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every child has the ability to learn.
Building learning through confidence and skills.
Expert Evidence Based Tutoring focussing on building skills and confidence for all students.
By creating a safe and encouraging environment, we help children overcome educational barriers and discover their unique path to academic success and personal growth.
About US
Putting the Pieces Together is a private tutoring service for Primary students from Prep to Year 8. Sessions are one on one and catered for individual student's needs. I work from my office in Cheltenham or student's school. Where possible, I work in conjunction with the schools to ensure consistency and reinforcement. I have over 25 year's experience as a Primary teacher, Special Education teacher and Tutor. I am a qualified MSL/OG therapist in Literacy and Maths. I specialise in Anxiety, Trauma, Auditory Processing issues, Dyslexia, and Autism Spectrum Disorders to name a few.
After experiencing learning difficulties with my own son, I am aware of how confusing, lost and desperate parents can feel when faced with learning difficulties in their child. There is light at the end of the tunnel, and all children will shine given encouragement and the correct tools.
Are you concerned about your child's engagement at school? Every child has a unique learning style with many different factors influencing their individual style. Some of the biggest influences on learning are anxiety, self-doubt and unrealistic pressure on themselves. My approach is based on both emotional and academic areas to build confidence and ability. Please don't hesitate to get in touch with any concerns you have with your child's journey.
WHAT IS OG/MSL:
"The Orton-Gillingham Approach is a direct, explicit, multisensory, structured, sequential, diagnostic, and prescriptive way to teach literacy when reading, writing, and spelling does not come easily to individuals, such as those with dyslexia. It is most properly understood and practiced as an approach, not a method, program, or system. In the hands of a well-trained and experienced instructor, it is a powerful tool of exceptional breadth, depth, and flexibility."
https://www.ortonacademy.org/resources/what-is-the-orton-gillingham-approach/
"Multisensory teaching is one important aspect of instruction for dyslexic students that is used by clinically trained teachers. Effective instruction for students with dyslexia is what all students require that is instruction that is direct & explicit, structured & systematic, cumulative, cognitive, intensive, emotionally sound and focused on meaningfully taking speech to print. The multisensory component involves the use of visual, auditory, and kinesthetic-tactile pathways simultaneously to enhance memory and learning of written language. A skilled MSL educator provides direct instruction to ensure links are consistently made between the visual (language we see), auditory (language we hear/perceive), and kinesthetic-tactile (language symbols we feel) pathways in learning to read and spell."
http://www.multisensoryeducation.net.au/what-is-msl
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