ABOUT DALE GATES
Dr. Gates is a relative newcomer to Southern Oregon. She moved
from Santa Rosa, California where she owned three learning centers.
Formerly a classroom teacher and reading administrator, she was
an adjunct faculty member of the University of California, Davis
Extension, University of Puget Sound, and Central Washington
University.
Dr. Gates received her M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of
California, Berkeley. She has specialized training in Orton-Gillingham,
Spalding Reading, Lindamood-Bell programs, Evelyn Wood Reading
Dynamics, Learning Strategies, Scotopic Sensitivity (Irlen),
Fast ForWord, Non-Verbal Learning Disorders, and other reading
and writing methods. She is a Board Certified Educational Therapist
(below).
Dale has published numerous articles on reading and writing
and held workshops for parents and teachers on helping students
learn to read and develop study skills. She is the author of
numerous language arts curricula used in learning centers nationwide.
Dale is married and has two grown children.
Educational Therapy
Dr. Gates has attained the highest level of board certification
as an Educational Therapist. Educational therapy combines specialized
teaching and therapeutic approaches and, when appropriate, case
management and consultation on behalf of the client. Educational
therapists have training in alternative teaching methods that
are effective with particular learning disabilities or problems.
Educational therapists are trained in formal and informal assessment
and in the synthesis of information from other professionals
and parents. Emotional and social issues that may be connected
with learning are addressed in a comfortable, safe, often humor-filled
teaching/learning relationship. When appropriate, the educational
therapist collaborates with other professionals, such psychologists,
neurologists, speech and language therapists, occupational therapists,
developmental optometrists, and school personnel.
For more information on educational therapy and the international
professional organization, go to the Association
of Educational Therapists website. |
