Sue is a skilled clinician, teacher and collaborator with over 30 years of experience helping students and families. She has expertise in a wide variety of learning differences - including dyslexia, ADHD and learning disabilities - and the ability to develop practical, effective solutions.
She uses an eclectic approach that is based on each student’s particular learning style. By helping students to understand themselves as learners, she empowers them to take charge of their learning.
Understanding what strategies they can use to help themselves, and being able to identify their own progress, leads to greater skill growth and self-confidence.
Sue plays an active role in the evaluation, support, and case management of each of her clients, including collaboration with parents, teachers and allied professionals.
She addresses both the academic and social-emotional aspects of learning issues. Sue has extensive training in formal and informal assessments, as well as the development and implementation of appropriate instructional approaches for learning challenges. Her goal is to provide individualized instruction to meet the needs of each student, while helping them to develop an awareness of their strengths and how to utilize them to their advantage. She holds a current Oregon Teaching License with endorsements in Standard Elementary (preprimary through Grade 9) and Exceptional Learner.
Listed skills include Learning Disabilities, Dyslexia, Add/Adhd, Academic Or Executive Function Skill Coaching, and 15 others.