A former broadcaster and high school English and French teacher, I have tutored students from grades 1 through college in reading, phonics, written expression, arithmetic, algebra, geometry, trigonometry, French, SAT prep, GRE prep, and study skills.I have specialized in helping kids who are below their potential in language, some of whom were severely dyslexic. All have made impressive gains. I attribute my success to the Orton-Gillingham (OG) approach, which uses multi-sensory strategies to.