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1139 Prospect Avenue, Brooklyn

4.9 56 reviews

  • Avatar Emily Matles ★★★★★ a week ago
    We would highly recommend Ally! Our son always asks about her, so very thankful to Brooklyn Letters for introducing us.
    ~ Emily, mom of Brooklyn 2 year old
  • Avatar T Ainsley ★★★★★ 5 months ago
    I cannot express how grateful and rewarding my experience with Brooklyn Letters has been. Her tutor Ms. Daria is so knowledgeable, amazing, kind and awesome. My daughter has made so much progress in Literacy and Math and it's all … More thanks to Ms. Daria. I know my daughter is sad that she can no longer work with Ms. Daria, as she looked forward to their sessions every week. Thank you again!
  • Avatar Natalie Levon ★★★★★ 4 months ago
    Nicole has been an amazing therapist!! She played a tremendous role in our daughter’s speech progress and overall development. She has come such a long way and we are so happy with the therapy she received!
  • Avatar Colin Peters ★★★★★ 6 months ago
    We could not be happier with the services Valerie provided! She is very thoughtful and knowledgeable and provided significant guidance to support our daughter's speech development outside of our scheduled sessions. She established … More a great working relationship with her, and she will definitely be missed! Your business model is amazing and it was an absolute pleasure working with Valerie. I've referred your organization and Valerie to the Executive Director of our daughter's school and friends/colleagues who are in need of speech therapy services.
  • Avatar Lil Amatore ★★★★★ 7 months ago
    Christina was absolutely wonderful. She went out of her way to win my son over and it worked. He looked forward to her visits and his speech improved so much under her care. She was super flexible and it’s clear she truly cares. We adore … More Christina and we’re going to miss her. Almost sad he improved so much! She’s simply amazing and we can’t say enough how great she is. I would recommend her services to anyone and everyone, without hesitation. Thank you so much for connecting us with her!
  • Avatar Heather Liljengren ★★★★★ a year ago
    We cannot say enough good things about Effie, the ASL teacher, who was so engaged and effective with our 2 year old daughter from the very first session! Effie gladly included our whole family in the sessions! Her expertise and fantastic … More personality gave our daughter a way to communicate that she was so desperately seeking. The coordinators at Brooklyn Letters were so helpful and communicative…I would highly recommend their services!
  • Avatar Brigid Bower ★★★★★ 11 months ago
    Samantha Dalmas was fantastic! We saw her for a feeding therapy evaluation and while she doesn’t think my daughter needs more feeding therapy sessions at this time, but she gave me lots of tips to try. If my daughter's doctors want … More to see more progress at her next appointment, I wouldn’t hesitate to reach out to Samantha again.
  • Avatar Duygu Başaran ★★★★★ 11 months ago
    Brooklyn Letters was recommended to me through a friend's speech therapist friend in NJ. The articulation evaluation for my daughter went well. We were pleased with Kristin's services.
  • Avatar Kelley Peters-Patel ★★★★★ a year ago
    Melissa was wonderful. Our daughter warmed to her immediately and by the time she left, had already started "practicing" some of the techniques Melissa had shown her. I will not hesitate at all to reach out to Melissa again, should … More the need arise.
  • Avatar R Elmore ★★★★★ a year ago
    Aileen was INCREDIBLY helpful to us, both in assessing possible origins of my grandson's food aversions, as well as informing us of various available interventions to consider.
    I can’t thank you and Brooklyn Letters enough for connecting
    … More us with Aileen. In all our feeding therapy journey we have not gotten anything near the kind of benefit that we did from her. Her knowledge, professionalism, and responsiveness have put us on the path of progress with my grandson and has also made us feel genuinely well cared for.
  • Avatar Christine Weiher ★★★★★ 2 years ago
    We were amazed with Allison! She met my son at 2 1/2 years old, not speaking much at all, and over a computer, and she was able to develop a bond and friendship, so much so that he would look forward to his weekly computer time with Allison. … More I was not sure how the speech therapy would go- but we are so happy that we tried it out and continued. It allowed my son to gain confidence in his speech, make a new friend :), and also give him the skills and a bit of understanding of how to shape his mouth or where to place his tongue to make the proper sounds. We were extremely happy with Allison- she was fantastic to work with.
