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Roberta Coppersmith earned her BS degree in Elementary Education at the University of Northern Colorado. She taught for five years before starting a family of her own. The direction of her life has been greatly influenced by her own children's struggles with dyslexia. Her youngest son's initial exposure to different types of remediation were unsuccessful. Eventually, their search for a breakthrough led her family to a Lindamood-Bell™ Center, where her son completed an intensive program. Subsequently, Roberta became a clinician, consultant, and then interim director for a Lindamood-Bell™ Center. Her passion for helping students with special learning needs was unleashed. |
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Barbara Pliha earned her BS degree in Education from UCLA. She was first an elementary teacher and then became a reading specialist. After a hiatus from teaching to raise three children, she returned to teaching in 1984. At that time, she returned to school at CSUF. She first earned a Masters Degree in Education with a special emphasis in reading and taught in public schools as a Resource Specialist. Her search for greater understanding of the nature of reading disorders led to further study and a Masters degree in Communicative Disorders. Subsequently she became licensed as a Speech Pathologist. As a Speech Pathologist she helps clients who are having difficulties in speech and language -- articulation and oral motor deficits, receptive and expressive language disorders, decoding, fluency and comprehension difficulties, and writing. |
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