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SAT Reading, Writing & Math Tutor |ADHD & Executive Function
Ryan C.

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254 hours tutoring

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Students often know more than their scores or schoolwork show. The challenge is identifying what gets in the way—and teaching a method they can use independently. I tutor SAT Reading/Writing and Math and provide executive function coaching, drawing on 12+ years of teaching and tutoring experience in Massachusetts schools and districts, including Boston Latin, Brookline, and Newton. On Wyzant, I have taught nearly 300 hours, earned a 5-star rating, and received nearly 70 reviews, alongside...

Students often know more than their scores or schoolwork show. The challenge is identifying what gets in the way—and teaching a method they can use independently. I tutor SAT Reading/Writing and Math and provide executive function coaching, drawing on 12+ years of teaching and tutoring experience in Massachusetts schools and districts, including Boston Latin, Brookline, and Newton. On Wyzant, I have taught nearly 300 hours, earned a 5-star rating, and received nearly 70 reviews, alongside extensive private tutoring and coaching experience.

My approach begins with diagnosis: Is the student missing a concept, misreading the question, choosing an inefficient strategy, or struggling to apply what they know? I use a comprehensive SAT curriculum with question-type guides, targeted practice, and error tracking to turn those patterns into specific next steps. In Reading/Writing, we build passage comprehension, evidence-based reasoning, grammar, and the ability to eliminate tempting wrong answers. In Math, we strengthen foundations, recognize problem types, and choose efficient methods, including appropriate Desmos strategies. Accuracy comes first, followed by timed practice and independent execution.

Recent student gains on official SAT practice exams include 660 to 740 after six sessions, 620 to 710 in about one month, and 430 to 660 through foundational reading and grammar work. Individual results vary.
For students with ADHD or executive function challenges, I help turn “I’ll do it later” into a practical plan: when to start, what to do first, how to manage time, and how to follow through. My background in behavioral and special education settings helps me distinguish academic skill gaps from difficulties with organization and execution. Lessons are individualized around each student’s goals, recurring errors, and habits, with a focus on building confidence through clear methods and measurable progress.

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Education

Bridgewater State University
Bachelor of Science in Psychology
Harvard University
Graduate Coursework
Boston College
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  • Hourly Rate: $99
  • Rate details: Tutoring: Online $99/hr · In-person $150/hr Package rates may be available for ongoing students. Ask about options during consultation.
  • Lesson cancellation: 24 hours notice required

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Approved Subjects

ACT English

ACT English

My ACT English instruction draws on 12+ years of teaching and tutoring experience and a structured approach to grammar, sentence construction, and rhetorical reasoning. I teach students to identify sentence boundaries, apply punctuation and agreement rules, and evaluate choices for clarity, concision, and purpose. Rather than relying on what “sounds right,” students learn to explain the rule or contextual evidence supporting an answer. Targeted practice and error review build accuracy before we integrate pacing and independent execution.
ADHD

ADHD

I have over 12 years of experience supporting students with ADHD across elementary, middle, and high school, both in classroom settings and one-on-one tutoring. My work focuses on helping students strengthen executive-function skills such as organization, task initiation, sustained attention, planning, and follow-through—skills that directly impact academic performance. I regularly work with students who struggle with focus, motivation, and consistency despite being capable learners, and I tailor instruction to their specific attention profiles. My approach is highly structured and practical, combining academic instruction with clear routines, accountability systems, and strategies that students can apply independently. I collaborate closely with families to align tutoring with IEPs, 504 plans, and school expectations, ensuring continuity rather than overlap. Parents value my calm, predictable style and my ability to help students build confidence while developing tools that lead to measurable, long-term progress.
ASVAB

ASVAB

I provide targeted ASVAB preparation in arithmetic reasoning, mathematics knowledge, word knowledge, and paragraph comprehension. Drawing on my teaching and tutoring experience, I identify foundational gaps and recurring errors before building a focused practice plan. Students learn to translate word problems, choose efficient solution methods, interpret passages, and evaluate answer choices under time constraints. Sessions combine clear instruction, targeted practice, and systematic review, with preparation tailored to each student’s starting point and goals.
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

