Episode 79: Diagnosis and Beyond (with Natasha Gray)

Have you wondered whether your child or loved one is struggling
with a learning difference or disability? Natasha Gray joins
Yolande for a conversation about the importance of
psychoeducational testing. Natasha addresses some of the myths
and concerns that parents and caregivers often have, and sheds
light on the multiple advantages of having assessments
done.  Listeners will learn about how dyslexia, dysgraphia,
and dyscalculia present, and also how getting a diagnosis can be
the starting point of learning to thrive with any learning
difference or disability one has.



Contact Info:
Barbados- WhatsApp message (246) 825-8697 


Jamaica - WhatsApp message (876) 560-2870 


Instagram - @spark_learning 


Website- www.sparklearningedu.com


Email - sparkthelearning@gmail.com



Guest Bio:
Natasha Gray, Director of Spark Learning, is an Educational
Diagnostician, Dyslexia Therapist and Structured Literacy
Specialist who specializes in Learning Disabilities (LD). Her
professional development and training has focused on Learning
Disabilities and Special Education Needs (SEN)as well as Making
Thinking Visible and the Orton-Gillingham Multi-Sensory Approach.
In addition to this, she has been a registered member of the
British Psychological Society for over 18 years.

Her company Spark Learning provides services in
Psycho-Educational Assessments to children and adults as well as
educational consulting and training to schools, teachers,
teachers’ colleges, institutions and parents in Barbados and
Jamaica. With more than 28+ years of experience, she has occupied
diverse roles in the education sector, such as serving as an
Educational Consultant on regional projects focusing on literacy
and numeracy development.

Natasha has diagnosed and worked with children both in the U.S.
and regionally as the Regional Support Manager. She has supported
schools, teachers and parents with workshops and presentations on
‘Identifying and Understanding Children with LD’. Natasha
advocates for children with educational and social–emotional
needs, particularly those with learning disabilities and most
recently, has served as a Consultant, project leader and
facilitator on development projects with development banks.

Most recently, Natasha was the Lead Consultant at the Ministry of
Education in Antigua and Barbuda, designing an Early
Identification System (EIS) for psycho-social services during the
COVID-19 pandemic.


Shifting Perspectives is a conversation with Yolande and Latasha
that challenges listeners to fuel themselves with diversity in
the way they think, the way they work, the way they parent and
the way they live their lives.

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