Natalie received her Postgraduate Certificate in Educational Therapy from UC Riverside Extension and her B.A. with honors from UC Davis. She performed her clinical educational therapy internship at Black Pine Circle School in Berkeley. Between her undergraduate and postgraduate studies, Natalie lived in London and attended graduate courses in education and policy at King's College London. 

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trainings & approaches

• 30 Hour IMSE Orton Gillingham- Intermediate
• 30 Hour ​Structured Literacy- Literacy How
• ​​Lively Letters
• Handwriting Without Tears K-5
• Handwriting Without Tears Pre-K
• ​Making Math Real Overview
• Dyslexia Screening- Dyslexia Training Institute
• Spell-LINKS to Reading & Writing 
• Brain Frames (July 2021)
• Research-based strategies from Equipped for Reading Success, Phonics and Spelling Through Phoneme-Grapheme Mapping, and Speech to Print

memberships & qualifications

• Associate Educational Therapist- Association of Educational Therapists 
• Certified Structured Literacy Classroom Teacher​- Center for Effective Reading Instruction
• ​​​​​Passed KPEERI- Knowledge and Practice Examination for Effective Reading Instruction​
• Member- Council of Parents, Advocates, and Attorneys (COPAA); The Association of Educational Therapists (AET); The Reading League
• Learning Ally Specialist- Qualified to verify print disabilities