Connect Learn Grow
Specialised Educational Intervention
An experienced educator, with two decades of expertise across diverse educational settings, will provide professional tutoring tailored to each student's unique needs. Specialising in accredited MSL instruction for dyslexia support, alongside comprehensive Mathematics and general subject intervention, the focus is on evidence-based approaches that build confidence and academic success.
Learning Toolkits
Our Learning Toolkits are created through a neuro-affirming, strengths-based, and person-centred approach. Education and counselling professionals design Learning Sets for home use to support learning.
Case Management
Expert educational advocacy and neuro-affirming consultancy for families who need a trusted guide through the complex world of diagnoses, school support plans, and funding profiles. Support can include advice on navigating a range of diagnostic documents and the DIP/SSG/ILP process to ensure reasonable accommodations are available in educational settings.
Hello! We are Emma and Angela, and together we founded Connect Learn Grow. Our shared passion and joy in working with young people brought us together. We aim to deliver services that allow young people to thrive in both their learning environment and their wellbeing.
Where we provide Services
At Connect Learn Grow, we know young people and families want flexibility; therefore, we provide services via online, home visits, or in schools across North and Eastern Melbourne.
To find out more, contact us to explore support tailored to your young person.
Our Educational Intervention Services
What to expect from our tutoring service: we believe that learning should be tailored, evidence-based, and empowering. Having lived experience with neurodivergence, we understand the need for a nuanced, strengths-based approach. Here is a closer look at how we support students from Kinder to Year 10.
Neuro-Affirming Mathematics Support
Maths confidence thrives when we understand how a student’s unique brain processes numbers. Whether a student is looking to stretch their skills or to navigate specific learning differences such as dyscalculia, these sessions are designed to honour their individual thinking style. Backed by specialist training and deep experience in neurodivergent mathematical learning, we move away from rigid, one-size-fits-all methods. Instead, we leverage each student's natural strengths, using tailored, hands-on, and visual strategies to demystify abstract concepts, reduce math anxiety, and foster genuine cognitive confidence.
Accredited MSL Tutoring
Using the Multi-Sensory Structured Language (MSL) approach, this specialist tuition is designed for students with dyslexia, reading difficulties, or gaps in their foundational literacy skills. Sessions are explicit, structured, and cumulative, focusing on phonics, decoding, spelling strategies and reading comprehension skills that build genuine reading confidence. Families receive clear insights into their child’s progress and practical tools to support learning at home.
General Tutoring & Curriculum Support
Designed to help students stay ahead, catch up, or master classroom content. From early learning readiness in kindergarten to managing assignments and study skills in high school, these sessions provide comprehensive, curriculum-aligned support across key subject areas.
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Case Management
Together, we will shift the conversation to how the system can best support everything they can do.
Receiving a diagnosis for your child - or realising they need extra support at school - can feel overwhelming. Suddenly, you are expected to learn a new language of clinical jargon, fill out endless paperwork, and advocate for your child’s rights within a complex education system.
With extensive professional experience in educational leadership, instructional design, and systemic advocacy, Emma is here to help. She knows exactly how the gears turn behind the school gates. More importantly, she brings lived experience of neurodivergence to her practice. She does not just understand the system; she deeply understands the lived reality of the families she supports.
Educational Advocacy and School Support Plans
Navigating the school system can feel like an uphill battle. The school environment should be a place where your child thrives, not just survives. Emma can provide expert guidance to ensure your child receives the robust, evidence-based adjustments to which they are legally entitled.
DIP (Disability Inclusion Profile) Preparation: Expert strategy, documentation gathering, and preparation to ensure your child’s funding profile accurately reflects their actual support needs.
IEP/ILP Collaborative Design: Reviewing, drafting, or refining Individual Education Plans (IEPs) and Individual Learning Plans (ILPs) to ensure they are actionable, measurable, and strengths-based.
School Meeting Representation: Emma can prepare you for school meetings or attend alongside you as your professional advocate, ensuring your voice is heard and collaborative partnerships are built.
Diagnostic Unpacking with a Strengths-Based Focus
Moving past the clinical jargon to understand your child's brilliant, unique mind. Clinical diagnostic reports are essential, but they are often written through a rigid, deficit-focused lens that can leave parents feeling disheartened. Emma can help you translate these complex documents into a practical roadmap for everyday life.
Report Translation: Breaking down psychological, speech, and occupational therapy assessments into plain, everyday language.
Neuro-Affirming Profile Building: Creating a personalised "Learner Profile" for your child that highlights their strengths, communication style, sensory profile, and specific triggers. This is a powerful tool you can hand directly to teachers.
Shifting the Narrative: Helping your family process a new diagnosis with a strengths-based framework that honours your child's identity (their superpowers!).
System Navigation and Support Coordination
Connecting the dots so you have a clear path forward. When a child needs support, families are often handed a long list of recommendations and left to figure out the logistics themselves. I help you organise the chaos and prioritise your next steps.
Allied Health Mapping: Helping you identify, prioritise, and source appropriate therapists (OT, Speech, Psychology) tailored to your child's specific needs.
Documentation Management: Organising your medical, clinical, and educational paperwork so it is clear, compelling, and ready for funding or school applications.
A Step-by-Step Roadmap: Providing a clear, phased action plan so you know exactly what to do this week, this month, and this term, reducing burnout and giving your family breathing room.You don’t have to navigate this journey alone.