Testing - Tutoring - Success

Educational Testing, Tutoring & Academic Therapy

All Levels

We provide academic therapy for students from ages 5 to adult and assess academic achievement (what students have learned in school) to determine their level and/or their learning needs.

Ms. Tresa provides formal, individualized testing using the Woodcock-Johnson Tests of Achievement, which includes 22 tests for measuring skills in reading, mathematics, and writing, as well as important oral language abilities and academic knowledge. The tests not only determine a student's grade level but also where the student stands in comparison to other students in the same grade/age level.

Subjects

Our highly trained staff have years of experience working with students with learning disabilities and attention deficit disorders. We have specialists in all subjects from beginning reading to advanced placement classes to college trig and calculus as well as preparation for SAT, ACT, and GRE. Our reading specialists use the multi-sensory, highly structured Orton-Gillingham method of reading instruction.

Readily Available

Our students and parents have our cell phone numbers and know that we are readily available for assistance. Our services also include direct communication with the students' classroom teachers to coordinate learning.

The Founder: Tresa Scalise, MA, PRSE

Tresa Scalise obtained a B.A. from West Virginia Tech,M.A. degrees from the University of Kentucky and West Virginia University, and studied art history at the Universita Italiana per Stranieri in Italy. She served as a special education teacher, diagnostician, principal, and consultant for local school districts as well as a trainer for the WV State Department of Education. Her expertise as an educator is in remediation of learning disabilities, behavior management, intellectually and artistically gifted and talented, and legal aspects of special education. Additionally, she is quite adept at using computer technology as a teaching tool and has received recognition from the Council for Exceptional Children as a Professionally Recognized Special Educator. She is published in a well-known teacher-training textbook, Strategies for Managing Behavioral Problems in the Classroom. Her various professional accomplishments also include being a certified hearing officer in the state of West Virginia and contributing to a PBS series on behavior management. Email: tsca1024@gmail.com

About Us

Our Successes

We take pride in watching our students transform from struggling learners to confident, successful students. Making the honor roll for the first time is a celebration for the student, parents, and tutors as we become an integral part of our students' education. We are invited to attend so many student celebrations and graduations and love sharing the joy. Pictured above is Ms. Tresa receiving the Eagle Scout Mentor Pin from one of her students who designated her the person most responsible for his success in attaining the highest rank attainable in the Boys Scouts of America.

Test Prep

Private SAT and ACT tutoring test prep packages to increase student scores in this highly competitive area. We have an impressive performance history in increasing scores to get students in the colleges of their choice and scholarship money that is based on these scores.

Learning Disabilities & ADHD

Individualized instruction by staff who have years of experience and training in working with special learning issues. Our biggest problem is getting our students to leave our sessions on time because they feel so comfortable and successful in our learning environment that transfers to their increased academic performance.

Meet the Team

Stephen Myers

Before enjoying a career in education, Stephen Myers earned his B.S in Mechanical Engineering at The University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He has taught and tutored students in middle school, high school, and college levels for over 25 years. He has experience in private, public, and charter school systems including eight years at an international school in Germany. Stephen understands math and science can be intimidating, so he focuses on breaking down difficult concepts into their basic components to help students conquer their challenges. Stephen tutors students in higher level math and science as well as provides preparation for the SAT and ACT.

Dr. Logan Williams

We are fortunate to have Dr. Logan as a team member as she comes with more than 21 years’ experience as a teacher, school administrator, and district administrator overseeing educational programming for struggling learners and English language learners. Dr. Logan earned her M.A. and Ed.D. in Education Administration and Leadership from University of the Pacific in California and served as an educator in Colorado and California. Not only does Dr. Logan offer individualized learning programs tailored to each child’s specific needs, learning style, and personality, but she also does this with a tremendous amount of patience and understanding of child development and behavior. We are so glad that Dr. Logan decided to return to the area in which her grandparents settled decades ago.

Emma Schaser

Emma Schaser is the newest member of our team but not

new to the area. Emma grew up in Myrtle Beach but traveled to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to earn her B.A. degree in Elementary Education from Wisconsin Lutheran College and advanced her studies in Scotland and England. Emma had the opportunity to complete field work in various school districts that prepared her with the understanding that no two children learn the same and provided her with a multitude of strategies to meet all students’ needs. She sees great value in forming relationships with students first in an effort to build a trust that allows for successful learning and growth as challenges are overcome. Emma has a special touch in working with children and is dedicated to making a difference in the lives of students...this time, one-on-one!

Fees for Services

Academic Therapy/Testing

Associates

$125/hour

Academic therapy fills the gap between understanding your child’s learning and thinking differences. We assess, design a program, and teach skills and strategies that help students manage their issues and improve their schoolwork by providing a highly structured program in reading and/or math. Parents are apprised of weekly progress and follow up activities for home that reinforce skills taught in our sessions.

Senior Associate Ms.Tresa Scalise

$150/hour

Ms. Tresa has extensive clinical training in working with students with learning problems and provides academic therapy as stated above. In addition, Ms. Tresa can also review services the school is providing through an IEP or a 504 plan and communicate with school staff via school meetings, email, and/or texting. She is continually researching the latest software in remediating learning deficits so as to provide our students with the latest advances in technology.

Academic Testing

$200/hour

Ms. Tresa provides academic testing with the Woodcock-Johnson Tests of Achievement. This instrument includes 22 tests for measuring skills in reading, mathematics, and writing, as well as important oral language abilities and academic knowledge. Following the testing, Ms. Tresa meets with the parents to review the results and make specific recommendations.

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