Denise is a dually certified seasoned and accomplished educator specializing in multi-sensory reading instruction since 2002. She is a New York licensed Special Education, Reading and Elementary Education teacher. She has a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education and a Masters dual certification in Special Education and Reading. Other certifications include: Orton Gillingham Associates Level and Wilson Reading Program Level 1. In addition, she is a Wilson Dyslexia Practitioner (W.D.P).  including being trained in Wilson’s  Fundations and Just Words Programs. She has taught Resource Room, Special Education in both integrated and non-integrated settings, Kindergarten, Academic Intervention Services (AIS), Reading K-12 and trained other teachers how to teach using a multi sensory approach. 

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Other areas of expertise are in remediation, accommodations, IEP writing, gifted and talented, evaluations and advocacy for families whose children experience learning issues. Her students begin struggling to respond to traditional classroom instruction and through her teaching learn how to become confident lifelong readers. Her philosophy is to “teach the way a child learns.” Parents have often referred to Denise as the “reading magician,” since the progress attained is quite remarkable. 

 

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