Carolyn Strom is an educational consultant and reading specialist based in New York City. She is also a PhD candidate in Literacy Education at NYU. Before starting her private practice, she spent ten years as a teacher, primarily in grades PreK-2, in inclusion settings. Carolyn works mainly with dyslexic students and advises schools in New York, New Jersey and California. She has also taught and supervised graduate students pursuing their literacy certification. Carolyn conducts research that examines reading and spelling instruction with students identified as "at risk" of reading failure. Her differentiated instructional practices are supported by the latest research in reading and spelling acquisition. Her areas of expertise are: phonemic awareness, phonics (both analytic and synthetic), word study, developmental spelling & teaching children with learning disabilities. She delivers workshops in these areas that are fast-paced, active and highly practical.Session Titles of Some of Carolyn's workshops:
How Word Reading Develops in Young Children
Integrating Phonics and Spelling Explicitly Into Balanced Literacy: Words Their Way
Hands-On Phonemic Awareness Activities for Pre-K Through First Grade 4
An Overview of Vocabulary Instruction: Translating Theory To Practice
Motivating Struggling Readers Through Games in Grades K-3
Fluency Instruction: The Key to Reading Achievement
Multisensory Teaching for Beginning and Bilingual Readers
