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Dear Reader,
Welcome to my site as I share my 30 years of experience as a dyslexia specialist and diagnostician.
Students--kindergarten through adult-- come to Dyslexia Services for consultation because of their difficulty learning language. Is it dyslexia? These children and adults are normal in every way except for the way they learn or don't learn. Testing discloses that each one has his or her specific learning style--his or her specific dyslexia.
As a dyslexia diagnostician, I test to seek each one's unique learning style so I can then as a dyslexia specialist address the learning problems. The object is to meet the needs of each student's unique learning style. Testing helps me address each one's individual needs.
My journey as a dyslexia diagnostician and specialist began as a parent of a bright six year old. He was in the first grade at an area Montessori school when my suspicions were confirmed. Given the Stanford Achievement Test, he scored fourth grade in math and pre-K in reading. After conferring with the principal at our local public elementary school and acting on the observation of our son in the classroom, his father and I decided to transfer him to our public school a block away from our home. And thus began his eleven years of hard knocks through the school system at the wake of the passage of PL 94-142 and its slow acceptance among administration and faculty.
Through those years, I grew in my profession as he grew in understanding how language works and in self-esteem. Upon graduation from high school, he was accepted at a highly respected university in the East without accommodations and graduated with a dual major in history and economics. He was admitted to the university's law school, joined its banking and law review in his third year, and graduated cum laude. Today, he is a successful corporate attorney who strongly believes that we do no favors accommodating students. They must learn how to read and write and become independent learners.
As you begin this journey with me, you will meet Jay, an 8 and a half year old entering the fourth grade. You will learn about Jay's strengths and weaknesses in visual, auditory, and kinesthetic/motor memories and perception which affect his language learning. My diagnostic evaluation will expose you to the testing that was done, analyze his learning problems, and offer recommendations. After the completion of Jay's diagnostic evaluation--which is lengthy--I will present unusual discoveries of visual photographic memory in other students. Then my plan is to "show and tell" you how to reach a student's unique learning style.
Welcome to my site as I share my 30 years of experience as a dyslexia specialist and diagnostician.
Students--kindergarten through adult-- come to Dyslexia Services for consultation because of their difficulty learning language. Is it dyslexia? These children and adults are normal in every way except for the way they learn or don't learn. Testing discloses that each one has his or her specific learning style--his or her specific dyslexia.
As a dyslexia diagnostician, I test to seek each one's unique learning style so I can then as a dyslexia specialist address the learning problems. The object is to meet the needs of each student's unique learning style. Testing helps me address each one's individual needs.
My journey as a dyslexia diagnostician and specialist began as a parent of a bright six year old. He was in the first grade at an area Montessori school when my suspicions were confirmed. Given the Stanford Achievement Test, he scored fourth grade in math and pre-K in reading. After conferring with the principal at our local public elementary school and acting on the observation of our son in the classroom, his father and I decided to transfer him to our public school a block away from our home. And thus began his eleven years of hard knocks through the school system at the wake of the passage of PL 94-142 and its slow acceptance among administration and faculty.
Through those years, I grew in my profession as he grew in understanding how language works and in self-esteem. Upon graduation from high school, he was accepted at a highly respected university in the East without accommodations and graduated with a dual major in history and economics. He was admitted to the university's law school, joined its banking and law review in his third year, and graduated cum laude. Today, he is a successful corporate attorney who strongly believes that we do no favors accommodating students. They must learn how to read and write and become independent learners.
As you begin this journey with me, you will meet Jay, an 8 and a half year old entering the fourth grade. You will learn about Jay's strengths and weaknesses in visual, auditory, and kinesthetic/motor memories and perception which affect his language learning. My diagnostic evaluation will expose you to the testing that was done, analyze his learning problems, and offer recommendations. After the completion of Jay's diagnostic evaluation--which is lengthy--I will present unusual discoveries of visual photographic memory in other students. Then my plan is to "show and tell" you how to reach a student's unique learning style.
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