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Professional Experience: New York
Special Education teacher working with Learning Disabilities, Attention Deficit Disorders, Obsessive Compulsive Disorders, Developmental Disabilities. - 10 years.
Principal/Director of Special Education working with the following special needs areas: Learning/Emotional Disorders, Attention Deficit Disorders, Developmental Disabilities. - 8 years.
Professional Experience: Toronto
Director- “Our Child-A Growth Centre”- Educational /Behavioral planning & management, Family counselling, Parent Training, Child Advocacy - 3 years.
New Decision Therapy Practitioner - 2 years.
Facilitator in a North American Study using a Magnet Sleep System therapy for AD/HD children as an alternative approach. ( Nov. 2000 - May 2000)
Featured on The Erin Davis Show - (AD/HD topics)
Parenting column - Monthly column appears in “The Town Crier” (Portfolio available upon request)
Written manual- “How to Teach Our Child- At home - At School”
Author of “There Is No Magic”… but there are alternatives to parenting exceptional children
Director of “Chakyo Movement,” an interactive program for Parents and children. It mixes the combination of music, yoga, creative movement and dance with the objective of developing relationships within the family.
Professional Speaking Engagements:
Scarborough General Hospital Family Clinic, Whitby Family Clinic, Seminars for Parents, Learning Disability Associations of Toronto and Scarborough, AD/HD Parent group in Markham.
Topics for Discussion:
How “Precision Teaching” increases both the RATE and ACCURACY of learning, by focusing on teaching strategies, learning modalities and strategic teacher interventions.
A Prescription for Parents to see lasting changes & growth. Development of social/academic skills. Increased self esteem, building of self-controls, self-empowerment, nurturing family unity.
A model on how to teach parents: How to be better role models, Keys to positive discipline, keys to teaching study skills, how to assess what their child’s academic/social needs are, how to be better partners with their children with their schools.
Our mission is to re-educate the parent on how to create a more nurturing and cohesive family unit. We teach “You” how to “Teach” yourself to be better Teachers, Counsellors, Advisors, to your child.
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