Who we help
We tutor Utah students who learn differently. That includes children with:
- an IEP (individualized education program, the written plan a public school makes for a student’s special education services), now or from a previous school;
- a 504 plan (a school plan for accommodations under Section 504, a federal disability law);
- dyslexia, dyscalculia (a learning disability that affects number sense, calculation and math reasoning) or another learning difference;
- ADHD or trouble with executive function (the skills used to plan, start, organize and finish work);
- autism.
You don’t need a diagnosis or a school plan to talk with us. Tutoring also isn’t only for catching up. Whether your child needs to rebuild a skill, keep making progress or manage schoolwork more independently, we begin with their individual starting point, and we build on their strengths as well as the hard parts.
We teach students from kindergarten through high school, including students in private schools and in home-based (homeschool) learning. Utah Fits All, Utah’s education savings account (ESA) program that many people call a voucher, covers K-12 students only. Special Ed Resource also works with children from age 3.5, but in Utah preschool tutoring would be paid privately, as would tutoring for a student enrolled in a public school, since Utah Fits All students cannot be enrolled in one.
Subjects and skills
- Reading: sounding out words, reading smoothly, vocabulary and understanding what they read.
- Writing and spelling: spelling patterns and getting ideas onto the page in clear steps.
- Math: from number sense and math facts through fractions, word problems, algebra and geometry.
- Study skills: starting, planning, organizing and finishing assignments.
- Other school subjects, such as science and social studies.
Tutoring by need
Each of these pages explains what tutoring can address, how our teachers approach it and what it doesn’t include.
- Reading and dyslexia tutoring: decoding, fluency, spelling and comprehension, and what to ask about named reading methods.
- Math tutoring: number sense, facts, word problems and multi-step work, rebuilt from your child’s starting point.
- ADHD and executive function tutoring: the subject plus the steps around it, such as starting, planning and checking work.
- Autism tutoring: academic support shaped around how your child communicates, what they enjoy and what helps them settle into learning.
What a session looks like
Sessions are live and one-to-one over video, so your child works with the same teacher from home. All your child needs is a computer with a webcam and an internet connection. Younger children may need an adult nearby to get started.
There is no set curriculum that every child follows. The teacher works on the skills in your child’s plan, at your child’s pace, using visual aids, examples and short, clear steps. If your child needs to move around, the teacher can build in a break, and when attention fades the teacher can change the activity rather than push through.
Online tutoring doesn’t suit every child, and we won’t assume it does. In the consultation, tell us about your child’s experience with screens, conversation and moving between tasks, so we can talk honestly about whether this format fits.
How tutoring begins
- A free consultation. Tell us what you’re seeing and what you hope will change. We explain how our tutoring works and answer your questions. It doesn’t commit you to anything.
- A fuller conversation about your child. If you decide to go ahead, we learn about your child’s learning history, strengths, interests and what has helped.
- A teacher from our team. We choose a teacher whose experience fits your child’s needs and goals, and you talk with the teacher before lessons begin.
- A starting plan. The first sessions show the teacher where your child is starting from. That work shapes a written starting plan that we review with you.
Our how it works page walks through each step, including how families pay.
How parents stay informed
Your experience as a parent helps guide the plan, so we keep you in the loop. You get a summary after each tutoring session, and your child’s teacher can provide a quarterly progress report if you ask for one. Use these updates to talk about what your child can now do on their own, what still needs support and whether the approach should change.
If the teacher isn’t the right fit, tell us. We’ll reassess with you and offer another teacher from our team. The long-term aim of our tutoring is independence: a child who has the skills and strategies to do more of the work on their own.
IEPs, 504 plans and what tutoring is not
If your child has an IEP or a 504 plan, its goals and the accommodations that helped are useful to share. You can describe them in your own words. The teacher uses that information, along with your observations and the first sessions, to shape academic goals for tutoring. A tutoring plan is not an IEP, and it doesn’t replace school services; questions about the school’s plan belong with your school team.
If you are weighing Utah Fits All, read the law’s wording first. Utah Code 53F-6-402(4)(b) requires the application to include the acknowledgment that “A qualifying provider may not provide the same level of disability services that are provided in a public school” and that agreeing to establish the account “has the same effect as a parental refusal to consent to services as described in 34 C.F.R. Sec. 300.300.” Students using Utah Fits All also cannot be enrolled in a public school or other LEA, even part-time. Our guide to Utah Fits All and your child’s IEP explains the law, and our Utah IEP help page covers the school process. For your child’s situation, ask your school district or the Utah Parent Center.
Our service is academic tutoring only. We don’t provide speech-language therapy, occupational therapy, ABA or other therapies, and we don’t diagnose or evaluate children.
How families pay
Special Education Resource LLC is an approved provider in the Utah Fits All Odyssey Marketplace. We are not Odyssey, the Utah State Board of Education or the State of Utah, and applications for Utah Fits All are made on Odyssey’s site, not ours.
The Marketplace is the simpler route. In Odyssey’s words, “Odyssey pays vendors directly—you don’t have to pay out of pocket and wait for reimbursement.” Odyssey also says Marketplace purchases are “Pre-approved and do not require Odyssey review.” Reimbursement, where you pay first and then submit proof to Odyssey, is a second route with stricter documentation rules for 2026-27. Our guide to paying for tutoring with Utah Fits All compares the two.
Odyssey’s Eligible Expense Guide lists “Tutoring Services” as an eligible service, and its purchase limits set no cap on tutoring. For the 2026-27 school year, Utah Fits All pays up to $8,000 for a private-school student, and up to $4,000 (ages 5–11) or $6,000 (ages 12–18) for a home-based student, by age on September 1. See Utah Fits All amounts for details. We explain our current tutoring options in the free consultation.
Program status: In April 2025, Utah’s Third District Court ruled Utah Fits All unconstitutional, and the State appealed to the Utah Supreme Court. As of October 1, 2026, the Utah Supreme Court has not ruled, and the program is operating for the 2026-27 school year. Read about the court case.