners to also better understand how they learn best. I am familiar with helpful accommodations for students with ADHD and how to shift in and out of modification/accommodations as needed. My goal for all of my students is intrinsic motivation; I understand how my children are often waiting for moments to pass; I aim to help my students form positive moments and memories to instill passion and confidence in their educational experience. I have experienced that once my student’s ADHD are able to feel in control of their education that reluctance subsides and evidence of intrinsic motivation begins.
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

Teaching students with Autism is part of a typical day for me. I am comfortable and experienced with both teaching students with Autism in person and virtually. I understand the many challenges that this presents my students. As an SLP, I understand how to integrate the just right level of language and how to use both my language and my prosody to communicate best for each individual. I understand how sensory processing often times interacts with auditory processing and working memory. I strive to empower my students and their parents to better understand how to integrate all of these components so that the student can retain and understand new knowledge. I understand how to use visual, auditory, and how to cue tactile cues for learning. I have tested many students with Autism for social and pragmatic language delays and I understand how this impacts our tutoring sessions. Furthermore, I understand the varying level of severity and complexities with this diagnosis and how to adjust my teaching style to best suite each individual.
Dyslexia

Dyslexia

I have 12+ years’ experience working with children who are struggling readers. I have completed continuing education units in the areas of language and literacy throughout my career. I have completed many evaluation reports participating in the diagnosis of dyslexia. I understand that a student with dyslexia scores high on many areas of language, but low in phonics and comprehension. The students also often times struggle with memory and auditory processing. I have also attended IEP meetings for dyslexia and participated in writing accommodation for dyslexia. I LOVE teaching right brain learners because these students are right brain learners. As a trained SLP, I map a child's language as I am speaking with them, I understand their linguistic construct and how to adjust my style to individualize my tutoring sessions. I understand the power of confidence, attention, and teaching to a child's strengths. I don not believe I am a 'typical' dyslexia tutor, but I have never met a child that I have not been able to teach. I have studied the common dyslexia programs including Orthon-Gillingham, Lindamood-Bell, and All about Reading. I use snap words, lively letters, and secret stories materials. I am trained in kinesthetic learning and sensory based learning. I love language based tutoring , I love literacy, and I love right brain thinking!
Elementary (K-6th)

Elementary (K-6th)

Working with K-6th grade students is my absolute passion. I have worked in Elementary schools for over 10 years as a Speech Teacher. I understand the implication of common core and how to adjust not only my language, but my style of tutoring so that my students are able to not only better understand the material, but apply it in the classroom and on tests. I have aided and participated in Elementary standards and benchmark testing. I strive to evoke passion for achievement and self-confidence through empowerment with this age group as we navigate and build foundations.
Elementary Math

Elementary Math

Math to me is language. I understand why children struggle with math because I understand that language and presentation make a huge difference for many children. I LOVE math and find it easy to make it fun :)
English

English

I have 10+ years experience working as a Speech Language Pathologist in the school setting. I understand all areas of English and how it relates to overall understanding of language. I excel at teaching parts of speech, sentence and paragraph composition, essay writing, reading comprehension, spelling, proofreading, and grammar.
ESL/ESOL

ESL/ESOL

As a Speech teacher I find it very natural and also very exciting to teach ESL. I have volunteered over 50 hours teaching ESL to people from all over the world. I find it facinating teaching ESL and how similiar it is to teaching individuals to remdiate speech patterns. I understand all aspects of language and speech; I believe I excel as an ESL teacher. I
Grammar

Grammar

I have 10+ years experience working as a Speech Language Pathologist in the school setting. I understand all areas of grammar and how it relates to overall understanding of language. I excel at teaching parts of speech, sentence and paragraph composition, essay writing, reading comprehension, spelling, proofreading, and grammar. I am experienced teaching areas of grammar such as : nouns, verbs, adjectives, prepositions, phrases, determiners, pronouns, clauses, etc. I am familiar with how to discect sentences.
Phonics

Phonics

I understand phonics as secrets into literacy and I often find that by using children's intrinsic curiosity and imagination that they are able to discover phonics and build phonological maps through multimodal learning approaches. I understand how phonological awareness and phonological mapping can take different forms. I have experience changing my language and my approach to harness the natural phonological discovery.
Reading

Reading

With nearly 20 years of experience, I specialize in helping children who struggle with reading. I’m certified in dyslexia intervention through the University of Florida Literacy Institute (UFLI) and diagnose dyslexia in Arkansas. My instruction follows the Science of Reading and uses structured, explicit, and multisensory methods. I teach skills step-by-step, using sight, sound, movement, and touch to help reading "stick." I focus on phonological and orthographic mapping—how the brain connects sounds to letters—so that reading becomes fluent, fun, and automatic. Every session is progress-monitored and tailored to each child’s needs. My goal is always the same: to build confidence and help every child become a capable, joyful reader.
Special Needs

Special Needs

Growing up I always knew that I wanted to work with special needs children and adults. My mother was my role model and the best special education teacher I have ever known. My mother taught me that if Ican love a child, that I can help them. I have never found this to fail me. I truly connect with my students and feel honored to be part of their journey. I have yet to find a student that I can't teach. I am fascinated by the mind and spirit of all of my students. I worked as a Speech Language Pathologist exclusively in the area of Pediatrics for over 10 years. I am trained in helping children with many diagnoses including by not limited to: ASD, Downs Syndrome, TBI, Cerebral Palsy, ADHD, Dyslexia, hearing impairment, autism.
Speech

