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Mission
Our mission is to provide high-quality trainings and workshops
that provide practical, research-based information and best
practices for educators, reading specialists, tutors, parents
of children with dyslexia, and adults with dyslexia. |
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History
After more than a decade as literacy coordinators of a volunteer
based adult literacy program and years of training volunteer
tutors it became evident that a deeper understanding of dyslexia
and other learning disabilities was necessary in order to
truly help the learners. This realization created a quest
for knowledge about dyslexia and began to help teachers,
tutors, parents, reading specialists, special education teachers
and those with dyslexia. Once we began to train others about
reading disabilities and heard their sincere gratitude for
helping them help their students, we knew it would be our
mission to provide quality, accurate and research-based information.
Although we get a great deal of satisfaction from these on-site
workshops and presentations, we knew it was time to make
this information accessible to everyone in a more collegiate
atmosphere that required more time. That is when we decided
to put our classes on-line. |
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Kelli Sandman-Hurley,
Kelli is a published author and researcher of dyslexia.
She is an adjunct professor of reading and a tutor trainer. She has worked
with low literate adults and their volunteer tutors for the past ten years.
Kelli is the President of the San Diego Branch of the International Dyslexia
Association, as well as a board member of the Southern California Library Literacy
Network (SCLLN) and the California Library Association. She is a professional
developer for California Library Literacy Services (CLLS) as well as a Literacy
Consultant for the San Diego Council on Literacy. Kelli is trained in Lindamood-Bell
and Wilson Reading System. She also received training by the Academy of Orton-Gillngham.
She was awarded the Jane Johnson Fellowship and the Commission on Adult Basic
Education (COABE) scholarship. Kelli has presented at numerous conferences
as well as provided professional development for k-12 teachers. She is currently
working on a dissertation studying adults with dyslexia at San Diego State
and the University of San Diego. |
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Tracy Block-Zaretsky
Tracy has worked in adult literacy for 14 years and has
been a tutor trainer for 12 years. She has tutored children
and adults with learning disabilities, and has developed
and taught workplace and family literacy programs. Tracy
worked as a trainer on the adult literacy initiative, Equipped
for the Future, with the National Institute for Literacy.
She is the Vice President of the San Diego Branch of the
International Dyslexia Association. She is trained in Lindamood-Bell
programs, the Wilson Reading System and a variety of reading
and writing assessment tests, including Woodcock-Johnson
Diagnostic Reading Battery, Comprehensive Test of Phonological
Processing (CTOPP), Slosson Oral Reading Test (SORT), Lindamood
Auditory Conceptualization (LAC) Test, Bader Reading Test,
and Slingerland Screening Test. Tracy has presented at numerous
conferences on learning disabilities, phonics, reading and
writing instruction, as well as provided professional development
for K-12 teachers. Trained by the Academy of Orton-Gillngham.
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