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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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TESTIMONIALS

"She has taken the time to get to know him and connect with him so that he trusts her and knows he can take risks and make mistakes." We are so grateful that our son has the opportunity to work with Ellie as a reading tutor. Though he has been a reluctant reader, he looks forward to his time with Ellie; she makes their work fun and engages his interests. She has taken the time to get to know him and connect with him so that he trusts her and knows he can take risks and make mistakes. He has become a more confident and enthusiastic reader, inside and outside the classroom. Ellie is organized and highly professional. When I speak with her about our son, I can tell she has a keen understanding of his strengths and challenges.

- Lauren, mom of Asher

We were happy with Michelle’s services and 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.

We are thrilled with his newfound confidence.
Miss Maggi was instrumental in getting our son to reading independently. We are thrilled with his newfound confidence. She is a wonderful teacher who gained an instant rapport with our son. Maggi’s classroom-appropriate curriculum was fun and kept our son engaged.

- Christine

Thanks so much Melissa for the review! Jill is an AMAZING online/remote literacy (reading/writing) specialist/educator/tutor. She's so sweet and caring too! As you said, mission accomplished!

- Melissa Stevens

At Brooklyn Letters, we offer a comprehensive range of literacy assessments and interventions, including specialized services for preschool children, to support your child’s reading, writing, and fine motor development. Our evaluations focus on key literacy skills, such as phonemic awareness, decoding, spelling, reading fluency, comprehension, and handwriting, ensuring a thorough understanding of your child’s abilities.

Addressing Parental Concerns and Guiding Learning Paths

Many parents worry about their blind spots in assessing their kids or are unsure how their kids’ performance compares to what would be expected in school. Testing can be a great tool to learn about kids’ strengths and weaknesses, determine whether they are on track compared to their public school peers, and measure growth over time. Testing tells you when your child is ready to move on to something new and when they need to spend more time mastering a topic. It tells you which lessons from earlier months or years stuck and what was forgotten. Every learner is on their own path—testing helps you figure out where your kids’ learning path is taking them so you can guide them where they need to go. Additionally, we offer specialized support for children on the autism spectrum, tailoring our assessments to meet their specific needs. 

Customized Literacy and Preschool Literacy Assessments

Our team of experienced literacy specialists uses a variety of advanced tools to thoroughly assess your child’s reading, spelling, and handwriting skills, with specialized evaluations, including those for preschoolers. Whether your child faces phonetic patterns, word structures, or early literacy development challenges, our assessments are meticulously crafted to identify and address their unique needs. Understanding the significance of assessing reading levels, we use proven methods to accurately determine your child’s reading proficiency, providing you with valuable insights into their literacy journey. 

We require up-to-date goals for literacy tutoring from our literacy teachers, a non-therapeutic service. Please note that literacy tutoring our literacy specialists perform is not eligible for insurance reimbursement. Our assessments help create targeted literacy goals, but for a formal diagnosis of learning disabilities related to literacy, a referral to a neuropsychologist for a comprehensive evaluation is necessary. If an ICD-10 code cannot justify the literacy intervention, it is considered educational and can be conducted by our literacy teachers. In New York State, the ICD-10 code for dyslexia is classified as educational (learning) rather than a Communicative Disorder, such as Language Disorder. Although we anticipate that New York State will eventually update its stance on dyslexia, this classification stands for now. Most neuropsychological evaluations do not include specific decoding and encoding (spelling) goals but indicate the need for such interventions. If literacy goals are outlined outside your child’s neuropsychological evaluation, our initial sessions will focus on creating these goals. If your child does not have a dyslexia diagnosis, learn more about how to get a dyslexia diagnosis for your child.

Additionally, many schools use their methods or commercialized products to create literacy goals. Unfortunately, some of these tools are not aligned with current scientific standards. Fortunately, we use up-to-date assessment tools to identify your child’s areas of need reliably; you are in good hands as we guide you through this process.

Training/Certifications

Before a child can learn to read and write, they must first develop phonological awareness—the understanding that words are composed of smaller units of sound, or phonemes. This awareness allows children to break down words into smaller sounds and build them back up. Mastering the relationship between letters and their corresponding sounds is essential for sound-symbol association, which is critical for reading and writing. Effective reading and writing require decoding (visual to auditory) and encoding (auditory to visual) skills, which we focus on developing in our literacy tutoring sessions.

Testing: A Critical Tool for Understanding Your Child’s Educational Journey

Testing is an essential tool for understanding a child’s educational journey. By selecting the right type of assessment and standardized test, parents can effectively guide their children’s learning and track their progress over time.

Types of Assessments We Offer:

  • Formative Assessments: Informal checks, like conversations or games, to adjust teaching methods based on observed needs.
  • Criterion-Referenced Assessments (CRA): More formal tests are needed to see if specific skills have been learned and to pass.
  • Norm-Referenced Assessments (NRT): Standardized tests comparing a child’s performance to a norm group without a pass/fail outcome.

Standardized Tests:

Standardized tests can be fixed, where all students answer the same questions, or adaptive, where questions adjust to the student’s level. Adaptive tests are more accurate as they tailor the difficulty to each student’s performance.

Choosing the Right Test:
Factors to consider include:

  • Norm Date: Recent norms ensure relevant percentile rankings.
  • Timed vs. Untimed: Untimed tests measure ability without time pressure.
  • Fixed vs. Adaptive: Adaptive tests adjust difficulty for more accurate assessment.
  • Test Format: Online tests offer convenience, immediate scoring, and accessibility features for students with special needs.

