Services for Dyslexic Students
One-to-one tutoring in reading, spelling and expository writing
Consultation for IEP construction
FAQs
How do you teach?
I employ a multitude of materials for students K-12: Multisensory reading, writing and spelling for children grades 1-6 and learning strategies for older students.
Structured composition that includes
- Sentence expansion
- Consistent paragraph outlines (Quick Outlines)
- Multiple paragraph outlines expository writing (MPO)
- Multiple paragraph outlines extended for research papers
Learning Strategies for
- Decoding
- Finding main ideas in text and lectures
- Learning comma rules
- Punctuating coordinating conjunctions
- Punctuating subordinating conjunctions and their meanings (although, since)
- Memory – constructing mnemonics
My child is in the Wilson Program. Will these different programs confuse and conflict?
No, these programs don’t conflict because I integrate my work with them. I do not rigidly adhere to my scope and sequence at the expense of the student’s classroom work.
About Us
Education
Janet holds the following degrees and qualifications:
- B.A. French
- M.A. Special Education
- P.D. Administration and Supervision
- Ph.D. Language Literacy and Learning
- Slingerland training, 125 hours of training and supervised practicum for dyslexia instruction
- Strategies Instruction from University of Kansas
Experience
- 20 years: multisensory and strategies instruction K-12 in White Plains CSD, White Plains, NY.
- 3 years: Supervisor of Elementary Special Education, Lower Merion SD, Ardmore, PA.
- 1 year: Director of Education, Windward School, (school for dyslexics), White Plains, NY.
- 4 years: Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction, Mt. Pleasant CSD, Thornwood, NY.
- 3 years: university instruction of reading strategies for special needs, Fordham University and Manhattanville College.
- 35 years: individual tutoring