Teacher Justine - Lafayette, California

Kaitlyn Blanchard

I found Justine after learning about the EBLI approach for dyslexia in a parents group for children with dyslexia. After having given the Barton system a go for several years, we thought the EBLI approach was worth trying. My daughter has loved working with Justine over the past year and has made big improvements toward grade level reading. Justine’s tutoring program is set up very professionally and she’s so accessible and prompt to reply to any questions or concerns. I recommend you reach out to her to see how she might be able to help your struggling reader!

Darci Davis

Justine wads a pleasure to work with. My daughter was struggling with pre-reading / letter & sounds recognition and got a lot out of her sessions with Justine. She made learning fun so it didn't feel like work. Added bonus - she can teach Italian too!

Melissa Punnoose

My 11-year-old daughter started off the school year struggling with spelling and handwriting. I was unable to find a specialized EBLI tutor in our community and turned to the internet to search for an expert. Thankfully, we found Teacher Justine. Justine was quick to respond to my initial inquiry and clearly laid out the services that she could provide to help my daughter. She tailored sessions to meet my daughter's needs, pace, and frustration tolerance. Sessions challenged my daughter to help her grow. The wonderful thing about Teacher Justine is that she ends each session with games so that there is something to look forward to after working hard. Justine kept me informed of my daughter's progress and demonstrated expertise and kindness in every interaction. I highly recommend Teacher Justine.

Joyce Zang

We are absolutely amazed at the way our son has progressed since we started. After seeing her ad in a local coffee shop, we set up an appointment and we started the following week. Because of the weekly personalized assistance of teacher Justine, our son is getting more confident in his reading. We had previously tried another reading learning center prior to this, and we are so glad we have partnered with her. Justine has done an incredible job in building a connection and rapport with our son during the past couple of months, he trusts her, and has a sense of pride in his reading! Justine has made this online reading tutoring such a pleasure, she works with our schedules, and her timely responsiveness is greatly appreciated! Thanks again!

Rachael Hankins

I am a homeschooling mom of a 6 year old and I found Justine through our charter school - Visions in Education. My child is struggling with becoming a confident reader and needed support with specific language arts skills such as blending, spelling and writing. Justine was able to immediately assess right where he was in his language arts skills and confidently dove right in with a plan of action. My child is improving leaps and bounds in language arts and his confidence with every session. Justine is easygoing, knowledgeable, kind, fun and in tune with how to balance work and play so that my child enjoys the learning process. When I met with my visions charter school certified teacher, she was amazed by my child’s progress in such a short time! I highly recommend Justine to any parent who is looking to provide their child with language arts support.

Julie Bryant

I found Teacher Justine from a flyer posted at my local Starbucks. I decided to give Justine a call because my daughter was struggling with reading and despite participating in a reading intervention group at school, showed very little progress. She was lacking confidence, was reading-avoidant and was not reading independently at her grade level.

After speaking on the phone with Justine and receiving a complimentary reading assessment of my daughters needs, I immediately knew Justine was very knowledgeable and could provide the structured lessons which would compliment the support my daughter was receiving in school.

We decided to give Justine a try and my daughter has been taking 1-hour weekly, online lessons for about a year. My daughter absolutely loves her lessons with Justine, never complains and always looks forward to her online reading practice. She has gained invaluable phonics skills, has learned to pick up patterns, and corrects herself when she makes mistakes. More importantly she has gained confidence in reading and now enjoys reading to her family and on her own. Thank you, Teacher Justine!

Amy LeBold

We've had a great experience with Justine as a reading tutor for our daughter. I reached out to her after seeing her ad in a coffeeshop and she got back to me right away to schedule an assessment with our daughter. Our kiddo needed help pulling up her reading level after having fallen behind during the pandemic. After a few months with Justine, our daughter is up to grade level, jumping a couple levels and is so much more confident in her reading! It's beautiful to see the progress with weekly sessions. Justine is also a pleasure to work with, super responsive, and flexible to match our request of a combination of online and in-person time with our daughter. It's made all the difference!

Yulia Goldshtrakh

Now the 4th harder, our son didn't speak English until kindergarten, and has been struggling with reading as a result. Every year we would try something different - tutors, Kumon, various programs online, you name it. Hoping that may be this year he will progress enough to catch up. He was improving, but kept a consistent gap in his reading level. We got really worried when his poor reading started to affect the comprehension of other subjects, and his math grades fell as he didn't fully understand the word problems. We realized that we needed a professional help of a teacher who specialized in reading, and I found Justine via a Google search. Justine is a professional teacher with a real school teaching experience and successful track record of helping kids learning to read in private lessons. She is warm, personable and engaging, and is the first tutor our son LOVES and actually looks forward to have a lesson with. We love the fact that the classes are online, it saves a great deal of time, and allows Justine to leverage technology, incorporating various activities/games in their lessons. In just a few months, we've seen a wonderful improvement, not only in our son’s reading level, but also in his attitude towards it. It's no longer a struggle to get him to read, Justine has given him a whole new level of confidence! We are very grateful to have found Justine and look forward to continuing working with her in the future!