- Board Certified Educational Therapist
- As an education specialist at the Morrissey-Compton Educational Center, I am responsible for conducting academic assessments and evaluations. Additional responsibilities include intervention/treatment in the form of educational therapy to address reading, writing, math, and executive function deficits. I also provide consultative services to schools and institutions throughout the Bay Area and teach the Morrissey-Compton Challenge Summer School program.
The Morrissey-Compton Educational Center is a not-for-profit clinic that provides services to students from preschool to post-graduate adults. We provide diagnosis, treatment, consultations, educational therapy, skills groups, support, executive function coaching, tutoring, and advocacy for children, adolescents, adults, and families with: Learning Disabilities, Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Anxiety, Depression, and Autism Spectrum Disorders. - Parent educator through workshops offered at the Children's Health Council (CHC), Morrissey-Compton Testing Center, and individual schools on request.
- Previously employed as the Learning Specialist at Kehilla Jewish High School, Palo Alto.
- Previously employed as the Learning Specialist at the Carey School in San Mateo and at the Cathedral School for Boys in San Francisco.
- Founded collegial group of learning specialists on the Peninsula.
- Post graduate instruction, UC Santa Cruz extension program in educational therapy:
- Supervisor of mentorship program
- Introduction to educational therapy
- ADHS in the classroom
- Reading remediation through multi-sensory methodologies
- Professional Development Leader through The Children's Health Council, Palo Alto.
Specialized trainings
- Lindamood-Bell: LIPS, Visualizing & Verbalizing.
- Project Read: Phonics/reading, Framing Your Thoughts, Comprehension (Orton-Gilligham based).
- The Wilson System (Orton-Gillingham based).
- Semple Math.
- Strategic Instruction Strategies (SIMS): Sentence writing, Paragraph writing, Comprehension through Visualization, Word Attack, Editing.