Dyslexia Services of Houston
KIMBERLY HUGHES
Educational Diagnostician and Licensed Dyslexia Therapist
SERVICES
Kimberly offers individualized instruction to meet your child’s educational needs. She is a Certified Academic Language Therapist (CALT) in Houston and Cy-Fair. She specializes in reading, writing, and math for elementary aged students.
Kimberly can provide dyslexia therapy during the school day if the child’s school allows.
She works in Bellaire, Braes Heights, Willowbend, Meyerland, Jersey Village, and Cy-Fair.
EDUCATIONAL EVALUATION
Diagnostic testing for:
Dyslexia
Dysgraphia
Learning Disabilities (reading, writing, and math)
Intellectual Disabilities
Cognitive testing for private schools
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DYSLEXIA THERAPY
Diagnostic and Prescriptive
Kimberly provides explicit and systematic instruction of an Orton-Gillingham multi-sensory based curriculum to teach children with dyslexia or other reading disabilities. Instruction is based on the individual student’s strengths and struggles. Tutoring sessions are three days a week for 60 minutes each. Additionally, Kimberly can usually attend 504 meetings with parents of students with dyslexia.
ADMISSIONS TESTING
Private School Admissions Testing
Cognitive (IQ) testing for private school admission applications is available.
EDUCATION
In 2012, Kimberly received a Master of Education (M.Ed.) in Reading and Writing from Southern Methodist University. She is a certified Reading Specialist in Texas. As part of her studies, she enrolled in the Dyslexia Teacher Preparation Program and Neuhaus Education Center. She gained experience teaching small groups of students with dyslexia or other reading disabilities.
Neuhaus Trained in:
Basic Language Skills , Advanced Basic Language Skills, Scientific Spelling, Multi-sensory Grammar, Developing Metacognitive Skills, and Developing Vocabulary for Reading Success
EXPERIENCE
Kimberly has been teaching elementary aged students for 11 years. The majority of her experience was at an IB World School (International Baccalaureate) in a self-contained (reading, writing, math, science, and social studies) second grade classroom. There, she worked to meet the educational needs of each student in her classroom with a wide range of academic levels. She taught students identified as Gifted and Talented, English Language Learners, and students with dyslexia or other disabilities. She collaborated with other educators in ARD and 504 meetings. Kimberly served as a grade chair, a book study leader, and spoke at an international conference.
CERTIFICATIONS
Master of Education (M. Ed.) in Reading and Writing
Certified Academic Language Therapist (CALT)
State Licensed Dyslexia Therapist (LDT)
State Certified Educational Diagnostician
State Certified Master Reading Teacher (MRT)
State Certified Reading Specialist (Early Childhood-Grade 12)
State Certified Teacher (Early Childhood-Grade 4)
State Certified English as a Second Language Teacher
State Certified Special Education Teacher (Early Childhood-Grade 12)
CONTACT ME
Contact me to see how my services can help!