  • Avatar Andrea Saffady ★★★★★ 2 years ago
    My sessions with Karen have been extremely helpful. My speech has improved tremendously. In fact, I just finished 2 hours of conducting interviews with a consulting client via MS Teams and I have an upcoming conference call. Both my … More neurologist and neurosurgeon remarked about how good my speech is. Much of the day it is perfect, although I still have some rough spots when I get tired or speak too quickly. One of my granddaughters is a speech pathology student at Ithaca College. She sat in on 2 sessions while she was home for winter break, and she was very impressed with Karen.
  • Avatar Jacob B ★★★★★ 4 years ago
    We were delighted with Christie. First, and most importantly, our son made great strides under her guidance. So great, that we felt he no longer needed help! She was incredibly patient and kind with him and our son really responded to … More her. Christie was also great with me and my wife. She provided thorough and informative updates on our son's progress and which exercises she was using with him, so we could reinforce what she was teaching him. All in all, we had a fabulous experience with Christie and would highly recommend her.
  • Avatar Jessica C ★★★★★ a year ago
    Theo was wonderful and his work with my son has produced some progress. I am grateful for the services Theo provided.
  • Avatar Melissa Stevens ★★★★★ 2 years ago
    Highly recommend Jill. She is a total pleasure to work with. After a few months working with Jill, my son is reading above grade level and LOVES to read. Mission accomplished!
  • Avatar Demet Evren ★★★★★ 2 years ago
    Paige was great and we had been really happy with her. I would highly recommend her! I recommend Brooklyn Letters to whomever asks for a speech therapist.
  • Avatar Jeizel Rosenthal ★★★★★ 2 years ago
    Isabel was WONDERFUL and our son absolutely adored her, and he is making great progress with his reading and writing.
  • Avatar Lesley Duval ★★★★★ 3 years ago
    Theo was fantastic with our 4yo son. We were very worried that his progress would fall off when we had to switch to remote sessions, but Theo kept our son happy and engaged through the screen. Highly highly recommend!
  • Avatar Samantha Packard ★★★★★ 3 years ago
    We've been working with Theo from Brooklyn Letters for close to 4 months now and the results are apparent; our daughter has vastly improved her speech in a relatively short amount of time. We make "Theo Day" a celebration … More in our house with pancakes for breakfast, and the enthusiasm is matched in the sessions. Theo is fun, patient, professional, and caring, and he gives us the tools to take the lessons beyond the session. Thank you Theo, and Brooklyn Letters, for helping our daughter express herself.
  • Avatar Travis Ricca ★★★★★ 3 years ago
    I worked with Alina to enhance my pronunciation, tone, and pacing while communicating socially and in a work environment. She was great to work with and clear about goals and learning objectives. The improvement from day 1 has been tremendous! … More
  • Avatar Enrico Bermudez ★★★★★ 3 years ago
    Cathy has been excellent with us and our son. We will sorely miss her. He has improved significantly with Cathy’s help. Cathy was a true partner with us, especially as we pursued additional help through our son’s school system.
  • Avatar Kayne Elisabeth Wilk ★★★★★ 4 years ago
    We really loved working with Alina, she is so fantastic. Patient yet firm, and determined the best course of action very clearly and succintly for us. And it all transitioned so well to Zoom as well. I will definitely be back in touch for … More services for our other child after summer break!
  • Avatar Jen S ★★★★★ 4 years ago
    Vera was amazing! My 11 yo daughter made progress so quickly and really looked forward to her sessions. She was kept motivated and engaged.
  • Avatar susie tofte ★★★★★ 3 years ago
