Are you a teacher who wants to learn how to help students with dyslexia? 
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Are you a school administrator who wants to provide a flexible, structured, multisensory approach to literacy that aligns with the science of reading ?
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Are you a parent with concerns about your child's ability to read and spell?

Welcome. You're in the right place. 

Kim Nau is a dyslexia therapist who has an M.S. degree from Hofstra University.  She is 1 of less than 200 active Fellows (worldwide) in the prestigious Orton-Gillingham Academy.  She is also a certified Structured Literacy/Dyslexia Specialist from the Center for Effective Reading Instruction (CERI). Additionally, she is a board member of the Long Island branch of the International Dyslexia Association (IDA). 

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Kim has had a wide-ranging, teaching career with experience working with a varied population of students. She began her career in New York City as a classroom teacher in Brooklyn, New York and then moved on to teaching English to speakers of other languages at local colleges. 

 

Her passion for teaching students with dyslexia began in 2016 when she had the opportunity to study the Orton-Gillingham approach. Kim has accumulated more than 5,000 hours of OG instructional experience with individuals ranging in age from 6 to 74 who present with language-based learning disabilities, including dyslexia, autism spectrum disorder, apraxia of speech, ADHD, and related profiles.

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She is also a published author. Her book, Orton-Gillingham Lesson Planning Guide: Differentiated Word Lists with Decodable Phrases and Sentences for Little Kids and Big Kids, is available on Amazon. In addition, she has served as a consultant on a workbook for Priddy Books, a division of Macmillan Publishers.

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Kim primarily tutors private clients online but also offers both virtual and in-person Orton-Gillingham Academy trainings and workshops for educators and parents. She collaborates with the Stern Center for Language and Learning as a mentor, and she provides consulting and mentorship services to school districts.

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Kim lives on Long Island, New York with her family and two Cavalier King Charles Spaniels.