WELCOME TO
WESTCHESTER EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
If you have visited my site because you have a child who is struggling in school, you came to the right place! You may already feel overwhelmed with managing your child’s education and frustrated with your school’s communications. I am so glad you found me because I am here to help!
Westchester Educational Services offers advocacy, tutoring, academic evaluations, parent support, teacher and parent training. Our tutors specialize in children with dyslexia, ADHD, executive function, and other learning differences.
MY STORY
Suzanne Schneider
Owner/Director
Welcome to my site! I’m Suzanne and I am so glad you visited. Since you are here, you are likely concerned about your child or want to learn more about our services. I am a Literacy and Dyslexia Specialist, Academic Tester, Advocate, Tutor, and Parent and Teacher Trainer. I went to Boston University and graduated back in 1993 with an elementary education degree. I immediately went for my Master’s Degree at Hunter College specializing in Learning Disorders. I started my career teaching a small special education class in an East Harlem Public School and then worked as an elementary education teacher at Purchase Elementary School in Westchester County, NY. I have also been the reading specialist, resource room teacher and a special education integrated co-teacher (ICT). I bring the knowledge I learned from my 12+ years teaching in public school to help support families. In addition to working in public education, I have been tutoring and advocating for families since 1993. My passion for working with students who learn differently stems from my own late diagnosis of a learning disability while in high school and from my husband’s heart-wrenching early educational experiences as a child with Dyslexia back in the 80”s.
In addition to my private practice, Westchester Educational Services, which offers tutoring, advocacy and literacy assessments, I am also a literacy consultant to several Westchester public schools. In addition to helping individual children and families, I am now helping to train teachers how to incorporate multi-sensory instruction into all aspects of the curriculum, executive function training, dyslexia awareness, phonological awareness training, structured literacy approaches and the science of reading.
My specialized trainings include, but are not limited to, several Orton Gillingham approaches, Lindamood-Bell and Writing Revolution/Hochman Method for Writing. I have been incorporating these approaches into my instruction for over 25+ years. My passion for supporting families with Dyslexia and other learning differences led me to start the Westchester County, Decoding Dyslexia Family Support group and to take a leadership role with Decoding Dyslexia NY which is a grassroots organization to support families of students with dyslexia for free in NY. I absolutely love the opportunities I have working with students, families, tutors, public school teachers and administrators.
Our Mission
All children can and deserve to learn; it is our job to find the way they learn best. When children don’t learn, it isn’t their fault; it is our job to teach differently. Reading is the key to success. If a child can read, he can teach himself anything.
“Let us help you be your child’s best advocate.”