Preschool Literacy Evaluation

A preschool literacy evaluation assesses a child’s oral language skills, phonological awareness, print awareness, alphabet knowledge, emergent writing, storytelling and narrative skills, and interest in books and reading. It also includes observations of the child’s attention span and motivation, consideration of cultural and linguistic factors, and input from parents or caregivers to comprehensively understand the child’s early literacy development.

For School-Age Students: Phonics, Spelling, Reading Fluency, Comprehension, and Handwriting Evaluations

Our comprehensive evaluations cover multiple aspects of your child’s literacy development:

  • Phonics and Spelling: We assess your child’s ability to decode and spell words accurately, ensuring they have a strong foundation in these critical areas.
  • Reading Fluency and Comprehension: We evaluate your child’s ability to read fluently and understand text, helping us determine if they are progressing as expected or if additional support is needed.
  • Handwriting Analysis: Our literacy specialists assess handwriting challenges and collaborate with occupational therapists (OTs), experts in handwriting assessment. If necessary, we can refer you to trusted OTs to ensure your child receives the most appropriate support for handwriting needs.
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Language and Developmental Language Disorders

If your child (all ages) is experiencing language disorders or developmental language disorders, particularly where oral language or language processing issues interfere with written language, our licensed speech-language pathologists evaluate and treat these conditions at home or remotely. Any underlying language issues will be effectively addressed alongside literacy challenges.

Post and Neuropsychological Evaluation Support

We also work with students who have undergone neuropsychological evaluations. Often, these evaluations provide valuable diagnoses but may not include specific goals related to decoding or encoding (spelling). In such cases, we perform supplemental evaluations to identify these areas, ensuring we know exactly what to work on to support your child’s literacy development. Here’s more information on lower-cost neuropsychological and psychoeducational evaluation options.

Flexible and Convenient Assessment Options

We provide comprehensive guidance in selecting the most suitable assessments for your child’s literacy and language needs, offering the following options:

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In-person assessments (At Home by a Professional):
  • Decoding, Spelling & Handwriting Assessments: Approximately $300 for a one-hour in-home visit, with a detailed report delivered within ten business days.
  • Full Literacy and Handwriting Assessment: Approximately $500 for a 90-minute in-home visit, including a comprehensive report within ten business days.
  • Comprehensive Language Evaluations: Conducted by licensed speech-language pathologists, ranging from $600 to $1,200. These evaluations provide an in-depth analysis of your child’s language skills, including expressive and receptive language, social communication, and more.
Remote Assessments:
  • Dedicated Online Literacy Specialist Jill evaluates prek-12th grade.
  • Online Writing Assessments: $200-$250
  • Online Comprehensive Literacy Assessments: $500 (covers decoding, spelling, phonological awareness, and reading comprehension). Non-comprehensive assessments start at $300.
  • Jill can also help identify the most appropriate spelling, decoding, reading comprehension, writing, and reading fluency tests.
At-Home Assessments (Self-Administered on a Computer):

Experience flexible testing options you can administer from the comfort of your home for just $40, including a comprehensive literacy assessment with detailed results. This third-party system delivers valid and reliable results, making it ideal for homeschoolers but equally effective for parents seeking an accurate understanding of their child’s literacy skills.

  • Adaptive Testing: Our assessments adjust in difficulty based on student responses, offering accurate evaluations. The results include RIT scores, percentile rankings, and Lexile levels, providing a clear picture of your child’s abilities.
  • Home-Based Testing: Conduct assessments at home, giving parents and educators the tools to tailor curricula to meet each student’s unique needs.
  • Reading Skills Assessment: This assessment focuses on critical reading components such as phonological awareness, phonics, fluency, comprehension, and vocabulary. It includes both oral reading and comprehension tasks, helping to identify reading difficulties, such as risk factors for dyslexia, and offering insights for personalized instruction.
Additional Options for a Formal Diagnosis:

Neuropsychological Evaluations: We recommend neuropsychological evaluations, typically starting at $6,000 for formal diagnoses. We can connect you with top local neuropsychologists in your area for consultation.

Comprehensive Reporting and Recommendations

Following the assessment, we provide a detailed report outlining your child’s performance, including professional impressions, recommendations, and specific goals for improving literacy and handwriting skills. If needed, we suggest further steps, such as consultations with other professionals, to ensure your child receives the most effective support.

Free Consultation and Guidance

We understand that the information and options surrounding your child’s education can be overwhelming. That’s why we offer a free consultation, where we speak with you on the phone, review any previous report cards and assessments, and help you understand your best options. As professionals in the field, we break everything down based on your goals for your child, making the process manageable and straightforward.

Common Core Standards Alignment

We align our assessments and tutoring with Common Core English Language Arts (ELA) standards across all grade levels, ensuring your child receives relevant and effective literacy and handwriting instruction.

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Why Choose Brooklyn Letters?

Our literacy assessments are trusted by educators and parents alike for their accuracy and reliability. Using these assessments, we provide a clear picture of your child’s literacy development and offer targeted strategies to help them succeed. We are committed to supporting your child’s educational journey, ensuring they have the tools to thrive. At Brooklyn Letters, we are dedicated to guiding your child’s learning journey and helping them achieve their full potential in literacy and handwriting. Contact us to learn more about our assessments and how we can support your child’s success.

Unlock your child’s literacy potential with our expert evaluations and personalized interventions. Schedule a free consultation today to learn how Brooklyn Letters can support their reading, writing, and overall academic success.

Common Core English Language Arts (ELA) Standards & Worksheets

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