Special Ed. Teacher for Tutoring

Holly H.

ADHD

I have a masters degree in special education cross categorical. I will be starting my 15th school year with Seattle Public Schools where I work with special education students, many of whom have ADHD. I help them with organization skills and focusing skills in order to make their learning more successful.

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

I have a Masters Degree in Special Education Cross Categorical and will be starting my 15th year straight working in special education. Many of the students I have worked with over the years were autistic. This includes the entire autism spectrum from high to low functioning and even non-verbal. I have worked with students on academics, social skills, life skills training and vocational training. I come highly qualified.

Dyslexia

I have a Masters Degree in Special Education Cross Categorical and am beginning my 15th year with Seattle Public Schools working with special education students. I have also worked with regular ed students who have some sort of disability or learning delay or for students who simply struggle in one or two subjects. Many students I have worked with have had dyslexia. I worked for an entire school year working with a third grade girl with dyslexia. She was a non-reader when we began working together, but through a lot of patience and having her sound out words and read them out loud, she was reading at a high first grade level by the end of the school year, amazing all her teachers. I am highly qualified to teach students with dyslexia.

Elementary (K-6th)

I am a certificated K-8 teacher currently working for Seattle Schools. I have many years experience tutoring and teaching at the elementary level. I can teach any subject at the elementary level but specialize in reading and writing.

English

I have been tutoring for more than 35 years and reading and writing are my specialty. I am a professional writer, writing regularly for a blog, and I have also written and self published a novel. I have taught students from pre-k through college age and can help with creative writing as well as writing for essays, reports, etc. I am a certificated K-8 teacher with a masters in Special Education.

ESL/ESOL

I am a certificated teacher in Seattle and have many years teaching students with limited English proficiency. I have also helped college students with limited English skills. I am a professional writer, writing frequently for a local blog, and can help with college papers as well as checking for proper grammar and punctuation and spelling.

Grammar

I currently write for a blog and during my recent status as a grad school student, I always got 100% on my papers particularly the sentence structure, grammar use and spelling. I have also written and self published a novel on Amazon and am working on a new novel. I have tutored students in writing for more than 35 years.

Phonics

I am a certificated K-8 teacher and also possess a Masters in Special Education. I have taught phonics many times, having done so most recently while working in a kindergarten class where many students were struggling readers. I work with students on letter recognition, letter sounds, and reading comprehension. I am highly qualified to teach all aspects or reading including phonics.

Reading

I am a certificated K-8 teacher with a Masters Degree in Special Education. I have taught reading to students from elementary and even pre-kindergarten. I have taught third-graders in reading and kindergartners in word recognition and reading comprehension. I have been tutoring for more than thirty years and can teach any learning style.

Special Needs

I am a certificated K-8 teacher and have a masters degree in Special Education cross categorical. I have worked in Seattle Schools for the last 14 years. During this time I have worked in an Asperger Inclusion program at John Rogers elementary. I have also worked for three years in a kindergarten inclusion program that served special education students as well as regular education students. Many of the special education students had autism. For the last six years I have worked in a self-contained special ed classroom with students who have moderate to severe autism as well as other disorders. Subjects I have worked with students on include academics such as reading, writing, fine motor skills, math and science. I also worked on social skills. Recently I've worked with older students on vocational tasks such as sweeping floors, folding laundry and simple sorting or assembly skills. I have worked with individual students as well as small groups and larger groups. I began working with students with autism in 1983. Besides autism I have worked with students with Downs and other chromosomal abnormalities. I have tutored students with ADHD, Dyspraxia and other learning disabilities. I began tutoring while I was still in high school over 30 years ago.

TOEFL

I have been teaching and tutoring students whose first language is not English. Recently I spent a summer teaching three young ladies from Korea how to speak English. I can help in pronunciation, grammar, and punctuation. I can help your pronunciation by practicing certain words and by reading in English.

Writing

I currently contribute regularly to a local blog. I also have recently finished writing a full length novel and am working on another. I have tutored in reading and writing for over 30 years and can teach all ages in this subject.