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PROGRAM COORDINATOR
Educational Therapist, Professionally Certified
Educational Credentials:
Geneva
College: B.S.
In Elementary Education
Pennsylvania
State University:
Remedial Reading Specialist Certificate
National
Institute for Learning Development:
Professionally Certified Educational Therapist NILD
What is the Discovery Program?
The
Discovery Program has been established by the National Institute for
Learning Disabilities (NILD), in Norfolk, Virginia. The goal is to
help children with learning difficulties who have experienced
academic frustration and/or failure in the classroom setting. These
children have average or above average intelligence but are not able
to learn by traditional classroom instruction due to perceptual
difficulties. The Discovery students have one-on-one educational
therapy sessions two times a week. Each session lasts eighty
minutes or for younger students can be three times for fifty minutes
each and is outside the classroom setting. The remainder of the
students schedule is spent in the regular classroom situation. The
student receives additional homework during the therapy session, but
the therapist works with the classroom teachers to adjust the daily
work load. The therapist works closely with the teacher, student,
and parents to create a support system for the child. The ultimate
goal is to assist the student in a successful learning mode and reach
full potential in the classroom with a program that culminates
between three to five years.
FOR
MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT MRS. DEAMER at (814) 942-9710 or via E-mail
@ rdeamer@grcmsc.org