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Our Approach

About Us

At Collier Literacy & Learning,
we teach at your pace. 

 
Our approach provides individualized support that builds on strengths to meet each child's unique needs. We are passionate about creating a fun and engaging learning environment that helps children succeed and build confidence.

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EXPERIENCED

EFFECTIVE

CERTIFIED SPECIALISTS

Corrie Collier, MS, CCC-SLP, C-SLDI

Instructor & Owner
Speech-Language Pathologist, Orton-Gillingham Certified
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​​​Corrie Collier, MS, CCC-SLP is a licensed speech-language pathologist with advanced training in structured literacy. She has over 12 years of experience working with children with speech-language and learning differences. Her very favorite part of her work is watching her students' confidence grow. Corrie lives in Seacoast New Hampshire with her husband, their toddler son, and their goofy dog. She enjoys spending time at the beach with her family, playing board games, and listening to audiobooks. Corrie has a bachelor's degree from Emory University and a master's degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders from the University of South Carolina. She holds a Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech-Language Hearing Association. She is also a certified Structured Literacy Dyslexia Interventionist through the International Dyslexia Association's Center for Effective Reading Instruction and is Orton-Gillingham certified at the Associate level by the Orton-Gillingham Academy.

Beth Lupa, M.Ed., Ed.S. is a Wilson Dyslexia Practitioner and holds an Associate Level Orton-Gillingham Certification. She most enjoys making an impact on students lives and watching them grow. Beth finds it most rewarding to see students gain confidence as they make progress in skills they thought they couldn’t do. She makes learning fun and engaging through multi sensory activities and games that encourage them to participate. Beth lives with her husband, two kids, dog, and cat. She enjoys reading, watching movies, and going to the beach.  Beth's education includes a Ed.S. Degree in Reading from Gordon College, M.Ed. Degree in Reading and Language Acquisition from UMass Lowell, and a B.S. Degree in Early Childhood Education from Salem State University. Beth taught for 12 years as a classroom teacher in kindergarten, first, and second grade. She then taught as a title one reading and specialized reading teacher for 4 years, and has worked as as a special education inclusion teacher for 3 years.

Beth Lupa, M.Ed., Ed.S.

Instructor
Orton-Gillingham Certified
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Joy Cowles, MAT

Instructor
Orton-Gillingham Certified
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Joy Cowles, MAT is a Certified Dyslexia Practitioner with experience providing literacy intervention for students in kindergarten through high school.  Joy lives on the North Shore in Massachusetts with her husband, three sons, and their puppy Ellie. She has a Master of Arts in Teaching from Tufts University and is licensed as a Teacher of English as a Second Language from Gordon College. Joy is Orton-Gillingham certified through an IMSLEC accredited program where she is currently working toward her advanced certification. 

Meredith Orton, MS, CCC-SLP

Instructor
Speech-Language Pathologist, Orton-Gillingham Certified
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Meredith Orton, MS, CCC-SLP is a licensed pediatric speech language pathologist and reading practitioner certified in the Orton-Gillingham approach (A/OGA). She has extensive experience working with clients and students who have executive function,  speech/language, and reading difficulties in both the education setting and in private practice. Meredith loves spending time with her husband, daughter, son, and Bernese mountain dog. She also loves to CrossFit, read, and hike. 

New Hampshire Tutoring

Our educators are certified teachers with advanced training in specialized instruction designed for students with learning differences.

  • Heggerty Phonemic Awareness

  • RAVE-O

  • Story Grammar Marker

  • Framing Your Thoughts

  • Structured Word Inquiry

  • LETRS

  • Orton-Gillingham

  • Wilson Reading System

  • Lively Letters

  • LiPS 

  • Visualizing and Verbalizing

  • Seeing Stars

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