About Sam
Sam Tolkin currently lives in New Haven, CT. As an individual with ADHD, he can empathize with learning struggles and had to develop his own creative strategies to succeed. His goal is to teach students struggling with school to discover how they best learn and become independent, lifelong learners. He has over 5 years of experience working with families to help their child succeed as well as a Master's level certificate in Educational Therapy. As a lifelong learner, recently acquired his Master's Degree in Autism Spectrum and Other Developmental Disabilities. Sam loves to share his passion for learning to help students equip themselves with the tools to steer their lives towards success.​
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What is Educational Therapy?
"Educational therapy is the practice of providing personalized remedial instruction to children and adults with learning challenges, including but not limited to dyslexia, ADHD, executive functioning deficits, and language, visual and auditory processing issues. The ultimate goal of educational therapy is to foster development of self-confident, independent individuals who feel positively about themselves and their potential as lifelong learners."
Educational therapy offers a holistic approach to a student's learning: intertwining emotional, behavioral, and academic struggles. Unlike tutoring, which focuses on WHAT to learn, an educational therapist focuses on HOW to learn. Educational therapists have extensive training in intervention strategies catered to students with learning differences and help students create and achieve goals related to the student's strengths and weaknesses, developing learning strategies, and self-advocacy.
-Association of Educational Therapists