I have over 12 years of experience supporting students on the autism spectrum in both school-based and one-on-one settings, including work in Massachusetts’ top-ranked districts such as Boston Latin, Brookline, and Newton. I specialize in helping autistic learners build academic skills alongside executive-function abilities such as flexibility, organization, task initiation, and self-regulation. My background includes working with students who require highly structured, predictable instruction in reading, writing, comprehension, and study skills. I use evidence-based, ABA-informed strategies to reinforce learning, reduce overwhelm, and promote independence, while keeping sessions practical and academically focused. I regularly collaborate with families and school teams to align tutoring with IEP goals and classroom expectations without duplicating ineffective past interventions. Parents value my calm, structured approach and my ability to help students make measurable progress while building confidence, independence, and functional skills that carry over into daily life.
Bodybuilding

Bodybuilding

I’m a seasoned Bodybuilding coach with 17+ years of experience, including competing in multiple sports such as basketball, baseball, football, boxing, and mixed martial arts. Since I started bodybuilding at 18, I’ve achieved impressive results, including reaching 235lbs at 7% body fat, with photos to prove it. I’ve also competed in the Junior Olympics and know firsthand the dedication it takes to transform your body. My approach combines proven strength training, nutrition, and recovery methods tailored to each individual’s goals, helping clients achieve peak performance and results.
Essay Writing

Essay Writing

I have over 12 years of experience teaching and tutoring essay writing for middle school, high school, and college students across a wide range of academic levels. I specialize in helping students develop clear structure, strong thesis statements, logical organization, and effective evidence-based writing. My approach focuses on breaking the writing process into manageable steps, including outlining, drafting, revising, and editing, so students understand not just what to write but how to think through their ideas. I regularly support students who struggle with organization, clarity, or confidence in writing, including those with executive-function or learning challenges. Sessions emphasize clear expectations, concrete models, and actionable feedback rather than vague corrections. Parents value my ability to help students produce stronger, more confident writing while also building skills they can transfer to future assignments across subjects.
Executive Functioning

Executive Functioning

I am an experienced educator and academic coach with over 12 years of experience supporting middle school, high school, and college students with executive functioning skills. I specialize in helping students strengthen organization, planning, task initiation, time management, sustained attention, and follow-through—skills that are essential for academic success but often underdeveloped in high-achieving or neurodiverse learners. My background includes extensive work with students with ADHD, executive dysfunction, and learning differences, both in school settings and through one-on-one coaching. I design personalized systems that help students manage assignments, break down complex tasks, prepare for exams, and build consistent study habits, while also improving self-monitoring and accountability. Rather than using a one-size-fits-all approach, I focus on identifying each student’s specific executive function challenges and teaching practical, transferable strategies they can apply across subjects. Parents and students consistently report improved independence, reduced academic stress, and measurable improvements in performance as a result of this structured, skills-based coaching approach.
GED

GED

I provide structured GED preparation across Math, Language Arts, Science, and Social Studies, with instruction tailored to each student’s current skill level and testing goals. With more than 12 years of experience in education, special education, and one-on-one academic support, I specialize in breaking difficult concepts into clear, manageable steps. My approach emphasizes foundational skill-building, test strategy, mistake-pattern analysis, and steady progress toward GED readiness. I also support students with ADHD, executive-function challenges, and learning differences while maintaining high expectations and practical accountability.
Grammar

Grammar

With over 12 years of experience, I specialize in grammar tutoring for students of all levels, including SAT prep, academic writing, and special education support. My expertise lies in breaking down complex grammar rules into clear, easy-to-apply concepts so students can improve sentence structure, punctuation, and clarity in their writing. I’ve helped students master parallelism, conciseness, subject-verb agreement, modifiers, and more—key areas for SAT success and strong academic writing. My background in Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) and psychology also allows me to tailor lessons for students with ADHD, autism, and executive function challenges. Whether you're preparing for a standardized test, strengthening writing skills, or refining professional communication, I'll help you gain confidence and mastery in grammar.
High School Placement Test

High School Placement Test

I have extensive experience preparing students for High School Placement Tests, including SSAT-style and independent school entrance exams. My background in SAT Reading & Writing, grammar, and test strategy allows me to effectively support students preparing for placement exams that assess critical reading, writing, vocabulary, and reasoning skills at a slightly earlier level. I focus on teaching students how to approach questions strategically, manage time effectively, and avoid common test traps, rather than relying on memorization alone. Many of the skills required for placement exams—such as understanding passage structure, grammar rules, and logical elimination—closely mirror higher-level standardized tests, which allows students to build both confidence and long-term test readiness. My approach is structured, diagnostic, and student-specific. I identify gaps quickly, reinforce foundational skills, and help students develop strong test-taking habits that translate across exams. Students and parents consistently report improved accuracy, confidence, and performance as a result of this targeted preparation.
Interview Prep

