Success Tutoring specializes in helping students excel by addressing reading challenges such as dyslexia, ADHD, and various processing issues. I define tutoring as a personalized approach to education, tailored to meet each student's unique needs. I aim to make learning both effective and enjoyable, fostering a love for reading and academic confidence. If you are looking for a reading tutor for your child, I'm here to help every step of the way.

I offer tutoring sessions from Monday to Thursday, 10 am to 7 pm Eastern. Success Tutoring observes the following holidays:

Labor Day

Thanksgiving week

Winter Break (last 2 weeks of December)

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Memorial Day

Independence Day

I tutor reading online for students with dyslexia and other reading delays, ADHD, and/ or processing issues. Most of my students are in elementary school; however, I also work with older students who need help with reading and comprehension.

Students with reading problems such as dyslexia, ADHD, and/or processing issues need instruction that builds foundational skills such as phonological awareness, phonics, reading accuracy, comprehension, vocabulary, fluency, writing, and handwriting.

I can provide invaluable support and guidance for your child struggling with literacy skills. This individualized attention allows me to work at your child’s own pace and to address specific challenges, provide immediate feedback, and to use effective strategies that will result in improvement.

My goal is to make learning effective and enjoyable and for your child to

develop a love for reading and gain the confidence needed for academic success.

I am committed to helping your child acquire the tools needed to succeed not just in reading but across all subjects where literacy plays a critical role.

Getting started with Success Tutoring is easy! Here's what you need to do: 1. Request a free consultation to discuss your child’s history and tutoring needs. If you like I can demonstrate an online session and we can see if it’s a good fit. 2. Schedule your child’s sessions. 3. Complete the registration forms and required paperwork. 4. Make the first month’s payment. 5. Gather the necessary supplies. 6. Sign in to each tutoring session as scheduled.

I do not offer trial lessons. Instead, I schedule a free consultation with you (and your child, if you like) to learn more about your child’s history and tutoring needs, to answer questions, to show you what a tutoring lesson is like, and to see if I am a good fit for your child.

If I don’t think I can’t help your child, I will be up front and let you know. I will be happy to refer you to another tutor if I know one that would be compatible.

Tutoring sessions are for a professional hour (50 minutes).

A 2021 Annenberg study showed that 30-60 minute tutoring sessions three or more times per week result in the greatest learning gains. Students often have other after school activities, so I understand such a schedule may not be possible.

Based upon my own experience two sessions per week provides excellent results so that is what I suggest.

If your family can accommodate only one session per week, improvement can still be made, however, it will likely be slower and will take more time.

Absolutely! I conduct a baseline assessment during the initial tutoring sessions. Follow-up assessments are completed mid-year and at the end of the academic year or tutoring engagement. I also informally assess students during every session, allowing me to adjust instruction according to their needs.

Parents can call, email, or text to ask about progress or to request a consultation meeting to provide and receive feedback on their child’s progress.

Please note I do not answer calls when I am tutoring. I make every effort to answer messages within 24 hours Monday through Thursday.

I spend the first part of our first session getting to know students and giving them a chance to learn about me.

Then, I have them complete baseline assessments to evaluate the key literacy skills that most struggling readers find challenging:

• alphabet order/handwriting

• phoneme segregation

• word reading fluency

• passage reading

• spelling

• writing

We can usually get these completed during the first one to two sessions.