    The work that Allison P. did with our daughter over the years has been invaluable to us. Our daughter had such a good relationship with Allison, and it allowed them to work really well together - even remotely these past 6 months. This … More year, Allison went above and beyond by helping us throughout the neuropsych eval we did, trying to re-open our daughter's IEP at her school, and eventually landing her at our chosen school. She was in contact with our daughter's teachers, with the neuropsychologist, and made herself available as a reference to speak on behalf of our daughter's learning differences.
    Allison stopped by our house last week to give our daughter cupcakes and say goodbye, and I literally cried with appreciation for what an amazing speech therapist she has been. She has been our daughter's biggest champion. The new families that she will work with this year are lucky to have her.
  • Avatar Alicia Perez-Katz ★★★★★ 4 years ago
    Sydney was great! Our son was sad to end his sessions with her, which says a lot. We appreciated her honest assessment of his skill level, and he now has materials to self monitor and practice. Thank you!
  • Avatar Kristin Ames ★★★★★ 4 years ago
    Our experience with Theo was terrific. Theo was great with my son. He developed a positive relationship with him based on sincerity, respect, trust and a deep personal connection. In their lessons, Theo was encouraging, creative and kind. … More He helped our son understand how to differentiate the sounds he made when he spoke, and gave him great exercises to practice every week between lessons. Our son was sorry to have the lessons come to an end, but recognized that Theo had helped him as much as possible and it was time for him to stop. Theo explained to him (and us) how to keep working to get the last 5%, and encouraged him to keep working on the exercises on his own. I have recommended Theo to another parent who noticed my son's improvement and inquired for her own son.
    We are all grateful to have gotten to know Theo, and we greatly appreciate all the work he did to help our son.
  • Avatar Aisha Holder ★★★★★ 4 years ago
    "I have nothing but wonderful things to say about Michelle Macroy-Higgins. We are extremely pleased with her work with our daughter. I was so grateful for my daughter to have a speech therapist who is a researcher (specialty in late … More talkers), graduate professor and practitioner. Her expertise was clearly evident in our conversations and work with our daughter. She was very responsive to my questions and often sent articles and other materials about language development that I found helpful. Thankfully, my daughter's speech improved tremendously. Michelle developed such a warm relationship with my daughter. My daughter was always excited to see Michelle and would greet her at the door with a big hug. Lastly, I would add that Michelle always demonstrated empathy with me as a mother who was initially worried about her daughter's language development. I could go on and on about how pleased we were with Michelle's work."
  • Avatar Andrea Peartree ★★★★★ 4 years ago
    Theo is a wonderful Clinton Hill speech therapist. We were really pleased with him. Our son showed drastic improvement, not only in his speech but in his confidence.
  • Avatar mario costa ★★★★★ 4 years ago
    Alexa has been an enthusiastic, reliable, well prepared and caring teacher for our 6 year old daughter. She has been able to improve and increase our daughter's confidence lesson by lesson with patience and competence; through varied … More and productive didactic practice. Alexa has engaged our daughter in several activities that always kept her motivated and eager to learn literacy. My wife and I, both of us are educators, feel so fortunate to have had the opportunity to observe Alexa's pedagogical skills. Alexa has had a big impact on our daughter literacy growth. Thank you Brooklyn Letters!
  • Avatar Lily Alt ★★★★★ 4 years ago
    We were absolutely DELIGHTED with Marsha's services. She was wonderful. We found her to be kind, fun, engaging, very knowledgeable. She provided us with clear instructions and additional written handouts each week. She engaged our … More son with different techniques and toys, and showed us how to use her techniques when we were interacting with him. I actually just texted her on Saturday - Our son finally said "more" - one of the target words we had been working on with her. It was a total joy to hear, and I had to share it with her - she wrote back immediately to congratulate us. I am so appreciative of her expertise, and wish we could have seen her for longer. I recommended her to another family in our neighborhood who is looking for a speech therapist.