Interview Prep

I provide structured, results-focused interview preparation for high school, college, and graduate-level students, including academic programs, competitive schools, and enrichment opportunities. My approach emphasizes clear communication, confidence-building, and strategic response framing so students can articulate their strengths effectively under pressure. I help students prepare for common and advanced interview questions, practice concise yet compelling answers, and improve delivery, tone, and body language. Drawing on years of experience working closely with students and families, I tailor interview coaching to each student’s goals, personality, and application context to ensure authentic and polished performance.
PSAT

PSAT

I have over 12 years of experience in education and specialize in structured, individualized test preparation for the digital PSAT and SAT. I help students strengthen Reading and Writing skills through targeted instruction in grammar, vocabulary in context, information and ideas, rhetorical analysis, and efficient test-taking strategies. My approach begins by identifying each student’s specific mistake patterns and skill gaps rather than relying on generic test-prep assignments. From there, I use customized lessons, targeted practice, error analysis, and progressively timed work to build accuracy before speed. I also incorporate executive-function and study strategies when organization, attention, pacing, or consistency is affecting performance. My goal is to help students understand why they miss questions, develop repeatable strategies for solving them, and become increasingly accurate and independent under real digital testing conditions.
Psychology

Psychology

I graduated Magna Cum Laude with a B.S. in Psychology, with additional academic study in Biology and Cognitive Neuroscience, and bring over 12 years of experience in education and behavioral support. My background includes cognitive psychology, learning and memory, development, neuroscience, conditioning, and human behavior, allowing me to help students connect psychological theory with practical examples and applications. I work with high school, AP Psychology, and college-level students who need help mastering course content, preparing for exams, understanding research, or strengthening their academic writing. I break complex theories and terminology into clear frameworks while using retrieval practice, examples, and targeted review to improve both comprehension and retention. My goal is not simply to help students memorize psychological concepts for a test. I help them understand how the concepts relate to one another, evaluate psychological ideas critically, and apply what they have learned independently.
Reading

Reading

I bring 12+ years of teaching and tutoring experience to individualized reading instruction, including work with students with ADHD, autism, and learning differences. I help students identify central ideas, make supported inferences, understand vocabulary in context, and explain how details contribute to a passage’s meaning. Through modeling, guided discussion, and purposeful rereading, students learn to notice confusion and use specific strategies to restore understanding. Lessons adapt to the student’s reading level and schoolwork, with the goal of stronger comprehension and increasingly independent analysis.
SAT Math

SAT Math

I teach SAT Math using a comprehensive curriculum I developed, drawing on 12+ years of teaching and tutoring experience. Instruction covers algebra, advanced math, problem-solving and data analysis, and geometry and trigonometry, with targeted attention to each student’s knowledge gaps. I teach students to recognize problem structures, choose efficient methods, and use Desmos when it offers a practical advantage. Lessons move from explicit instruction and focused practice to mixed, timed application, with error tracking that helps students correct recurring mistakes.
SAT Reading

SAT Reading

I teach SAT Reading and Writing through a comprehensive curriculum I developed, drawing on 12+ years of teaching and tutoring experience. My instruction targets passage comprehension, evidence-based reasoning, vocabulary in context, grammar, and rhetorical decisions through clear methods for each question type. I analyze recurring errors to determine whether students need stronger foundations, more precise reasoning, or a better approach to pacing and answer selection. Students progress from guided practice to independent, timed application, with systematic review of missed questions and tempting wrong answers.
Special Needs

Special Needs

I have over 12 years of experience supporting students with special education needs in public school classrooms, one-on-one tutoring, and individualized academic settings. I have worked extensively with students with autism, ADHD, learning disabilities, and executive-function challenges, using structured, explicit instruction tailored to each student’s learning profile. I specialize in adapting academic instruction, study skills, organization, task initiation, and executive-function supports while maintaining clear expectations and meaningful academic goals. My background includes ABA-informed teaching principles and extensive experience implementing individualized supports within special education environments. I also work with families to understand IEP and 504 goals and align tutoring with the student's broader academic needs. My approach is calm, structured, and highly individualized. I break complex academic demands into manageable steps, identify patterns behind recurring difficulties, and gradually build the skills and systems students need to work with greater accuracy, confidence, and independence.
Statistics

