Literacy Advocates’ founder and president Sheryl Knapp earned a B.A. in Cognitive Science and Psychology from Wesleyan University, and an M.B.A. in Decision Sciences/Negotiations from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. 

 

She has completed hundreds of classroom and practicum hours on the Orton-Gillingham methodology — a systematic, research-based, multisensory approach to literacy instruction which has been proven to be effective for children with dyslexia and other learning disabilities — and is currently working toward her Associate-level Certification with a Fellow of the Orton-Gillingham Academy.

 

A former instructor of a graduate-level statistics course at New York University’s Stern School of Business, Sheryl has the statistical aptitude to evaluate and interpret neuropsychological evaluations and other education reports.  She has worked extensively as a substitute general education and special education teacher, particularly in the early elementary grades, and is a contributing writer and editor for Smart Kids with Learning Disabilities.

 

The parent of a child with learning differences, Sheryl is also the Founder and President of the Special Education Network of Ridgefield, CT (SPED-NOR), and a Board member of The Connecticut Branch of the International Dyslexia Association (CONNBIDA) and The Connecticut Down Syndrome Congress.  

 

 

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Text Box: There has been a significant growth in illiteracy in America. Over 90 million US adults, nearly one out of two, are functionally illiterate or near illiterate, without the minimum skills required in a modern society.  Out of 191 million adults in the US, as many as 44 million cannot read a newspaper or fill out a job application. Another 50 million more cannot read or comprehend above the eighth grade level.*

- from the 1998 US Government Report, The State of Literacy in America, released by the National Institute for Literacy (NIL).