Sarah E. Dennis, Ph.D.

"My daughter has had reading challenges from an unknown cause. She hated reading, her fluency was slow and tentative, and she was frustrated and embarrassed. We tried school based intervention and 1-2 years of Orton Gillingham before finding Dr. Sarah Dennis. When Sarah met my daughter, she was in the 5th grade, but reading at a second grade level. Sarah's strategies are very effective and easy to use. Within 2 months, Sarah had her reading at a 5th grade reading level. My daughter enjoyed tutoring and said it was the most effective thing we did -- even much more effective than Orton-Gilingham based approaches. Thank you, Sarah!! " - parent of a 5th grader

 "'Ridiculously effective' is the phrase that comes to mind when I think of Sarah. My daughter struggles with reading comprehension. Sarah worked with my daughter for 2 months this Fall and the results were amazing: My daughter's NWEA reading test score jumped 15 points, the largest jump she’s ever made from Spring 2019 to Fall 2019. Her gains were more than 91% of students!

Bottom line: the strategies and tools that Sarah taught my daughter got RESULTS.

I highly recommend Sarah for any student struggling with reading comprehension!"

- Parent of a 7th grader 

"Thanks for the reading strategies! They helped a lot. I have already had two essays to work on. The strategies saved me a lot of time and made it easier to understand what I was reading." - 14-year-old student I tutored only 4 sessions this summer (2020)

"Dr. Sarah Dennis is highly effective, and I could not recommend anyone more than I recommend her. Sarah is responsive, nurturing, knowledgeable, and motivating. My kids have each responded incredibly well to her teaching style." - Parent of 3 kids, 2nd-7th grade when tutored

"Sarah is an excellent reading specialist! She worked with my Learning Center in New York City with the NYU Early Reading First Program (2005-2008) Excellent! Excellent! Excellent!"

- Director, Audrey Johnson Learning Center, Brooklyn, NY 

"Sarah did a terrific job tutoring our 10 year-old, fourth-grade daughter. Sarah has a very high skill level and is able to hit the ground running! She quickly established rapport with our daughter and then was able to clearly identify the most important areas on which to focus. The tools that she uses to assess literacy and reading skills allow her to track our daughter's progress. Our daughter was reading/decoding words at grade level, but often didn't understand and/or couldn't recall what she had read. Sarah helped her learn how to slow down and gave her concrete tools that have guided her to become a better reader, who knows how to process what she's reading. We've been very impressed with the significant gains that our daughter has made in just ten weeks. We see the results of her work with Sarah every day, as she reads. We'd highly recommend Sarah as a reading tutor!" - Parent of a 4th Grader

"I wanted to thank you again. I truly believe (my child) has benefited from your teaching. He shocked me this weekend when he explained some methods of reading comprehension he had learned from you. Thank you very much! You don't know how much it means to me when I see him succeed.” (June 2010)

“I really enjoyed watching him read last summer.  He would laugh, and yell, "Nooooooooooo!" when things were taking a turn on the story plot.  So I knew he was finally visualizing the story. I believe all of it is thanks to you. You don't know how grateful I am to have you as his tutor.”

“Your work speaks for itself. My friends as well as the teachers have noticed [his] improvements!! THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!”

“[My child] will be graduating High School this year and he plans on going to college out of state and then to Medical school.  I truly believe you had a big part in his academic development... - Parent of a 6th/7th grader