TESTIMONIALS

Brenna has been an incredible support for Eli. Starting middle school virtually was tough, but Brenna helped her learn to manage her google classrooms and stay on top of her assignments. She also provided essential support on two long-term projects: the National History Day project and the Science Fair project. Brenna helped Eli plan out various parts of the project and developed a calendar and timelines so she would stay on track. Brenna did such an amazing job making graphic organizers for the NHD project that the classroom teacher asked to borrow them.

I can't say enough good things about Brenna's style of working with and communicating with kids. She is upbeat and positive -- even on the days when my kid is surly and reticent. She is also flexible and persistent; she helped Eli make progress on schoolwork every single time they met. Brenna seems to know exactly when to make a joke, when to give the kid a break, and when to double down. She asks great questions, and provides support without taking over responsibility for the task. I have learned so much just from overhearing her sessions with Eli.

Having Brenna work with my daughter has benefitted our whole family. I had been getting in too many arguments with Eli about schoolwork and homework. It's not that I don't want to support her with schoolwork, but our relationship was suffering. Having Brenna work with Eli took so much pressure off of me; she can get Eli to do higher quality work with less arguing than I ever could.

Bringing Brenna into our IEP process has been a game-changer. She reviewed my daughter's IEP with a very critical eye and made very concrete suggestions. She really understands the process, and what's feasible, and has done a fantastic job collaborating with our team and advocating for Eli.

We found Ms. Brenna through a Baltimore private school recommendation three years ago, and have been in wonderful collaboration with her ever since! She is a highly skilled, creative, and easy-going English Language Arts and Mathematics tutor, with an obvious sincere love for children and youth. Our son and family connected with her right away, and we have been thrilled with his academic progress over the years. Our son went from struggling to making Honor Roll for the first time after his first summer of tutoring with her. Of course she cannot offer such a guarantee for your family, but you simply cannot do better for your child, in my humble opinion.

Dr. Nyasha Grayman Simpson

We are forever grateful that our daughter started working with Brenna. Brenna took the time to connect with our daughter and get her excited about their zoom sessions (which we thought might be impossible with a packed virtual learning schedule). After several years of struggling to read and being unable to make things click, things finally started to fall into place once she started working with Brenna and we were thrilled to watch her make such significant progress. She provided great support and feedback to us as parents and her services have been invaluable.

Megan Lagergren

Brenna was our son’s reading specialist at school and she was absolutely spectacular! His reading comprehension, visualization, abstract and inferential thinking AND social skills all dramatically improved through his work with her. Brenna created an atmosphere of trust, hard work, warmth and fun, and she quickly became his favorite teacher.
I requested that Brenna be his weekly tutor and that she join his IEP team. She helped break down content, re-format review sheets and quizzes, create graphic organizers for essays, and served as a liaison with his other teachers, helping them understand how our son’s brain learns best. Since then she has served as a freelance tutor and IEP team member, and it has been so wonderful to have her continue to advocate for our son. Brenna has an amazing ability to use preferred interests to create study and teaching tools. She’s artistic, creative, detail-oriented and bright. Most importantly, she combines these skills with a warmth and humor that allows her to connect and engage with our son in such a meaningful way. I could rave about Brenna all day!

Nancy Burrows

Brenna connected with Finn almost immediately. She is calm and sure-footed, and yet she is incredibly caring and fun. This combination is so rare in a tutor. Brenna understands Finn as if he is her own child. We are in awe of her connection with our son! From Brenna we have learned how to help Finn push past his self-imposed limitations and reach his potential. We could not be more grateful to have Brenna as Finn’s tutor!

Kara Keehan

We were looking for a tutor who had experience teaching reading comprehension to children on the autism spectrum for our then-fourth grader. We are so glad we found Brenna! She incorporates the Visualizing and Verbalizing program into her sessions to help our son conceptualize what he's reading. We love that she tailors each session to his learning needs, incorporating both his interests and subject matter he is covering in school. When it was time to transition our son to middle school, Brenna helped us determine his academic needs and assisted his team in writing his IEP goals and accommodations. My son is always happy to work with "Ms. Brenna," and that's the best part!

Rachel D.

Brenna is AWESOME! She is so kind and so patient. No challenge is too steep for Brenna to conquer. She connected with my daughter on a deeper level. I would highly recommend Brenna!!