1:1 Reading Tutoring
Individualized Orton-Gillingham instruction tailored to your child’s specific reading needs, strengths, and pace of learning.
Helping Students Become
Confident, Capable Readers
Through structured, individualized Orton-Gillingham instruction, I help students strengthen foundational skills, improve fluency, and achieve lasting success.
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- Master’s in Special Education
- NYS-certified Special Education teacher
- Associate-level Orton-Gillingham (OGA)
- 14+ years helping struggling readers
- In person and virtual 1:1 tutoring
About Me
I specialize in helping struggling readers become confident, capable readers through individualized Orton-Gillingham instruction. I believe every child can learn to read when given the right instruction, support, and time. Each session is tailored to your child’s unique strengths and needs, meeting them exactly where they are and helping them move forward.
What I love most about this work is watching a child’s confidence change as reading begins to make sense. Skills that once felt frustrating become manageable, and students begin to see themselves as readers. My goal is to help each child become a skilled, independent, and confident reader who experiences the joy of reading.
Services
Individualized reading support designed to meet your child where they are and help them move forward with confidence.
In-Person & Virtual
Personalized one-to-one sessions available both in person and online, making consistent reading support easier to fit into your family’s schedule.
Foundational Reading Skills
Targeted support in phonemic awareness, decoding, spelling, fluency, and other foundational skills needed for confident reading.
Approach
Orton-Gillingham is explicit, systematic, diagnostic and multisensory. Lessons are continually adjusted based on the student’s responses so instruction is both structured and truly individualized.
Explicit
Skills are taught directly and clearly rather than left for the student to infer.
Diagnostic
Each lesson responds to what the student has mastered and where more support is needed.
Multisensory
Students engage visual, auditory and kinesthetic pathways to strengthen learning and retention.
What This Means for Your Child
Orton-Gillingham instruction is highly individualized. I continually assess how your child is responding and adjust each lesson accordingly. Skills are taught in a carefully structured sequence, with plenty of review and practice, so your child can build a strong reading foundation while progressing at the pace that is right for them.
What Parents Are Saying
Families share the progress, confidence, and love of reading they’ve seen grow through individualized instruction.
Nechuma has worked with our daughter both in person and on Zoom for over two years. She uses proven systems and develops creative solutions to help our daughter learn to read. Our daughter was able to develop the early skills to decode words and become a confident learner. Nechuma makes learning fun, and our daughter is enthusiastic about the progress she makes each week. We can't recommend her enough!
— Anna & Gabe G.
Nechuma is amazing—she literally taught my daughter how to read. She is patient, kind and encouraging and always brings 150 percent to the table. Not once did my daughter say, “I don’t want to work with Nechuma.” Today, my daughter loves to read, and I can 100 percent tell you that it was because of Nechuma. She is the best.
— Sari Hamway
Her professionalism and patience really helped my daughter make great progress in her reading and spelling skills. Nechuma's caring and easy nature made my daughter look forward to working with her on a weekly basis.
— R. Weiss
I can’t even tell you how much she has helped my daughter. Her reading level has gone up tremendously, and there has been a big improvement in her fluency as well. I would highly recommend her!
— Levana Shasho
Ready to Talk?
Schedule a Free 15-Minute Consultation
Let’s talk about your child’s reading needs, where they’re struggling, and how individualized Orton-Gillingham instruction can help.
Schedule a Free ConsultationPrefer email? You can also reach me at exhilaread@gmail.com.