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Seattle, WA 98112
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pieterdr
I received a Master of Arts in Learning Disabilities from Columbia University Teachers College and hold New York Teacher Certification in Special Education.
My training includes work in a variety of evidence-based reading and language intervention approaches, including Lindamood-Bell, Orton-Gillingham, Wilson, and Linguistic Remedies (Wired for Reading). I also completed advanced work through the Teachers College Writing Project with Lucy Calkins and worked within the Academic Therapy Language and Learning Unit at Roosevelt Hospital in New York.
During my graduate studies at Teachers College, I entered the emerging field of learning disabilities and was introduced to the groundbreaking work of Sally Shaywitz and Bennett Shaywitz in neuroscience, reading development, and dyslexia research. That experience helped shape the foundation of my work and deepened my commitment to supporting students with reading and language-based learning differences.
I later served two terms as president of the Washington branch of the International Dyslexia Association, where I led conferences and collaborated with nationally recognized leaders in the field of dyslexia and reading intervention. I have also consulted with the Washington Research Institute’s early intervention study and provided Dyslexia 101 workshops and trainings for schools and educational conferences throughout the region.
In addition to my academic and intervention work, I have long been interested in the relationship between attention, stress, learning, and emotional resilience. I have also led mindfulness and meditation retreats focused on developing focus, self-awareness, and stress management.
One of the most meaningful aspects of this work is helping students grow not only in skill, but in confidence, self-direction, and belief in their own capacity to learn and succeed.
"Pieter packs a lot of teaching into each session and our son enjoys seeing himself improve."