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Our Literacy Tutors Travel To Your Bronx, NYC Home! Best 1:1 At-Home Literacy Tutoring Services | Free Consultations and Meet & Greets with Our Staff.

Many children face literacy challenges, from difficulty with phonemic awareness to struggles with decoding strategies and spelling (encoding). These students often need personalized literacy tutoring to improve reading comprehension, writing skills, and reading fluency. They may have handwriting mechanics, punctuation, paragraph construction, or grammar issues, and they could benefit from intervention programs like the Wilson Reading System or Handwriting Without Tears.

If your child is experiencing any of these struggles, our Bronx literacy services can help them build confidence and achieve academic growth.

Serving Bronx NYC Neighborhoods

Brooklyn Letters provides in-home tutoring in the Bronx and remote services to meet your child’s unique needs. Our private tutors in the Bronx travel to your home, making Bronx tutoring services convenient and accessible for busy families. We proudly serve all Bronx neighborhoods, including Highbridge, Morris Heights, University Heights, Fordham, Kingsbridge, Riverdale, Spuyten Duyvil, Marble Hill, Pelham Bay, Country Club, Throgs Neck, City Island, Morris Park, Parkchester, Soundview, Castle Hill, Mott Haven, Melrose, Port Morris, Hunts Point, Longwood, Wakefield, Williamsbridge, Baychester, Co-op City, Eastchester, Pelham Gardens, Woodlawn Heights, Tremont, Crotona Park East, Mount Eden, Mount Hope, Belmont, and Concourse, offering literacy tutoring for children in neurodiverse and special needs communities.

Why Choose Brooklyn Letters?

  • Customized Literacy Tutoring in the Bronx: We offer customized learning plans to suit each child’s specific needs. Our tutors assess your child’s literacy challenges and strengths, ensuring that every lesson addresses areas where they need the most support, such as phonics instruction, reading fluency, or writing skills.
  • Multisensory Literacy Instruction: Using the Orton-Gillingham approach, we integrate multisensory techniques to engage sight, sound, and touch. This structured method benefits children who need extra support with reading and spelling. It also helps students with dyslexia and other learning challenges better retain and process literacy skills.
  • Experienced, Trained Tutors: Our tutors are experts in reading comprehension, decoding strategies, phonemic awareness, and writing skills. They have experience working with children who need literacy intervention programs, including those who use the Wilson Reading System and Handwriting Without Tears.
  • Convenience of In-Home and Remote Services: Whether you prefer in-person lessons at your home or remote services, we offer flexibility for busy families. We travel to all Bronx neighborhoods, bringing Bronx tutoring services to your doorstep or connecting online for literacy coaching and tutoring.
  • Support for Neurodiverse Learners: We specialize in providing literacy tutoring for special needs students and neurodiverse learners. Our tutors create an inclusive learning environment where every child feels supported as they build skills in areas like grammar, punctuation, and reading comprehension.
  • Free Consultations and Personalized Evaluations: To ensure we match your child with the best tutor, we offer free consultations and at-home or remote evaluations. This process helps us craft a customized literacy tutoring plan designed to meet your child’s specific literacy needs and goals.
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TESTIMONIALS

An advocate for special needs children through and through, and amazing in her dedication and practice.
Cassie is a reading specialist who has worked one on one with our 6-year-old son for the last 9 months (Aug 2016-May 2017). Our son brings challenging avoidance behaviors and impulsivity to their sessions. Cassie uses the Orton-Gillingham approach and improvises with clever multi-sensory ideas to engage him. Through practice, she learned that if she uses gentle squeezes on his arm corresponding to syllables/letter sounds, it allows him to stay engaged. She is always very flexible, while firm, and creative in adjusting or rearranging tasks based on his needs and attention level. She makes a point of creating success for her students and having the session ended on a positive note. He has made incredible progress in his phonology and reading, which he then applies in school, using the specific tools Cassie has taught him. He loves reading and is very proud of his skills. She has provided detailed reports after each session, along with strategies and activities to practice. She is an advocate for special needs children through and through, and amazing in her dedication and practice.

Emily, mother

She’s absolutely wonderful and we are grateful to have found her!
Miss. Shelley has changed our son’s life in a way we never thought possible. She is patient and kind, but most of all, effective. Our seven-year-old has been working with Miss. Shelley for almost a year. During that time, our son has gone from below average to exceeding expectations. He’s more confident and fluid in his reading and writing and continues to make excellent progress.

Most importantly, Miss. Shelley deals extremely well with our son’s periodic lack of focus. She manages to bring him “back” to the table with her techniques and patience. I would urge any parent whose child struggles with reading to jump on the opportunity to work with her.
Miss. Shelley appears to use just the right mix of tools in her lessons. Repeating the basics, introducing new concepts, some games to keep things interesting, and finally, some reading and writing.

