Remedial Education for Learning Disabilities

We bring the help directly to you at home.  Meadowlark Tutorials provides services to the urban and rural communities of Ottawa, Ontario. Meadowlark Tutorials is a private remedial education service for persons with learning disabilities. Dyslexia, Attention Deficit Disorder, Auditory Processing Disorders, Visual Processing Disorders, and Language Acquisition Disorders are examples of learning disabilities which are worked with.  Remedial (meaning to fix or make better) sessions are held in the student's home.  In-school remediation is available upon special arrangements with the school. 

New Meadowlark Tutorials is happy to announce that Academic Coaching services are now available. Please click here for more information.

Philip J. Powel Smith MA.Ed, BS.Sp.Ed is the founder and director. Meadowlark Tutorials is the name given to his private practice. Philip is a remedial education specialist who holds a graduate level degree: Masters of Arts in Education and an undergraduate degree: Bachelor of Science in Special Education.  Philip is your child's learning specialist.

Philip's dedication to his students encompasses both their social development and academic achievement.  Philip integrates his unique style of humour into his teaching skills. This combination of humour,  exuberance, and thorough use of teaching skills helps to keep his students interested and eager to learn. Philip strives to make learning fun, perhaps for the first time. To learn more about Philip's background, please click here.

"Philip reminds me of an old fashioned doctor who makes house calls, but instead he is a teacher helping people learn."  S. Dunn

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Student advocacy is conflict resolution provided on behalf of students which encourages school boards and individual schools to provide quality control in the delivery of remedial education.

Mission Statement 

With patience, guidance, and the introduction of skills and techniques that cater to the needs of the student's learning abilities, Philip will help to turn frustration into positive academic and personal growth and achievement. With conviction, students are helped to build confidence to aspire.

What are learning disabilities?

Learning disabilities are difficulties that some people may have with learning, using, and understanding written and spoken language.  Information is learned in jumbled pieces rather than in a whole message.  These jumbled messages may make the learning process awkward and frustrating.

Learning disabilities slow or block information from being learned.  Difficulties with listening, thinking, talking, reading, writing, spelling, and mathematics may be experienced.  Learning disabilities include reading disorders, language-based learning difficulties, speech and language problems, and conceptual disorders.

Company Profile  

Meadowlark Tutorials is the private practice of Mr. Philip J. Powel Smith, a special education teacher, educator, and learning disabilities specialist. To learn more about Philip's background, please click here.

Meadowlark Tutorials is a proud Canadian owned and operated business.

Meadowlark Tutorials was founded in 1992 in response to the requests from parents who were trying desperately to find English language remedial help.

Remedial services are provided at-home and in-school throughout the rural and urban areas of Ottawa, Ontario. Services are held during the day for home schooling and in-school lessons. After school and evening hours comprise most of the teaching hours. For more information, please click here.  

Fees for At-Home and In-School remedial services are based on an hourly rate. Lessons of more than one hour will be charged in half hour increments. Please call for rates and fees.

Community involvement is a vital part of Philip's philosophy for Meadowlark Tutorials. Assisting the education community with the efforts to bring quality education to persons with learning disabilities and difficulties is an ongoing objective. Associations, organizations, and groups are kept up-to-date with the services that are being offered.

Public speaking engagements are conducted throughout the year. Goups and organisations are welcome to discuss their ideas with us to plan a topic for a presentation.