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ABOUT DR. STEPHENS
Since 2001, Dr. Heather Stephens has conducted individual educational evaluations through Academic Evaluation & Diagnosis. Since developing the independent practice, Dr. Stephens has consulted with twenty-eight different school districts, forty-seven private schools, numerous parents, individuals, and private agencies. Dr. Stephens works in consultation with other specialists. |
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Dr. Stephens has over twenty years of experience in the field of education. Dr. Stephens earned a Master of Teaching in Special Education from the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia and holds a Doctorate of Education in Supervision, Curriculum, and Instruction-Elementary Education with an interdisciplinary minor in Reading from Texas A & M University-Commerce. She previously taught general and special education in the Dallas Independent School District and served as a Master Reading Teacher and Dyslexia Coordinator. She teaches graduate courses in assessment and consultation in the Reading Research Institute at Southern Methodist University. Dr. Stephens is a board-registered member of the Texas Professional Educational Diagnosticians. She is currently
serving on the National Certification of Educational Diagnosticians Board of Directors.
Dr. Stephens has specialized training from the McGuffey Reading Clinic at the University of Virginia and the Institute for Clinical Services at Texas Woman’s University. She has received much ongoing professional development including the Highland Park Multi-Sensory Approach to Language Arts, the Shelton Sequential English Education (SEE) program, and Scottish Rite Hospital’s Dyslexia Identification Intervention program. She is certified in Texas in a variety of areas including being an All-Level Reading Specialist (PK-12), Master Reading Teacher (EC-12) and teacher of English as a Second Language (EC-12).
serving on the National Certification of Educational Diagnosticians Board of Directors.
Dr. Stephens has specialized training from the McGuffey Reading Clinic at the University of Virginia and the Institute for Clinical Services at Texas Woman’s University. She has received much ongoing professional development including the Highland Park Multi-Sensory Approach to Language Arts, the Shelton Sequential English Education (SEE) program, and Scottish Rite Hospital’s Dyslexia Identification Intervention program. She is certified in Texas in a variety of areas including being an All-Level Reading Specialist (PK-12), Master Reading Teacher (EC-12) and teacher of English as a Second Language (EC-12).