Laura de la Houssaye
(duh-lah-HOO-say)
I earned my Bachelor’s in Elementary Education at the University of Arizona in 1993 and have since taught children and adults in numerous settings throughout the years.
I began teaching as a middle school Language Arts teacher in Tucson. During this time, I was baffled by the number of students who entered 6th and 7th grade with literacy skills far below grade-level. I really didn’t know how to help these kids and I felt so inadequate.
Soon after moving to Oregon, I started working in a private reading clinic where I experienced the joys of helping struggling readers overcome obstacles that had seemed to them insurmountable. I witnessed how a single approach to teaching resulted in success, over and over. Seeing the dramatic, positive impact this had on the life of a child, an adult student, or a family was a powerful experience. I was pretty sure I’d never go back to classroom teaching.
Literacy Matters
I never did return to the classroom. Once my own children reached the ages of 10 and 12, I went back to work, again using the LiPS® and Visualizing and Verbalizing® programs* to tutor children ages 6 through 13 in a Portland public school. I came across the Barton Reading and Spelling System® during my quest to make a full-time career as a dyslexia specialist. With training, certification, amazing clients, and time, I was able to make my dream of private practice come true. With Literacy Matters, I now have an immensely rewarding career – improving the lives of others by helping them achieve their full potential.
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