Speech

I have obtained a Master’s degree in Communication Disorders where I have completed many courses where I was required to master skills in public speaking, influential speaking, and basic counseling communication styles. Not only have I a great deal of knowledge in being a presenter and speaker myself, but I worked as a fulltime SLP for 10+ years. When a child is preparing for a presentation I am able to provide visual organizers and a fun learning style to help make the presentation clear, organized, and fun, As a language expert, I am able to use the language that is appropriate for the child and help to reiterate information in a new way. I find that many children who seek out speech tutoring have articulation or fluency concerns and require guidance on how to pronounce words clearly and how to be fluent. . The most common types of speech tutoring sessions I have conducted focus on speech clarity, speech style, and enhancing overall communication. With my trained ear, I am able to easily pick up on speech disturbances so that I can effectively provide individualized speech tutoring sessions.
Spelling

Spelling

With my background as a speech language pathologist, I understand the many levels of processing necessary for spelling accuracy. I have been trained on how to enhance short term, long term, and working memory while also recognizing my student’s strengths and reasoning. I find that as I spend time with a student I am able to understand how they learn and how best to imprint patterns for enhanced spelling accuracy and confidence.
Vocabulary

Vocabulary

I have 10+ years background as a Speech Language Pathologist. I have tested children in the areas of receptive and expressive vocabulary. I understand that students can struggle to use vocabulary in a variety of different formats and context including written vs oral or based on our own understanding vs if we can define a word or use it in a sentence. I understand how to navigate the underlying causes of vocabulary struggles. I am also experienced in vocabulary enhancement techniques as well as with word finding difficulties.
Writing

Writing

I absolutely love working on writing skills with children and teenagers. I understand both the art of creative writing and the necessary skills needed to compose simple and complex writing tasks. I have 10+ years treating written language deficits as a Speech Language Pathologist; I understand the areas of written language and I am able to adjust my style to best fit my student’s needs. I believe I am a great writing tutor not only because of my background and expertise, but also enjoy writing as a hobby. I value all forms of literature and have experience helping students with variety forms of writing including but not limited to: argumentative, expository, narrative, and descriptive essays. I have a great deal of experience helping students with capitalization, punctuation, sentence structure, and descriptive details.
Elementary Science
Proofreading

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Engaging, Astute and Fun Tutor

Our three kids (ages 7, 7 and 5) felt a strong connection with Megan from their very first meeting. She worked quickly to understand each of their varying learning styles and utilizes games and fun tools to make learning fun and keep them engaged. They look forward to their sessions and we as parents appreciate the thorough summaries she provides after each along with techniques and information we can use at home to continue their learning.

Leah, 78 lessons with Megan

Knowledgeable and patient tutor!

Megan has helped my son gain the skills he needs to read. My son is very shy and she was able to get him out of his shell and is a wonderful tutor. I highly recommend!

R, 125 lessons with Megan

Goes above and beyond!

We are so thrilled to have found Megan. Our son has a complex profile and we really needed someone who would want to learn more about our son and his individual needs. We needed someone who would want to figure out what would help our son best and what he truly needed. Well, we found that with Megan. We feel so blessed to have her on our son's team through this journey. She has researched the different needs of my son, she has been very thoughtful about what would help him best and she really thinks about some "outside the box" ideas that would benefit him. She has also communicated with us every step of the way. I couldn't be happier and I would highly highly recommend Megan to anyone. Oh and my son adores her! Which says a lot when you have a boy who would love nothing more than to avoid anything having to do with "school".

Marci, 1 lesson with Megan

Amazing

Knows how to relate to my son and pull him out of his shell. She has connected with him and he is very comfortable with her. She is very knowledgeable and relatable.

Julianna, 5 lessons with Megan

Tutor who helps improve intrinsic motivation.

Megan has been great for my teenage daughter. She has helped her not only with study skills, but she has helped her explore ways to visually organize and work through tasks. She helped my daughter figure out how to self- motivate and improve her executive function skills. I highly recommend Megan!

Paula, 11 lessons with Megan

Amazing tutor

My 7 seven year old daughter is on the spectrum and struggles with reading and paying attention / staying engaged in classes. Megan enters her world and finds ways to catch her attention while also thinking about how J uniquely learns and processes. She's been tutoring for a few weeks and I'm so impressed.

Theresa, 11 lessons with Megan

Fun and very helpful

Megan has been working with my kid for almost 3 weeks. She is always on time, very attentive, knows the kids' needs and can find the right approach to any kid. My child always looks forward to have a lesson with her, she is learning through games and tasks, she is making the progress by day. I would recommend Megan to anyone who is in need of a good therapist.

Tatiana, 7 lessons with Megan

Amazing Tutor

Meg is amazing! She has made a profound difference working with our two sons, ages 7 and 14. Our boys have different speech challenges and in each case Meg has tailored an approach specific to the child with tremendous success. She is always thorough, keeps us completely informed, and is truly passionate about her work. We are so grateful to have found Meg on Wyzant, and we would not hesitate to endorse her to other families.

Jesse, 2 lessons with Megan

Knowledgeable, has lot of patience

Megan is amazing! She tries to understand child's specific problem and works to improve it. She tries to make the classes fun and engaging. She gives suggestions to parents what we can do at home to help the child.

Hima, 6 lessons with Megan

Great start

Our son is very capricious and it’s very hard to get him engaged in discussion during lessons but Mrs. Megan has found a way to make him happy and exited during the lesson. She also came with a good plan on how to keep him practice the homework. Great teacher...

Victor , 59 lessons with Megan
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