My short story to describe my qualifications and expertise teaching students who struggle to read from grades four on through grade 12 are as follows: 1. Ph.D. in special education from Utah State Uni... versity. 2. MSW in child welfare and psychiatric social work from the University of California, Berkeley. 3. TEFL Certificate in Teaching English as a Foreign Language. 4. TESOL Certificate on IELTS requirements to prepare students taking the IELTS test. 5. 20 years diagnosing and correcting errors and poor reading habits for students ‘in grades 4 through 12. 6. 15 years providing therapeutic and social services children and adolescence who were victims of severe traumatic experiences. 7. Consultant with the US Department of Education to determine what reading curricula is in compliance with standards established for classification as a science of reading curricula. 8. 20 years’ experience in child and adolescent residential facilities where students had comorbid emotional disorders combined with reading disabilities such as ADHD, dyslexia, autism spectrum and developmental disabilities. Qualifications are one matter but equally important and perhaps more so is what is behind and supportive of the qualifications? For me it is a passion that every child can be taught to read and it is our obligation to assure every child is given that opportunity, with validated reading curricula and teaching processes. In my early professional years providing therapeutic services for traumatized children and youth I witnessed disastrous effects that failing in their school placements brought to them. It was this realization that drove me back to school where I obtained a doctorate degree in special education. While degrees are perhaps one measure of expertise it is not the only one. For me, of more importance is my experience of having seen the positive effects time and time again that my students take away after solving their problematic reading issues.read more

Hi, my name is Mark. First a little about me and then I would like to talk to you if you are looking at this because you worry about reading. I live in the Southern part of California. I grew up as a... farm boy in Idaho where I always enjoyed outdoor activities, and as a hobby I enjoyed woodworking. After high school and a couple of years in the US Army and then colleges I settled into human services professions. My first job was helping children and adolescents who had experienced very upsetting events. I learned from these young citizens that they still agonize in school and their struggles with reading is a major reason. Realizing this, I returned to college and specialized in reading. I was schooled in the fact that research proves all students have the capacity to read if properly instructed. My message to students is if you were not taught the proven basic foundations of reading during grades 1 through 3 reading problems will continue. Unfortunately, this will affect most of your subjects through middle school and high school where reading is essential. But do not give up because it is my passion, and I have prove, that all students can be taught to solve their reading puzzles. That is my passion and I have 25 years backing it up. The curricula and teaching process I use, unlike most reading curricula, will correct mistakes and fill in any of the fundamental gaps that were not taught in those first three years. Teaching the fundamentals, lost in your first 3 years of school, requires that my reading instruction is different than most. I have a short video to give a sense of how I teach and you can see more detail at my website (https:eduflex1.com). My passion is very personal to me and I sincerely hope your passion to solve your reading puzzle equals my passion to restore reading skills and confidence in my students. Given that there is room in my virtual classroom and I would love to join with you in a journey to reading fluently!read more