3.4 Supporting Classroom Teachers & Parents of Students with Learning Challenges with Heather O’Donnell
In this special episode, we’re joined by Heather O’Donnell for a conversation about shifting from the classroom to private practice and how we can support parents and classroom teachers.
Heather O’Donnell MS.Ed and Ed.M began her career as a classroom teacher. Working in both special and general education classroom settings, she left the classroom in 2018 to open New Paltz Multisensory, an online and in-person tutoring practice in New Paltz, NY. After identifying a need for private multisensory reading instruction in her community, the practice has grown to include a team of 13 tutors providing online and in-person multisensory reading, writing, and math instruction to students in over 10 states.
Heather uses the Orton-Gillingham approach to diagnostically provide explicit instruction so that kids learn to love learning again!
Connect with our guest, Heather O’Donnell! Visit New Paltz Multisensory. Or, find her on Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest.
Resources mentioned in this episode:
- 2.15 Looking at Neurodiversity with a Fresh Perspective
- The Right to Read
- UFLI Foundations
- Emily Hanford
- Sold a Story
- Overcoming Dyslexia by Sally Shaywitz M.D.
- The Knowledge Gap: The Hidden Cause of America's Broken Education System--and How to Fix it by Natalie Wexler
- The Knowledge Matters Podcast
- Education Week
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