Orton Manhattan Gillingham Julie Boesky Literacy Tutor/Dyslexia Specialist
Offering expert one-on-one reading instruction for students of all ages
About Me
Julie Boesky Literacy Tutor, Dyslexia Specialist, Virtual Tutor, Parent Consultant
I moved to Manhattan in 2015 after many years in the Portland, Maine area where I was a K-2 public classroom teacher, a private school academic support specialist, reading tutor, and educational consultant. During the pandemic, I returned to the mountains of Western Maine to a little town called Denmark. I now divide my time between Maine and NYC, offering hybrid virtual/in-person tutoring services to children in the NYC area as well as across the country.
My Expertise
I achieved initial certification as an Orton Gillingham practitioner through the Scottish Rite Masons Program/Children's Dyslexia Center in Portland, Maine. I am certified in the Orton Gillingham methodology through IMSLEC and the International Dyslexia Association. I am also a member of Learning Ally's Tutor Referral Network.
As a professional educator dedicated to improving the lives of my students by helping them learn to read and write effectively, I consider myself to be a life long learner in the field. I regularly attend the latest workshops and courses to stay abreast of current developments and refine the Orton Gillingham foundation of my practice through related methodologies. Teaching children to read and write is actually a highly complex task -- just as these skills don't come naturally or magically to most children, teachers must study continuously in order to be able to provide their students with the most effective instruction.
In 2017, I studied Dr. David Kilpatrick's critically important phonemic awareness work, designed to help children develop orthographic mapping skills. Until a child has a solid facility with each of the individual speech sounds embedded within a word, she will have a very difficult time remembering the letters and sequence of letters reflected in the word for both reading and spelling. I now assess all of my students in this foundational skill and add critical drills from Dr. Kilpatrick's methodology as needed.
In June 2018, I trained in Judith Hochman's Writing Revolution methodology through the Windward School's Teacher Training Institute. This enhanced my abilities as a writing instructor and provided me with new insights into how your child's writing informs her reading comprehension.
For over fifteen years, I have worked with dozens of dyslexic children and struggling readers of all ages, helping them to build both their literacy skills and self esteem. I believe that my successes with my students stem from the neuroscience underlying the Orton Gillingham method, along with my students' hard work and tenacity, the support of their families, and the fun and creativity I build into our work. No two students are the same, so I tailor lessons for the individual while still maintaining the core components of this underlying methodology.
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