We are truly grateful for Miss. Shelley and continue to look forward to working with her in the future.

Vassiliki

We were happy with Michelle’s services.
Alara had a good year overall – her organizational skills improved and she showed nice progress in reading and writing. Michelle and her teachers were a key part in helping to make this happen, so much appreciated.

Michelle worked very well with Alara and we appreciate it!

Mark S.

Clint has been a good fit for our son!
He’s made a lot of thoughtful suggestions that have helped him improve, such as having him do short free writing sessions each day to increase his stamina for writing.

Out of the blue yesterday he told us that he likes school! So that’s a marked change from where we were at in the fall!

Roger

Jill has been a wonderful tutor to our nine-year-old daughter.
The writing was one of her least favorite activities and she was initially quite distressed to find out that she would be working with a tutor – but Jill immediately put her at ease and she now absolutely looks forward to their sessions.

I’ve seen my daughter’s confidence as a writer grow considerably – she now tackles school assignments with more focus and far less anxiety. Jill has also been working with her to improve reading comprehension and there’s been a notable difference in the types of books that our daughter now enjoys.

Jill has made a huge impact and has helped our daughter with these essential foundational skills – I’m so glad has she has been a steady, caring, and encouraging resource, especially given the recent and ongoing COVID challenges.

Mel
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Where Do We Begin: At-Home and Remote Evaluations

We start our literacy tutoring process with a thorough educational literacy assessment to understand your child’s needs and challenges. Whether your child struggles with reading comprehension, writing skills, spelling, or handwriting mechanics, our in-person and remote assessments help identify the areas where support is needed. From this evaluation, we create a personalized learning plan that guides the literacy tutoring process.

The Stages of Literacy: From Preschool to Elementary

Literacy development follows a natural progression as children grow, and it’s important to support each stage to build strong reading and writing skills. 

Here’s a breakdown of the stages from preschool to elementary:

  • Preschool Stage (Ages 3-5): Children learn to recognize letters, understand that print carries meaning, and develop phonemic awareness (identifying individual sounds in words).
  • Kindergarten Stage (Ages 5-6): Kids begin understanding how letters combine to form words, learning to read and write simple words using decoding strategies.
  • Early Elementary (Ages 6-8): Children refine their reading skills, start working on reading fluency, and improve spelling (encoding). This stage focuses heavily on reading comprehension and learning to construct basic sentences and paragraphs.
  • Later Elementary (Ages 8-10): Students must write clear, structured paragraphs using correct grammar, punctuation, and sentence structure. They also work on more advanced reading comprehension, critical thinking, and text analysis.

Key Components of Literacy Development

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Literacy development consists of several key components that form the foundation for strong reading and writing skills. These include:

  • Phonemic Awareness: The ability to recognize and manipulate sounds in words.
  • Decoding Strategies: Skills to break down and sound out words.
  • Reading Fluency: Reading with speed, accuracy, and expression.
  • Spelling (Encoding): Understanding the rules of spelling and applying them.
  • Writing Skills: The ability to construct sentences, paragraphs, and essays with proper grammar, punctuation, and structure.
  • Handwriting Mechanics: The physical aspect of writing, including forming letters and spacing words.
  • Reading Comprehension: Understanding and interpreting text, answering questions, and drawing conclusions.

By focusing on these components, our literacy tutoring programs help children develop the skills they need for academic success.

Who Needs a 1:1 Literacy Tutor?

A 1:1 literacy tutor can be incredibly beneficial for children who:

  • Struggle with reading comprehension, phonics instruction, or spelling.
  • Have difficulty with writing skills, including grammar and punctuation.
  • Show signs of dyslexia or other learning challenges that affect reading and writing.
  • Structured literacy support, such as the Orton-Gillingham approach or the Wilson Reading System, is needed.
  • Are behind their peers in meeting literacy development milestones.
  • Require extra help with handwriting mechanics, paragraph construction, or punctuation.

Whether your child is facing challenges in early literacy skills or more advanced reading fluency, a 1:1 tutor can provide the focused support they need to succeed.

