Organizations Filed Purposes:
Our mission is to improve the lives of people with learning disabilities through prevention, evaluation, treatment and research.
COUNSELORS AND TEACHERS AT THE CENTER WORK WITH APPROXIMATELY 180 CLIENTS PER WEEK, PROVIDING ASSESSMENTS, ONE-ON-ONE SPECIALIZED INSTRUCTION OR COUNSELING TO CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH LEARNING DIFFERENCES. THE TYPICAL STUDENT COMES TO THE CENTER TWICE A WEEK FOR HOUR-LONG SESSIONS. GROUP SESSIONS ARE ALSO HELD FOR SOCIAL SKILLS,STUDY SKILLS, AND ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER. THE CENTER ALSO OFFERS SERVICES TO PARENTS GIVING THEM TIPS ON EVERYTHING FROM HOMEWORK TO DISCIPLINE. SERVICES ARE PROVIDED IN THREE LOCATIONS:BOISE, HAILEY AND CALDWELL, IDAHO.
THROUGH GRANT FUNDING AND CONTRACTS THE CENTER CONTINUES TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND RESOURCES TO EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATORS AND PARENTS. WE TRAIN CHILD CARE PROVIDERS TO USE RESEARCH-BASED EARLY LITERACY INSTRUCTIONAL METHODS TO BETTER PREPARE PRESCHOOLERS FOR SCHOOL, AND WE DISTRIBTE OUR EVERY CHILD READY TO LEARN BOOKLETS, ABC PLACEMATS AND LITERACY PLACEMATS TO PARENTS. THE CENTER IS ALSO CONTRIBUTING TORESEARCH PROJECTS WITH PROFESSORS FROM TWO UNIVERSITIES. ONE PROJECT IS LOOKING FOR GENETIC LINKS TO DIFFERENT SUBTYPES OF DYSLEXIA AND THE OTHER IS IDENTIFYING AND DEVELOPING TOOLS FOR EARLY IDENTIFICATION OF MATH DISABILIITES.
TRAINING AND CONSULTATION DELIVERS A VARIETY OF CLASSES AND SPECIALIZED TRAINING TO TEACHERS, SCHOOLS, AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN RESEARCH-BASED METHODS OF TEACHING LITERACY. DURING THE YEAR, THE CENTER TAUGHT CLASSES TO TEACHERS AND CONSULTED WITH SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND THE IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION WORKING WITH APPROXIMATELY 1,400 TEACHERS. THE CENTERS TRAINING AND CONSULTATION SERVICES HELP IDAHO SCHOOL DISTRICTS AS THEY WORK TO IMPLEMENT THE COMMON CORE STANDARDS.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Evelyn Johnson | Executive Dir. | 25 | $34,269 |
| William Young | Governance Chr | 1 | $0 |
| Matthew Weatherley-White | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Mike Shaughnessy | Chairman | 5 | $0 |
| Heather Schulze | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Decker Rolph | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Karen Peterson | Develop. Chr | 1 | $0 |
| Wendy Pesky | Director | 5 | $0 |
| Greg Pesky | Vice Chair | 1 | $0 |
| Alan Pesky | Director | 5 | $0 |
| Cynthia Murphy | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Barbara Morgan | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Greg Lovell | Director | 1 | $0 |
| William H Keller | Treasurer | 3 | $0 |
| Kurt Liebich | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Buckner Harris | Finance Chr | 1 | $0 |
| Lori Frank | Director | 5 | $0 |
| Anna Eberlin | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Lesley Andrus | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Gregory Byron | Secretary | 3 | $0 |
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