Our Services
Online reading and writing lessons
Engaging and Accessible
The benefit of online lessons
- You are able to access high-quality services without geographical constraints, time or transportation issues;
- Students feel comfortable and safe learning in their own home;
- Instead of boring flash cards, Sacha has created interactive, animated and gamified lessons designed to keep even the most distractible student engaged.
Diagnostic and Prescriptive, Structured and Cumulative
Individualised lesson plans
As a qualified Orton-Gillingham (OG) Practioner, Sacha tailors every lesson to the student's specific strengths and weaknesses. These personalised lesson plans are designed to meet the needs of each student. The OG approach is diagnostic and prescriptive in that it involves monitoring students in the moment while also planning for future lessons.
The lessons are structured and cumulative, in that the sequence begins with the simplest concepts and gradually increases in difficulty as students’ understanding deepens. Cumulative means each of these steps is built on top of the previous one.
Specialising in Neurodivergent Students
Playing to their strengths
Sacha works with all neurotypes including neurotypical people, and has an ND affirming approach that validates the characteristics of each person. We have created three programs designed specifically for dyslexic, autistic, and ADHD students. Elements of these programs can be blended together. For example:
- Dyslexic students typically learn well by using the strengths of pattern recognition and spacial awareness.
- Autistic students typically benefit from systematic, explicit instruction.
- ADHDers typically enjoy the dopamine loaded lessons divided into five minute increments with gamified drills.
Sacha has put in the personal work that it takes to become truly neurodiversity-affirmative in her own life and her professional life.
The Science of Reading
Mastering foundational literacy skills
We base our lessons on the Science of Reading. The five components are:
- phonological and phonemic awareness,
- phonics and morphology,
- fluency,
- vocabulary, and
- comprehension.
Sacha uses a variety of methodologies to acheive these objectives, including: auditory discrimination exercises, visual drills, blending boards, decodable readers, word matrices, choral reading, paragraph writing and more.
