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Susan holds an Educational Specialist Degree in Brain-Based Teaching and Educational Leadership from Nova Southeastern University and a Master of Science Degree in Speech-Language Pathology from the University of Kentucky . 

 

She has held positions in both public and private schools, served as director of outpatient services, university clinical supervisor, school administrator, and private business owner.

 

As a Speech-Language Pathologist, Susan understands the vital connection between language and literacy.  She became interested in the connection between spoken language and reading in the early days of her profession and obtained hundreds of hours of continuing education, training, and practice to increase her expertise in this area. 

 

Susan is an experienced diagnostician and can assess specifically where a student’s language/reading/literacy breakdown is occurring, in order to make personalized treatment recommendations. She is Orton-Gillingham trained and has extensive experience with the Lindamood Phoneme Sequencing Program, as well as numerous other language based learning strategies.   

Susan believes in using proven, research based strategies to help students overcome learning obstacles, and that a person's strengths should never be overshadowed by his challenges.