Services

Reading

Reading is the foundation everything else stands on — and when it's hard, school gets hard everywhere. As a certified reading specialist, Susan builds skills systematically across the full reading picture: sounding words out accurately, reading smoothly enough for meaning to survive, and — the piece families notice most — actually understanding and remembering what was read.

If your student reads a page and can't tell you what it said, this is the place to start.

DecodingFluencyComprehensionFunctional Literacy

What you receive

One-on-one 55-minute sessions — at the office, virtually, or in-home where a student's needs require it
An individualized instruction plan built from your learner's strengths, needs, and interests
Ongoing progress data, with instruction adjusted as your learner grows
Regular plain-language updates so you always know what we're working on and why

Writing

Many students have plenty to say — getting it onto the page is the struggle. Writing support focuses on the bridge between thinking and writing: organizing ideas, structuring them, and building the stamina and confidence to get from blank page to finished work.

Written ExpressionOrganizationComposition

What you receive

One-on-one sessions targeting the specific point where writing breaks down for your student
Concrete tools your learner keeps — planning frames, organizers, and revision strategies
Progress updates tied to real schoolwork, not just exercises

Executive Function & Life Skills

Starting an assignment. Breaking a big project into pieces. Keeping track of materials, time, and priorities. Speaking up when something isn't working. These "skills behind the skills" are teachable — and for many neurodiverse learners they're the difference between capability and performance.

Through a behavior specialist's lens, Susan works on the routines, strategies, and confidence that build genuine independence.

PlanningOrganizationSpeaking UpIndependence

What you receive

A personalized set of routines and strategies, taught until your learner owns them
Practical systems for starting work, tracking assignments, and managing materials and time
Coaching your learner to ask for help and to speak up when something isn't working
Guidance for home so new habits survive outside the session

Literacy Assessments

Good instruction starts with knowing exactly where a learner is. Literacy assessments identify strengths, pinpoint specific needs, and translate directly into next instructional steps — so support begins in the right place instead of guessing.

Identify strengthsPinpoint needsPlan next steps

What you receive

A comprehensive literacy assessment session with your student
A written summary of your learner's strengths and needs, in language families can actually use
A parent conference to walk through the findings together
Recommended next instructional steps — whether with Hill Education Services or elsewhere

Assessments are educational in nature — they are not medical or psychological evaluations, and they do not provide a diagnosis.

IEP Support & Guidance for Families

An IEP is only as powerful as a family's ability to understand and use it. As a certified special education teacher, Susan helps families decode what the document actually says, understand the services it provides, prepare for meetings, and partner confidently with the school team — and helps them support the IEP's goals at home.

Understanding the IEPMeeting preparationMeeting supportSupport at home

What you receive — the IEP Starter Package

Records review: Susan reads your child's IEP, evaluations, and progress reports with an educator's eye
Parent preparation session: a working meeting that turns the paperwork into plain language — what your child is getting, what's missing, and what to ask for
Written recommendations: a practical document you keep — priorities, questions for the team, and next steps

Ongoing support, as you need it

Preparation before, and attendance alongside you at, IEP meetings
Help understanding evaluation results and proposed changes as they arrive
Strategies for supporting the IEP's goals at home

IEP support is educational guidance and support from an experienced educator — it is not legal advice or legal representation. Some disputes may require a special-education attorney.

Sessions are one-on-one — at the Doylestown office, virtually, or in your home for students whose needs make home-based services the right fit (within 15 miles of Doylestown) — always shaped by your learner's strengths and interests.

Reading

Writing

Executive Function & Life Skills

Literacy Assessments

IEP Support & Guidance for Families

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