With over 20 years of experience in New York City, Craig Selinger is a New York State licensed speech-language therapist and educational specialist who serves as the CEO of Brooklyn Letters. His expertise is deeply rooted in his academic training in Communicative Disorders and his specialization in childhood development and language-based learning issues.

Craig’s professional journey is distinguished by his extensive work in school and home settings, where he has consistently demonstrated a commitment to fostering long-term relationships with clients of various ages and developmental profiles. His approach, characterized by flexibility and adaptability, is designed to meet each client’s unique needs, making him a trusted resource.

Under Craig’s leadership, Brooklyn Letters has become a respected provider of speech-language therapy, multisensory literacy, and math practices in the NYC metro area. Craig’s expertise is recognized widely, leading him to speak at prestigious conferences and institutions, including the Everyone Reading Conference, Mount Sinai Health System, NYU Langone Health, and Bard High School Early College Queens. His work is also closely associated with esteemed organizations such as the YMCA of Greater New York and the Educational Alliance. These affiliations with leading organizations and educational institutions underscore his authority in the field.

Craig has been interviewed by NBC News, The Atlantic, New York Magazine, and PIX 11 News. Brooklyn Letters has been mentioned by the New York Times and Yahoo.com, further cementing his reputation as a leader in speech-language therapy and learning services. His research has been published in the Journal of Brain Research, and his insights have been featured in outlets like Healthline, NYMetro Parents, Momtastic, Psych Central, and About.com.

In response to the educational challenges posed by the pandemic, Craig hosted the Craig Selinger Podcast, interviewing professionals in education, therapy, and medicine, further establishing his role as a thought leader.

Free Intake Process

  • Initial Contact and Consultation: Contact us via email, text, or phone, and we will respond immediately, seven days a week. We will schedule a phone call with you within one business day. Review: We examine previous reports, evaluations, and report cards to understand the client’s background and family’s needs comprehensively.
  • Initial and Customized Assessments: Clients may opt for comprehensive at-home and remote literacy and math assessments to pinpoint strengths and areas for improvement, helping to tailor sessions for optimal results. Our speech-language pathologists offer comprehensive evaluations for all ages.
  • Choosing the Right Fit: We work closely with clients to understand their needs and filter through our selective list of professionals. We provide detailed profiles of these carefully chosen candidates to help clients make an informed choice for themselves or their children. All of our team members offer free remote meet-and-greets!
  • Expert Team: 100% of our literacy tutors are dedicated professionals with extensive experience supporting individuals with diverse learning needs, including neurodivergent clients. Our skilled tutors specialize in areas such as reading comprehension, writing skills, and phonics. Using personalized, multisensory techniques, we tailor our approach to each student’s unique literacy goals, fostering confidence and building essential reading and writing skills for long-term success.

HIPAA Encryption and Confidentiality: All reports and communications are stored in a HIPAA-encrypted email system, ensuring the highest level of confidentiality. We do not release any confidential information without your written consent.” This will reassure clients about the security and privacy of their information.

Why Early Literacy Skills Matter for Academic Success

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The development of early literacy skills is critical for a child’s future academic success. These foundational skills—such as phonemic awareness, decoding, and basic writing skills—set the stage for more advanced learning. As students progress through school, their ability to comprehend texts, write clearly, and engage in critical thinking becomes increasingly important.

Without strong early literacy skills, students may struggle with subjects that rely on reading and writing. Our literacy tutoring programs emphasize these crucial skills to ensure students build the confidence they need to thrive in school and beyond.

Getting Started with Brooklyn Letters

We make it easy to get started with Brooklyn Letters! Contact us for a free consultation, where we’ll assess your child’s needs and recommend a personalized learning plan. Whether you prefer in-home tutoring in the Bronx or remote services, we are here to support your child’s literacy journey. With reading and writing tutors in the Bronx, your child will receive the attention and expertise they need to succeed.

Brooklyn Letters is committed to helping your child develop the literacy skills they need to thrive. From reading fluency to writing skills, our tutors provide customized, one-on-one support tailored to your child’s needs. Today, learn more about how our Bronx educational support can benefit your family!

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