PINE STATE
LEARNING

Services

We provide independent academic assessments, tutoring and specially designed instruction in reading, writing, and math, diagnostic consultation to home schoolers, and consultation and direct service to schools. All services begin with a file analysis.

For Learners For Families For Schools

Supporting Learners

A learning profile is a plain-language picture of which skills are solid and which are missing. No diagnosis is required to start.

Book the free consult
1
Free consult
15 minutes, phone or online. We hear what has been happening with your learner and tell you honestly what we think the next step is.
2
Developing a learning plan
Skills assessment and file review: we assess every student's skills and review previous evaluations. The result is an individualized learning plan: what to teach, in what order, with instructional recommendations. If you need a complete diagnostic picture first, an independent academic evaluation is a separate service.
Not sure yet? Start with a free screener.
Three short, 15-question screeners help you see whether dyslexia, dysgraphia, or dyscalculia patterns fit what you are seeing at home. A starting point, not a diagnosis.
3
Tutoring
Part Time Tutoring
Weekly one-on-one sessions built around the individualized learning plan. Instruction is structured, cumulative, and monitored continuously.
About tutoring
Daily Intensive Instruction
Daily one-on-one intervention: Summer LEAP over 6 to 8 weeks, or during the school year. An average round is 90 to 120 hours of direct instruction.
+2.5
grade levels, decoding
+2
grade levels, word recognition
+1.9
grade levels, oral reading fluency
2025 LEAP summer students (22 learners), 6 to 8 weeks. Individual results vary.

Supporting Families

Teach your own learner at home, or get guidance on IEPs, working with your school, and other decisions along the way.

"When we started working with Lisa we were so thankful to finally find someone who understood our son's needs and how to address them! We saw significant improvement in his reading, and his confidence."
Sarah M., parent of a high schooler
Tutor Your Own Child
Home learning kits matched to your child's skill profile, so the teaching you do at home targets the right skills.
About tutoring your own child
Parent Consultation
Guidance for the decisions around your learner: IEP meetings, working with your school, materials and sequence for teaching at home, and next steps as they advance.
About parent consultation

Supporting Schools

PSL works with districts around Maine on both sides of the intervention: designing it, or delivering it.

"I have seen tremendous growth in students who have worked under Lisa Murphy's direction. Students have improved multiple grade levels and their confidence has skyrocketed."
Maine Special Education Director
School Consultation
Consultation on intervention design, progress monitoring, and structured literacy practice for your own staff.
For districts
SDI Services for Public Schools
PSL delivers specially designed instruction to your students directly, in person or online, as part of an IEP or district intervention plan.
For districts
Lisa Murphy, founder of Pine State Learning

Start with a free 15-minute consultation.

This quick conversation helps us hear your concerns and guide you to the next steps. We will get you set up to start tutoring, an independent academic evaluation, or a home learning kit, or send you to the professionals who can help if we cannot. If asynchronous works better for your schedule, please feel free to send an email with your initial questions.

Book a free 15-minute consult
207.426.4267 lisa.murphy@pinestatelearning.com
Our Commitment to Equity

We are committed to working against the way that racial and socioeconomic privilege manifests itself in the identification and remediation of learning disabilities.

We do what we can by offering need based scholarships, providing services in some of Maine's lowest resource schools, and working pro-bono with grant based educational advocates for Maine's most economically disadvantaged students with the toughest cases. This is how we do what we can to help ALL students get what they need.