Special needs tutoring · Heber Valley & the Wasatch Back
Patient tutoring for kids who learn differently
One-on-one support in reading, writing, math and natural history for students in grades K-12, from an instructor with professional training in special-needs education. Serving families across the Heber Valley and the Wasatch Back.
CPR & First Aid certified · Background checked
Who I help
Every child gets a plan built around how they learn best.
Learning differences
Support for students who find reading, writing or math challenging
Attention and executive function
ADHD, organization, focus
Autism and social-communication needs
Predictable routines, visual supports
Homeschool and school support
Fill gaps, build confidence, keep pace
My approach
Four steps, so you always know where your child is and what comes next.
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Get to know your child
An intake conversation with your family and a review of your child's needs.
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Find the starting point
An informal assessment of current skills.
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Teach step by step
Explicit, structured, multisensory lessons in small steps, with movement breaks, visual supports and clear routines.
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Track progress
Quick skill checks every session, a verbal update after each lesson, re-assessment every 6–8 weeks, and a written progress summary each semester.
Learning outdoors
The Wasatch Back is our classroom too
Whenever we can, lessons move outside. We take walks, look closely, sketch what we find and talk about it. Time in nature gives busy minds a calmer place to think and restless bodies room to move.
Outdoor time is woven into every subject, not added on top of it:
- Counting and math: counting pinecones, measuring tree girth with string, graphing the weather, and spotting patterns in leaves and rocks.
- Science and natural history: watching birds, identifying plants, comparing rocks and tracking the seasons up close, right where we live.
- Literature: reading a story aloud on a log, then acting it out or finding the setting in the world around us.
- History: exploring local landmarks and trails to learn how people have lived in the valley, from early inhabitants to pioneers.
- Art: sketching landscapes, making leaf rubbings and painting what we see.
- Writing: keeping a nature journal, describing a scene with all five senses, and writing poems or stories from what we noticed.
Most of all, I want children to slow down and notice the beauty around them, and to find out that learning can be a joy.
About me
I'm Jen, a Utah native and an experienced instructor with multiple years in special-needs education. I love helping students who've struggled discover that they can learn, and I work closely with parents so progress at the table carries over to home.
Credentials and Experience
- Bachelor's in Therapeutic Recreation, University of Utah
- Multiple internships at Camp Kostopulos, Salt Lake City: planning and leading instruction and activities for campers with special needs
- Adaptive outdoor education internship at the National Ability Center, Park City: one-on-one instruction for students with special needs
- CPR & First Aid certified
- Fingerprint background check cleared
Sessions
Starting at $25 / hour
- Session length
- 60 minutes; shorter sessions for younger students
- Format
- One-on-one, in person in the Heber Valley and the Wasatch Back, at your home and outdoors nearby
- Grades
- K–12
- Schedule
- Weekday mornings, afternoons and after school
- Getting started
- A free 20-minute call with parents, then an intake session
- Cancellations
- 24 hours' notice, please
Scholarships
I'm happy to work with students using Utah scholarship programs, and I'm glad to talk through payment options with your family.
Let's talk about your child
Send a note and I'll get back to you within 1–2 business days. Or email me directly: