Learner Assist is a tutoring business that provides academic support sessions on an individual basis using evidence-based, structured and explicit teaching methodologies. It is business specifically engineered to support children with learning difficulties. Learner Assist accepts students referred by Learning Difficulties Australia and by Educational Psychologists, Paediatricians or Speech Pathologists.
Learning to read, spell, write and do math with evidence-based methods that are effective because they are: explicit, sequential, structured, cumulative, motivating and confidence-boosting.
Learner Assist is a tutoring business that provides academic support sessions on an individual basis using evidence-based, structured and explicit teaching methodologies. It is business specifically engineered to support children with learning difficulties. Learner Assist accepts students referred by Learning Difficulties Australia and by Educational Psychologists, Paediatricians or Speech Pathologists.
2026
About
Learner Assist is a learning support business that offers private individual specialist tuition and standardised assessment for Primary-aged and Middle Years students with specific learning difficulties, or who are underachieving in literacy and / or numeracy at school. Specialist advice for parents and communication with schools and teachers are both offered as extra forms of support.
A formal diagnosis is not necessary to access Learner Assist services.
Programs
Learner Assist promotes the use of evidence-based teaching practices; the explicit, sequentially structured teaching of synthetic phonics (Sounds Write trained and certified) and MSL (multi-sensory structured language education).
The teaching methodologies and approaches used are highly suited to students with dyslexia, dyscalculia, dysgraphia, ASD and ADHD.
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Meet the tutor
The tutor at Learner Assist is a VIT registered teacher with post graduate university qualifications with a significant learning disability component.
Juanita is experienced at teaching students with diverse needs and demonstrates high standards of professional learning.
She is a Specialist Teacher Consultant Member of Learning Difficulties Australia.
Juanita is also certified by the Institute of Special Educators as a Certified Special Educator.
Certifications:
Sounds Write practitioner (2019)
Talk for Writing practitioner (2020)
Dyslexia course (2018 -University of London, UCL institute of Education and Dyslexia International Coursera course.)
LETRS Units 1-8 - Louisa Moats and Carol Tolman, Voyager Sopris Learning.
UFLI certification (SPELD) 2024
Contact
Accepting registrations for specialist tuition in literacy, learning and numeracy for Primary-aged and Middle Years students.
Address: Doreen, Melbourne
Mobile: 0423167699
Limited AVAILABILITY 2026.
NOTE: Both regular 1:1 individual teaching sessions at the home office and ZOOM for distance learning options are available.
Note: Private sessions can now be conducted at Primary schools, depending on availability, and with the permission of the Primary school in question. The Primary school should also be within reasonable driving distance. (Extra costs may be incurred to cover fuel.)
Visit the Tuition, Assessment and Consulting TAB for tuition costs.
