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Empowered Learners Educational Therapy and Dyslexia Tutoring offers Orton-Gillingham tutoring for students with dyslexia, multisensory approaches to build reading comprehension, writing, number sense, math fact fluency, and problem solving, and executive functioning support. The program also offers higher-level skill development in critical thinking, problem solving, and research skills, writing coaching including support with college admissions essays, and editing for adults.
• Ages: 5–18 years old
Empowered Learners Educational Therapy and Dyslexia Tutoring is led by educational therapist and dyslexia tutor Syma Solovitch. Syma has a master’s degree in Elementary Education, a credential in Educational Therapy, and training in the Orton-Gillingham method. Over 35 years, Syma has taught and coached children at every level and has experience with students with dyslexia, dyscalculia, ADHD, high functioning autism, executive function difficulties, and diverse processing styles. The practice incorporates a variety of multisensory approaches and methodologies, including Making Math Real and the Orton-Gillingham Approach to Teaching Literacy, and offers one-on-one educational therapy, usually outside of school, with the option for the educational therapist to serve as a case manager coordinating with allied professionals.
Syma has been named New York City Teacher of the Year for District 3 (Central Harlem) and has served as a Master Teacher of the Teaching Mentoring Program for New York City. Syma designed curricula for the California High School Exit Exam, which was published by the University of California and adopted by numerous districts across the state, and served as an education research and evaluation consultant for the California Department of Education. The stated mission is to serve children who need extra support in reading, writing, and mathematics and to integrate fun and thought-provoking games and puzzles into all sessions.
Parent and student testimonials describe the use of multisensory tools and games, individualized programs based on assessments and psychologist reports, parent training and resources, and work on phonemic awareness, phonics, blending, sentence dictation, reading comprehension, reading fluency, inference, sequencing activities, and mathematics. Testimonials also describe work over several years in math and reading, use of tools to build number sense and math fluency, creative approaches to decoding and comprehension, and support for young adults in learning how to write essays and college-level writing.
Last updated July 5, 2026.
• Ages: 5–18 years old
Empowered Learners Educational Therapy and Dyslexia Tutoring is led by educational therapist and dyslexia tutor Syma Solovitch. Syma has a master’s degree in Elementary Education, a credential in Educational Therapy, and training in the Orton-Gillingham method. Over 35 years, Syma has taught and coached children at every level and has experience with students with dyslexia, dyscalculia, ADHD, high functioning autism, executive function difficulties, and diverse processing styles. The practice incorporates a variety of multisensory approaches and methodologies, including Making Math Real and the Orton-Gillingham Approach to Teaching Literacy, and offers one-on-one educational therapy, usually outside of school, with the option for the educational therapist to serve as a case manager coordinating with allied professionals.
Syma has been named New York City Teacher of the Year for District 3 (Central Harlem) and has served as a Master Teacher of the Teaching Mentoring Program for New York City. Syma designed curricula for the California High School Exit Exam, which was published by the University of California and adopted by numerous districts across the state, and served as an education research and evaluation consultant for the California Department of Education. The stated mission is to serve children who need extra support in reading, writing, and mathematics and to integrate fun and thought-provoking games and puzzles into all sessions.
Parent and student testimonials describe the use of multisensory tools and games, individualized programs based on assessments and psychologist reports, parent training and resources, and work on phonemic awareness, phonics, blending, sentence dictation, reading comprehension, reading fluency, inference, sequencing activities, and mathematics. Testimonials also describe work over several years in math and reading, use of tools to build number sense and math fluency, creative approaches to decoding and comprehension, and support for young adults in learning how to write essays and college-level writing.
Last updated July 5, 2026.
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