Statistics

I have extensive experience tutoring statistics at multiple levels, helping students grasp core concepts like probability, hypothesis testing, regression, and data interpretation. My approach combines clear explanations with practical examples, enabling students to confidently apply statistical methods. I am skilled at breaking down complex topics such as confidence intervals, sampling methods, and error types. Whether working with beginners or advanced learners, I focus on building a strong foundation and critical thinking skills for real-world applications.
Study Skills

Study Skills

I have over 12 years of experience helping students strengthen study skills, executive functioning, organization, time management, task initiation, and independent learning habits. My approach focuses on identifying the specific barriers affecting a student’s performance and building practical systems for planning, studying, note-taking, test preparation, and follow-through. I regularly support students with ADHD, autism, and other learning differences while adapting strategies to each student’s strengths and academic demands. My goal is to help students become more organized, accountable, confident, and increasingly independent in managing their schoolwork.
Vocabulary

Vocabulary

With over 12 years of experience in education, I help students build stronger vocabularies through structured instruction focused on understanding, retention, and accurate word use. I use context clues, word roots, associations, active recall, and spaced review so students learn vocabulary rather than simply memorize lists. Instruction can be customized for a student’s grade level, reading and writing needs, or standardized-test goals, including SAT and ACT preparation. I also track recurring mistakes and areas of weakness to target instruction efficiently and reinforce vocabulary until students can recognize and apply new words independently
World History

World History

I have over 12 years of experience in education, helping students understand challenging academic material and develop stronger, more independent learning skills. In World History, I help students connect major civilizations, events, political developments, conflicts, and cultural movements rather than simply memorizing isolated names and dates. I break complex material into clear timelines, cause-and-effect relationships, themes, and study frameworks that make information easier to understand and retain. I also help students prepare for exams, analyze primary and secondary sources, strengthen historical writing, and develop more effective note-taking and study strategies.

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The best SAT English tutor

Ryan is the best SAT English tutor my son has worked with. We tried several teachers before, but Ryan stands out with his structured, strategic approach and the way he explains everything. His lessons are organized, focused, and actually move the score. My son feels confident and motivated, and we truly see the difference. Highly recommend!

Maria, 22 lessons with Ryan

Positive and encouraging

We started SAT English tutoring with Ryan about two months ago, and my son has really enjoyed his methodology. Ryan is very effective at identifying specific areas of weakness and tailoring his instruction to focus on improving those skills. While my son has not yet taken the official SAT since beginning tutoring, we have already seen noticeable progress in his practice test results. We are hopeful that this improvement will translate to the official exam as well.

Reeta, 10 lessons with Ryan

Outstanding tutor. Five stars, every time.

Ryan has been working with our 14-year-old son, who is autistic and legally blind, for 14 lessons, and the experience has been excellent. He is patient, focused, and deeply committed to our son’s progress. Just as important, he connects well with him, keeps him motivated, and meets him where he is. Ryan helps our son understand how SAT questions are structured rather than just drilling answers. He teaches practical strategies our son can use and equips us as parents with tools to reinforce the work between sessions. The result is growing confidence and real skill development. We are starting SAT prep early since our son is in 9th grade, and Ryan has done a great job laying the groundwork for long-term success. We are confident this will translate into meaningful improvement when our son takes the SAT. Highly recommend. Professional, thoughtful, and effective.

Brian, 37 lessons with Ryan

Well prepared tutor

We are just starting tutoring with Ryan (my daughter is in 8th grade, prepping for the SSAT). Ryan has been super well-prepared and professional. He puts a lot of time in between sessions, which we really appreciate.

Leon, 1 lesson with Ryan

Exactly what we’ve been looking for!

Ryan is thorough, knowledgeable and personable. He navigates the concerns and goals of me, as the parent, while being relatable and effective with my daughter. Our first lesson gave us so much hope for a different outcome this school year! We will continue work with Ryan and put my daughter on track for success with habits that stick. Thank you Ryan!

Terri, 30 lessons with Ryan

Remains focused on success

Ryan has been very patient in working with our autistic junior with his SAT prep. We are confident of his methods and like his demeanor in working with our son.

Brak, 12 lessons with Ryan
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