"Patient, engaging, experienced, certified Dyslexia specialist who is highly effective working with dyslexic students. Holding a Master of Arts in Education, a multiple subject and special education credential, she has extensive experience as both a general education classroom teacher, a special education resource specialist having taught all grades at both the elementary and middle school levels as well more...
"Patient, engaging, experienced, certified Dyslexia specialist who is highly effective working with dyslexic students. Holding a Master of Arts in Education, a multiple subject and special education credential, she has extensive experience as both a general education classroom teacher, a special education resource specialist having taught all grades at both the elementary and middle school levels as well as working with K-12 homeschool students.
Sara individualizes instruction to adapt to the needs of each child by completing a comprehensive initial assessment on each student in order to effectively target instruction at each student’s appropriate instructional level. Whether your child needs phonics, spelling, handwriting, or writing support, Sara can help your child improve. She focuses on working with students that struggle with language-based disabilities that impact their reading, writing and spelling, including students with ADHD and dyslexia and other reading disabilities. Her multi-sensory approach is flexible and includes the use of manipulatives and games to make learning engaging and effective.
Dyslexia Qualification
Sara is a certified Orton Gillingham Dyslexia Specialist through Brainspring. She has thousands of hours of instruction providing reading intervention to students with dyslexia and other reading disabilities. Her specialized training in the Orton-Gillingham approach combined with her Reading Specialist credential highly qualify her to work with dyslexic and struggling readers. Students with dyslexia benefit from a systematic, structured, explicit, and multi-sensory approach to learning. Sara has extensive experience teaching effectively through remote learning, and has observed students experience great success!" less...
University of California Davis, B.A. Spanish and Sociology
University of California Davis, Credential, Other
Monterey Institute of International Studies, Masters