• 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.