Developmental Learning Solutions – DLS

The mission of Developmental Learning Solutions is to offer comprehensive services to those who have learning disabilities/learning differences – to inspire self-esteem, and provide the tools necessary to achieve maximum potential.

DLS provides programs that are specifically designed to meet the needs of each individual.

Programs are based on a multi-technique approach and are implemented by personnel who are trained in the most current research-based interventions:

• Educational and PsychoEducational Assessments
• Educational Therapy (remediation & enrichment)
• Learning Specialists and Advocates
• Speech & Language Therapy
• Assistive Technology Training
• Tutoring coordinated with Educational Therapists

serving Cupertino | Los Altos | Los Gatos | Campbell | Saratoga | Sunnyvale | Santa Clara | Morgan Hill
Milpitas | Palo Alto and the South Bay

DLS Founder & Director, John R. Fleming, M. Ed., BCET (Board Certified Educational Therapist)
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Mr. Fleming has a Master’s degree in Special Education with concentrations in Learning Disabilities, and in Emotional Disturbances that Affect Learning, and is a board-certified educational therapist. He was Coordinator of the Cognitive Development Program at the Reading Center of George Washington University, and helped develop the Educational Therapy certificate program at University of California-Santa Cruz Extension Program where he teaches. He has also taught at University of California Berkeley Extension, Holy Names University, and George Washington University.

In his role as director of DLS, he oversees a staff of more than two dozen learning professionals. He also provides direct consultation, assessments & educational therapy, and in-depth training; he works as an advisor and board member to schools that serve students with learning differences.

Our Assessment Team includes:

Developmental Educational Assessors

Carrie Messina, ET/P, M.A.:
Certified Educational Therapist
Assessment Specialist & Clinical Developmental Learning Specialist

Laura Seminatore, M.Ed.:
Assessment Specialist, Intern
Clinical Developmental Learning Specialist

Anupma Sethi, PhD:
Assessment Specialist, Intern
Clinical Developmental Learning Specialist

Judyth Suttle, M.S., M.A., BCET:
Board Certified Educational Therapist
Assessment Specialist & Principal Assessor

Psychological (Fleming-Leib Integral Process)
Assessor
Rebecca Leib, Ph.D.
Licensed Clinical Psychologist
Co-founder: Fleming-Leib Integral Process for Assessment

Speech & Language Assessor
Liz W. Frost, M.A., CCC-SLP
Licensed Speech & Language Pathologist

Special Program Co-Creator:
Sheila Cliff, M. Ed., M.A.
Co-founder of Mindful Play Program
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Educational Therapy with DLS Learning Specialists:

Carrie Messina, ET/P, M.A.: Certified Educational Therapist / Clinical Developmental Learning Specialist, Assessment Specialist
Reading fluency and comprehension with Orton-Gillingham programs
Organizational and Executive Functioning skills and strategies
College search and planning
Educational and life transitions
School meetings, observation, and placement

Angela Muonio, B.A.: Clinical Developmental Learning Specialist
Written expression, including support using Self-Regulated Strategy Development (SRSD) methods
Phonological awareness, reading comprehension, and reading fluency, including Orton-Gillingham methods
K-6 math, including use of Making Math Real®-based strategies and methods
Self-regulation and self-advocacy

Kamau Norman-Terrance, Clinical Developmental Learning Specialist, Intern
K-12
Reading, writing, math and science specialist
Academic organizing and executive functioning

Laura Seminatore, M.Ed.: Clinical Developmental Learning Specialist, Assessment Specialist/Intern
Primary through middle school reading, writing, & math
Phonological awareness, reading comprehension, and reading fluency
Orton-Gillingham multi-sensory instruction certification
Organizational skills, time management, learning purpose & esteem

Anupma Sethi, PhD: Clinical Developmental Learning Specialist, Assessment Specialist/Intern
Orton-Gillingham multi-sensory instruction certification
Reading fluency and comprehension with Orton-Gillingham programs
Elementary through middle school reading, writing, math, and social sciences
Organizational skills, time management, learning purpose & esteem

Judyth Suttle, M.S., M.A., BCET: Clinical Developmental Learning Specialist / Board-Certified Educational Therapist
Board Certified Educational Therapist
Assessment Specialist & Principal Assessor
Specialist in Visual Motor Development
Educational Therapy

Sujatha Srinivasan, B.E, ET/P: Certified Educational Therapist, Clinical Developmental Learning Specialist/Assessment Specialist
Children of all ages
Reading, writing and math specialist
Orton-Gillingham & multi-sensory instruction
Attention and focusing
Executive functioning and organizational strategies

Kim Tran, M.S.: Clinical Developmental Learning Specialist
Middle school through college level reading, writing, and social sciences
Elementary through college level geometry, algebra, statistics and trigonometry
Study skills and test-taking strategies
Personalized learning advocacy, planning, and mentoring
Organizational skills, time management, learning purpose & esteem
Curriculum development

Garrick Wahlstrand, M.A.: Clinical Developmental Learning Specialist / Directed Studies Coordinator / Internal Director
K-8, High School, & College writing, reading, math and science
Academic organizing and project management support
Teen through adult executive functioning
Directed Studies: full-scale coordination and enrichment for independent study courses
Educational and transition planning
School meetings and placement

Academic Tutors:

Georgia Collins, B.A., Instructional Tutor
K-12 Reading, writing, and social sciences
K-5th math and sciences
Suport for Organizational strategies and executive functions, attention and focus, study skills and test-taking strategies, self-regulation and self advocacy