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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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1:1 Literacy Tutoring in NYC

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Many students need more individualized literacy instruction than they can receive in the classroom. Difficulties with phonemic awareness, decoding, reading fluency, spelling, grammar, reading comprehension, or written expression can affect confidence and progress across subjects.

Brooklyn Letters provides personalized literacy tutoring in NYC for students who need targeted reading and writing support. Our private literacy tutors develop instruction around each student’s current skills, learning profile, and academic needs. Sessions may address foundational reading, comprehension, vocabulary, spelling, sentence construction, paragraph development, and other essential literacy skills.

Students can work with an experienced tutor at home in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, or Staten Island. Remote literacy tutoring is also available for families who prefer online sessions.

Serving New York City Neighborhoods

Our tutors provide individualized literacy instruction in students’ homes throughout Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Staten Island. In-home sessions give tutors opportunities to work with students in a familiar setting while using school assignments, books, writing projects, and other materials connected to their everyday learning.

Families looking specifically for an in-home reading tutor in NYC can receive targeted support for phonemic awareness, phonics, decoding, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. Students who need help expressing and organizing their ideas can work with an at-home writing tutor in NYC on spelling, grammar, sentence structure, paragraph development, essays, and written expression.

Remote reading and writing tutoring is also available throughout New York and beyond.

Why Choose Brooklyn Letters?

  1. Customized Literacy Tutoring: Every child and their learning journey are unique. At Brooklyn Letters, we create personalized learning plans that focus on each child’s strengths and areas for improvement. Our customized literacy tutoring in NYC ensures that students get exactly the support they need in phonics, decoding, spelling, and more.
  2. Expert Tutors: Our tutors have training and experience with approaches and programs such as Orton-Gillingham, Wilson Reading System, Fundations, and Handwriting Without Tears. The instructional approach is selected according to each student’s literacy and handwriting needs, especially those with learning differences like dyslexia.
  3. Support for Neurodiverse Learners: We have specialized programs for students with learning differences and offer NYC tutoring for neurodiverse learners. Our NYC literacy services provide targeted support designed to help students strengthen their skills and participate more confidently in academic work.
  4. Comprehensive Assessments: Our process begins with a thorough educational literacy assessment that pinpoints your child’s specific needs in areas like reading fluency, phonics instruction, vocabulary development, and writing skills. These assessments help us create the most effective, tailored interventions.
  5. Flexible In-Home & Remote Options: We offer both in-person literacy NYC services in the comfort of your home and online literacy tutoring for families who prefer virtual learning. This ensures you can choose the option that best fits your lifestyle.
  6. Proven Results with Multisensory Instruction: We use a multisensory approach to ensure that your child builds skills through various learning modes—visual, auditory, kinesthetic, and tactile. This method boosts reading fluency, improves writing skills, and supports long-term academic success.
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TESTIMONIALS

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

Rachel has been an amazing tutor for my daughter
She established a close relationship with her and helped her to jump several reading levels. Thanks to Rachel, my daughter is now a confident reader! I am very happy that I reached out to you and I will certainly recommend Brooklyn Letters in the future.

Joseph, father

Alyssa was excellent and Dean improved his handwriting significantly.
I’ve been told by his teacher that he has some of the best handwriting in his 4th grade class and she also made the sessions fun and enjoyable for Dean.

David J

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

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.
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Where Do We Begin: At-Home and Remote Assessments

Our literacy journey begins with an initial educational literacy assessment, either in-home or remotely. This helps us evaluate your child’s abilities in reading comprehension, phonics instruction, handwriting mechanics, and grammar. Using these insights, we create a personalized learning plan to target key growth areas, ensuring effective literacy support for struggling readers.

Importance of Early Literacy Education

Building strong early literacy skills is essential for future academic success. Early intervention, especially for children showing early signs of dyslexia or other learning challenges, can significantly affect their academic growth. Our tutors employ strategies to enhance phonemic awareness, reading fluency, and writing skills from a young age, ensuring your child is on track.

Literacy Milestones: What to Expect and When

As children develop, they hit key literacy development milestones crucial for academic success. They’ll begin mastering phonemic awareness, recognizing letters, and learning to decode simple words in the early years. By first and second grade, children should start reading fluently, using decoding strategies, and improving reading comprehension. As they progress into the upper elementary years, they must grasp grammar, punctuation, and vocabulary development while honing their writing skills, including paragraph construction.

