Learning Insights--Rick Mason
Community SubscriberI provide in-depth reading and math assessments along with dyslexia screening and cognitive abilities screening in order to help families understand why their student is struggling in class, what skills and understandings they need to help them catch up, and the best approaches for how their, individual child learns. I am useful to families that need uderstanding and direction for their struggling learner, but do not require or cannot afford a neuro-psychological assessment.
Rick Mason has been working with my son since the summer. He is a Reading Specialist and Educational Therapist with decades of experience teaching students who learn differently and supporting parents to find the best resources for their child. He uses phonics-based, multi-sensory instruction to help younger students overcome dyslexia or other impediments to reading success; develops both math concepts and skills for students who lack a natural sense of number or who struggle with math due to anxiety, or simply not having mastered foundational math skills in the early grades.
Rick has used a variety of approaches with my kid to develop spelling ability along with overall writing and reading comprehension skills. Underpinning his instruction is his understanding of how the individual child learns so that he teaches the child rather than the curriculum. This includes helping students understand and appreciate their strengths and challenges as learners, and learn how to use their strengths to support their weaker learning abilities, or to overcome deficit areas. Rick works with patience and humor to forge a positive relationship with students and to make lessons enjoyable.
Rick Mason can be reached at writerickmason [at] gmail.com (writerickmason[at]gmail[dot]com). Thanks! And let me know if you have questions.
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