Donna Heit-Katz

About the founder and facilitator of the Dyslexia Center of Long Island, Donna Heit-Katz, M.S. in Learning Disabilities:

  • 35+ years of teaching experience (within the NYC Department of Education and private practice), working with children classified with learning disabilities, emotional disturbances, speech and language impairments, hearing impairments, other health impairments and social cognitive/challenges

  • Successfully completed training in the following:

    • Wilson Language Training
    • IMSE-Orton Gillingham
    • Dyslexia Training Institute

  • Completed American Sign Language Interpreter Program

  • Special-education liaison and IEP teacher

  • Staff Trainer

  • Successfully completed the mentor training program at the Social Thinking® Center in San Jose, California

  • Recipient of the Teacher of the Year Award, representing District 21

Donna’s Training & Certifications

  • Dyslexia Training Institute

  • Wilson Reading System

  • Fundations

  • Just Words

  • Barton Reading/Spelling System

  • Ann Edwards Orton Gillingham

  • Lively Letters

  • Learning Without Tears

  • Handwriting Without Tears

  • Writing Revolution

  • Institute for Excellence in Writing

  • Writing by Numbers

  • American Sign Language Interpreter Program

  • Dyslexia Advocacy DTI

  • NSEAI Special Ed Advocacy

  • Executive Functioning Coach

  • Lindamood-Bell:

    • Seeing Stars
    • Visualize and Verbalize

  • Master IEP Coach