Each child moves at their own pace, but missing these milestones can be an early sign that they may need additional academic support. Regular monitoring and assessment help ensure that your child is progressing appropriately.

Signs Your Child May Be Struggling With Reading or Writing

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Reading and writing difficulties can look different from one student to another. Some children have difficulty learning how written words work, while others read accurately but struggle to understand, remember, or discuss what they have read. Writing challenges may involve spelling and handwriting or higher-level skills such as organizing ideas and developing a complete response.

Your child may benefit from additional literacy support if they:

  • Have difficulty sounding out unfamiliar or multisyllabic words.
  • Read slowly, skip words, or frequently guess while reading.
  • Struggle to recognize common words automatically.
  • Understand material when it is read aloud but not when reading independently.
  • Have trouble recalling, summarizing, or discussing what they read.
  • Avoid reading or become frustrated during reading assignments.
  • Spell the same word differently within one assignment.
  • Have difficulty constructing complete, grammatically accurate sentences.
  • Struggle to organize ideas into paragraphs, essays, or written responses.
  • Produce writing that does not reflect what they can explain verbally.
  • Need significant prompting to begin or complete reading and writing assignments.

A personalized assessment can help determine whether the student needs foundational reading instruction, comprehension support, writing intervention, or a combination of services.

Literacy Support Based on Your Child’s Needs

Literacy tutoring should address the specific reason a student is having difficulty—not simply provide more practice with the same material.

Support for Struggling Readers

Students who struggle with reading may need explicit instruction in phonemic awareness, decoding, word recognition, fluency, vocabulary, or comprehension. Our tutors identify the skills interfering with progress and provide structured instruction at an appropriate level.

Support for Struggling Writers

Students may have strong ideas but difficulty putting them into words, organizing paragraphs, using grammar and punctuation, or developing complete written responses. Individualized writing tutoring helps students learn a repeatable process for planning, drafting, revising, and editing.

Combined Reading and Writing Support

Reading and writing skills often influence one another. A student’s vocabulary and comprehension can affect written expression, while spelling and sentence-level difficulties can make longer writing assignments overwhelming. Our literacy tutors can address these connected needs within one individualized plan.

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 in the field.

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

HIPAA-Compliant Security

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All reports and communications are stored securely in a HIPAA-encrypted system, ensuring your information remains confidential. We require written consent before releasing any confidential information, giving you peace of mind about the privacy and security of your data.

Initial Contact and Consultation: You can reach us via email, text, or phone, and we’ll respond promptly, any day of the week. We’ll arrange a phone call within one business day to discuss your needs.

Comprehensive Review: We thoroughly review previous reports, evaluations, and report cards to fully understand the client’s background and the family’s needs.

Personalized Assessments: Clients can undergo a detailed at-home and remote literacy and math assessment to identify strengths and areas that need attention. This allows us to customize our sessions for the best possible outcomes. Additionally, our speech-language pathologists provide thorough evaluations for individuals across all age groups.

Selecting the Best Match: We collaborate closely with families to understand their needs and carefully select independent professionals from our network. We offer detailed profiles of these candidates to help clients make informed decisions. Our team members also provide free remote meet-and-greet sessions.

Expert Team: Our independent tutors and learning specialists have professional experience supporting literacy development, including phonics, decoding, fluency, comprehension, spelling, and written expression. We work with individuals with developmental delays, learning differences, and neurodiverse needs. Our local team is highly recommended for its reliable, community-centered approach.

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Benefits of 1:1 Literacy Tutoring for Students

One-on-one literacy tutoring allows for a completely individualized approach. Your child will receive targeted attention to help them improve reading fluency, comprehension strategies, handwriting mechanics, and more. Our approach ensures consistent academic support and steady progress toward literacy mastery.

Get Started With Brooklyn Letters

We offer a free consultation to discuss your child’s needs and how we can help. Whether you’re looking for reading and writing tutors in NYC or online literacy tutoring, we’re here to support your child’s learning journey. Reach out to schedule a remote meet and greet and begin your child’s path toward literacy success.

By working with Brooklyn Letters, you’re choosing a dedicated team of local NYC tutors specializing in literacy tutoring for elementary students, helping them thrive through individualized attention and proven methods.

Call: (347) 394-3485,
Text: (917) 426-8880

Email: info@brooklynletters.com
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