Theresa Meagher, Lindamood-Bell Certified Clinician
I am a Special Education Teacher and Reading Specialist with 20 years of experience as a Master Teacher at Oakland Unified School District’s successful District Reading Clinic. I am currently an Academic Tutor working 1:1 with students in grades K through 5, providing intensive multisensory reading intervention using the research-based multi-modal phonics program of Lindamood-Bell. I also use the Read Naturally Fluency Program to help improve fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension.
Effective reading instruction addresses the integration of processing skills: word attack, sight word recognition, contextual fluency, oral vocabulary, and comprehension. Lindamood-Bell curriculum includes phoneme awareness, where one is able to auditorily perceive sounds within words, thus helping to sound out unknown words. Symbol imagery is practiced to help with the student’s ability to create mental imagery for sounds and letters within words. This instruction also provides the foundation for the development of spelling skills.
It is a pleasure for me to help struggling students with their reading skills as I witness their reading progress as well as a boost in their self-esteem and confidence.
Services:
Structured Literacy and Dyslexia Intervention
Personalized Learning Plans
Expertise in the Lindamood-Bell Reading Method
Expertise in the Read Naturally Fluency Program