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  • Home
  • Our Team
  • What we offer
    • Learning Strategists
    • Tutoring, Clubs and more
    • Assessment
    • FREE Assessment
    • Lexia Reading
    • Learning Pods
    • Consulting
  • Testimonials
  • Our Partners
    • Our Partners
    • Join Our Team
  • Fees
  • Contact us
  • Intake Form
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15+ years helping students succeed

karen nancarrow
owner / director

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EDUCATION
  • Bachelor of Arts (French & Psychology)
  • Bachelor of Education (Special Education and Technology)
  • Additional Qualifications: Specialist in Special Education; Reading
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
  • ​​Remediating dyslexia and spelling
  • Assistive technology
  • Learning disabilities
  • Autism / ABA
  • Advanced Energy Healing (3-year program)
  • Mindfulness for children
  • Behaviour difficulties
  • Parent coaching
  • Executive Functioning
  • Assessment
  • Self-Advocacy
EXPERIENCE
  • Professor at Conestoga College - Educational Support Program
  • 25 years of experience working with kids with Learning Disabilities, Autism and a variety of special needs
  • Worked as a Learning Disabilities Itinerant Teacher for the Waterloo Region District School Board (22 years)​
  • Lead teacher for Corrective Reading intervention program for public school board
  • Mentor teachers in working with children with Learning Disabilities, Behavioural concerns, Autism​ 
  • Teaches Assistive Technology to students, parents and teachers
  • Has helped many parents learn to advocate for their child within the school system 
  • Past President of the Autism Society, Cambridge, Ontario
  • Past President of the largest volunteer tutoring and outreach program in Canada (Tutoring for African Canadian and Mi'kmaw Children)

Heather and Danita
learning strategists

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Education: 
Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Education
Master of Education


Additional Teaching Qualifications:  
Specialist in Special Education
ESL Part 1
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​Primary - Junior - Intermediate (JK - 10)


Highly Specialized Training: 
Google Read & Write, Empower, Corrective Reading, Early Literacy Intervention, Assessment, Assistive Technology, Executive Functioning, Giftedness, Learning Disabilities, Behaviour

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Education:  
Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Education


Additional Teaching Qualifications:  
Primary Specialist
Reading Specialist
​Primary-Junior (JK-6)


Highly Specialized Training:  
Lexia, Dreambox, Google Read & Write, Corrective Reading, Empower Reading, Assessment, Assistive Technology, Learning Disabilities, Autism, Executive Functioning


Eve and Deb
​Managers

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Eve is a certified Primary-Junior teacher and is excited to work with you! She has taught at a private school in Ottawa, and spent the last six years raising two children and running a successful educational home childcare.

She teaches English as a Second Language to students in China and enjoys reading, hiking, and learning about different cultures.

Eve has a passion for learning and is driven to help others succeed academically, socially, and emotionally. She is looking forward to ensuring that you and your child have a positive and successful experience at Indigo Tutoring! 

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​​Deb is a retired Special Education Teacher who has taught for the Waterloo Region District School Board for 28 years.

She is a life long learner who tries to facilitate learning through research based teaching/learning methods. She relies on her creative strengths to promote a learning environment where students feel comfortable to share, learn and problem solve.

​She is a diligent professional who will strive to meet the learning needs of your children. And she has seen and heard it all with 5 kids of her own!!!!!!

Deb is the recipient of the 
Volunteer Action Centre Waterloo Region in 2020, which stated that "Deb is the epitome of a caring, compassionate and involved member of the community."


our tutors

By contacting us directly, we can help you choose the best fit for your child, or feel free to book a tutor directly! Please note that not all of our tutors are listed here so please connect with us for help.

All of our tutors go through a rigorous screening process and interview, have a police check for the vulnerable sector and have full access to our Director and thousands of resources that we house.  You're in good hands!

Our tutors can meet you in your home, at a convenient nearby location or they can tutor online too!

Please note:  K-8 students will receive a discount code to offset the cost below.  See fees page.

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