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Dr. Collins' passion is opening up the world to students through reading and writing.  For over 30 years she has worked with learners from Kindergarten to Graduate School - both in schools and in private practice - focusing on helping them grow as readers and writers.  She has worked with teachers across the U.S., collaborating to fine-tune instruction and teaching practices to better foster students.  Dr. Collins holds a Master of Arts Degree in Curriculum & Instruction in Reading from the University of Colorado and a Doctorate of Education from Teachers College, Columbia University in Curriculum & Teaching with an emphasis on Literacy.  She also holds multiple state and professional certifications in literacy instruction.  She specializes in the remediation of reading and writing difficulties in clinical, small group, and classroom settings as well as writing instruction for students with Attention Deficit, Dysgraphia, and Autism Spectrum disorders.  When not reading or writing, she can be found hiking, knitting, or spending time with her favorite people (her four adult children, their partners, and her husband).   

Our Founder: 
Robin R. Collins

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Trainings & Certifications

  • Holistic Dyslexia Coaching​​​​

  • Wilson Reading System

  • Orton-Gillingham Approach

  • Lindamood Bell Visualizing and Verbalizing

  • Lindamood Bell Seeing Stars

  • Project Read Linguistics

  • Heggerty Phonemic Awareness

  • DIBELS Assessment Program

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  • Step Up to Writing

  • Writing Alive

  • The Writing Revolution/Hochman Method

  • Writing Workshop Approach

  • Self-Regulated Strategy Development (SRSD)

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  • CT Professional Educator Elementary K-6 (#013)

  • CT Professional Educator Remedial Reading and Remedial Language Arts, 1-12 (#102)

  • CT Administrative Endorsement Reading and Language Arts Consultant (#097)​

Meet the Team

These are the amazing professionals who make up our team

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Reading Tutor

Cathlyn Rogozinski

Cathlyn received her undergraduate degree in English from Lake Forest College and a Master’s Degree in Educational Leadership from Bank Street College of Education in NYC.  She is trained in the Preventing Academic Failure method (an Orton-Gillingham approach) and the Wilson approach to teaching reading. Over the past several years, she has been a private tutor for children in grades K-5 and has worked as a  Literacy Tutor and Math & Reading Interventionist for grades K-5 in both public and private schools.   She previously taught 1st and 3rd grade in both Harlem, NY, and Cambridge, MA. Passionate about the importance of literature in children's lives, Cathlyn & her own children have read together for over 40000 consecutive days!   She lives in Wilton, CT, with her husband and 2 college-age children.  She looks forward to sharing her passion for literacy with your child. 

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Secondary Math Tutor

Dave Yolen

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Administrative Assistant, Reading & K-5 Math Tutor

Jennifer Jasminski

Jennifer has spent the last eight years working as a literacy paraprofessional in the Ridgefield Public School system.  She is a lifelong lover of reading and writing and graduated from Boston College with a BA in English. Upon graduation, she worked in the Reinsurance Industry as a Property Underwriter and Catastrophe Risk Modeler while earning the CPCU professional degree before staying at home to raise two daughters. She recently wrote a children's picture book (awaiting publication); and has begun Orton-Gillingham certification.  In her spare time, she enjoys running, traveling, and doing crossword puzzles.  

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Reading & Writing Tutor

Caroline Perez

Caroline has 13 years of experience as a Special Education Teacher. She graduated from the University of Connecticut with her Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Special Education. Early in her career, Caroline discovered her educational passion as teaching her students to read. She then perused and graduated with her Sixth Year in Remedial Reading and Language Arts from the University of Bridgeport. Caroline is an Orton Gillingham Classroom Educator, a Level 1 Dyslexia Instructor and is trained in Wilson Reading System and Lindamood-Bell methodologies. Caroline has 3 young children and can usually be found at one of the playgrounds in town.

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