We provide direct instruction to learners, diagnostic support to families delivering instruction at home, and consultation and direct service to schools. All services begin with a file analysis.
Most families arrive with one of four situations. Each maps to a clear first step.
A learning profile is a plain-language picture of which skills are solid and which are missing. No diagnosis is required to start.
Book the free consultTeach your own learner at home, or get guidance on IEPs, working with your school, and other decisions along the way.
"When we started working with Lisa we were so thankful to finally find someone who understood our son's needs and how to address them! We saw significant improvement in his reading, and his confidence."
PSL works with districts around Maine on both sides of the intervention: designing it, or delivering it.
"I have seen tremendous growth in students who have worked under Lisa Murphy's direction. Students have improved multiple grade levels and their confidence has skyrocketed."
A quick conversation helps us hear your concerns and guide you to the next steps. We will get you set up to start tutoring, an independent academic evaluation, or a home learning kit, or send you to the professionals who can help if we cannot.
We are committed to working against the way that racial and socioeconomic privilege manifests itself in the identification and remediation of learning disabilities.
We do what we can by offering need based scholarships, doing pro-bono consultation for families with economic needs, providing services in some of Maine's lowest resource schools, and working with educational advocates on the toughest cases to help ALL students get what they need.