If your child dreads reading or has been told they just are not trying hard enough, I want you to know something. They are not broken, and you are not alone. I am Lauren, and I have spent over 15 years sitting across the table from kids who felt like reading would never click. I have watched those same children go from refusing to open a book to reading out loud with pride. That moment never gets old for me. And I know that feeling personally because I was that child too.
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If your child dreads reading or has been told they just are not trying hard enough, I want you to know something. They are not broken, and you are not alone. I am Lauren, and I have spent over 15 years sitting across the table from kids who felt like reading would never click. I have watched those same children go from refusing to open a book to reading out loud with pride. That moment never gets old for me. And I know that feeling personally because I was that child too.
I struggled with learning when I was younger and spent time in and out of tutoring myself. That experience never left me. It is actually what brought me to this work and what keeps me in it. I earned my Master of Education from Johns Hopkins University and my Bachelor of Arts in English from Howard University. I am also certified in the Wilson Reading System and hold a Wilson Dyslexia Practitioner certification. I specialize in working with students who have dyslexia and autism using a multisensory structured literacy approach that actually sticks. I have worked in life skills classrooms, resource rooms, and one on one settings with students from kindergarten all the way through high school.
What drives me is not the credentials. It is the kid who finally exhales in a session because someone made learning feel safe. I build every lesson around the whole child because confidence and calm are just as important as phonics. If your child is struggling, I would love to be part of their breakthrough.
