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Tutoring

Karen takes the time to assess your student’s current skills and determine a set of skills to target through tutoring. She also gets to know the work habits and interests of students in order to work with their strengths and include them in the process. Karen has extensive experience tutoring students in reading (including comprehension, decoding, reading fluency and sight word acquisition), writing (including spelling, paragraph/essay structure, editing and proofreading), mathematics (including problem solving, fact fluency, computation and number sense), general homework support and organization, and executive functioning skills.

Homeschool Tutoring and Curriculum Support

Homeschooling can be a rewarding, but challenging undertaking. Karen has the training and experience to support your child’s homeschooling experience. Karen is available to provide specialized instruction in reading, mathematics and/or writing directly to your child. She is also available to provide consultation and guidance to your home program.

Advocacy Services

Karen has attended and/or chaired over 1,000 team meetings and has written hundreds of IEPs. She is highly knowledgeable about the special education process from the initial evaluation request through discharge from special education. She offers an array of advocacy services including a thorough historical records review, IEP and evaluation reports review, consultation meetings, assistance with writing letters/emails to teams, attendance at team meetings and assistance with placement determinations.

Academic Assessments

Karen has conducted over 300 academic evaluations and possesses the skills not only to administer evaluations, but to also interpret the results in order to support student success and the team process. She offers assessments in the areas of reading, writing and mathematics using a variety of assessment tools including: WIAT 4 Tests of Achievement, Gray Oral Reading Tests – 4, Test of Written Language – 4, Comprehensive Test of Phonological Processing – 2, Test of Word Reading Efficiency – 2, Test of Early Reading, Test of Early Written Language and the KeyMath- 3. Karen also partners with a clinical psychologist to complete full neuropsychological evaluations.

Observations

Karen has spent countless hours in classrooms throughout her career and has been fortunate to observe students and teachers in many local school districts. She understands the value of observing students in their learning environment. She is available to observe your child in his/her current educational setting and provide feedback and recommendations to the team in order to best meet the needs of your child.