About

Educational Therapy Associates is a private, clinical practice in Chapel Hill, NC that provides educational testing and learning disability evaluations. Testing for dyslexia is completed as part of the evaluation. For more information about the evaluation process, the article, ”What to Expect From an Evaluation,” reprinted by permission from IDA’s ‘Perspectives on Language and Literacy,’ is available on the web at www.fetaweb.com/help/eval.expect.meyer.htm.

Educational Therapy Associates is directed by Susan C. Lowell, M.A., a Fulbright Scholar and Board Certified Educational Therapist. Ms. Lowell has a M.A., magna cum laude, in Educational Psychology from the University of Connecticut where she studied and completed clinical training with Dr. Isabelle Liberman. Ms. Lowell completed her clinical internship at Newington Children’s Hospital, Newington, CT. She currently serves as a Vice President of the Board of Directors of the International Dyslexia Association (IDA) and on www.interdys.org and has served as President of the North Carolina Branch of IDA.

Susan C. Lowell provides teacher training in research-based curricula in phonemic awareness through Brookes Publishing Company’s teacher training program, ‘Brookes on Location.’ www.brookespublishing.com Ms. Lowell teaches a course on reading research for Simmons College’s M.A. program, Language and Literacy. www.simmons.edu Ms. Lowell teaches a graduate level course on reading instruction through Buffalo State University, State University of New York’s M.A. program for international school teachers. www.buffalostate.edu. Ms. Lowell provides international school coursework, workshops, teacher training, and international school consultations in research-based reading instruction and literacy and serves as an Associate to the Advisory Committee on Exceptional Children of the Office of Overseas Schools of the U.S. Department of State.