Education & Experience

Memberships & Publications

* Rx for Discovery Writing, Licensed Instructor, National Institute of Learning Development

* NILD-certified Educational Therapist

* AET-certified Educational Therapist

* Author, Assessing Language Related Disorders in Multilingual Students Living Abroad: Challenges and Concerns for the Educational Therapist. The Educational Therapist, the Journal of the Association of Educational Therapists, Spring 2014

“Anne did an amazing job with S. I have already seen tremendous improvement, and he actually didn't mind sitting down to practice or sitting down to meet with Anne. She was kind, patient, and engaging. She has been a very good fit for us.” —SL, parent

Who Am I?
As the founder of Bright Hope Educational Therapy, I work personally with each client. If we cannot work out a convenient schedule, I am also part of an active network of educational specialists and can make a referral for you.
--Anne Cernyar

My Experience

Bright Hope Educational Therapy Services, 2013-present. Founder. Provide intensive remedial reading, writing, spelling, and academic skills programs to students with learning difficulties. Coordinate with families and schools to make long-term plans for remediation and accommodation.

Discovery Program, 2019-present. Teletherapy partner, NILD educational therapist. Provide individualized programs in one-on-one settings where learning challenges are mediated through dynamic, interactive language. Students discover and practice clear cognitive strategies which develop advanced reasoning and academic abilities.

Structured Literacy Clinical Educator, 2015-present. Clinical educator. Teletherapy partner. Provide intensive remedial reading and spelling therapy online to students around the world using Orton-Gillingham based Structured Word Inquiry.

Durango Mountain Camp , 2015-2017 (summers). Dyslexia specialist working with individual students attending a five-week intensive program.

For more information about my training and experience, check out my LinkedIn Profile

Education

M.Ed. , Master in Education in Exceptional Student Education/Educational Therapy with Dyslexia Certificate, Southeastern University

NILD Educational Therapist Certification Levels 1-3, National Institute of Learning Development (NILD)

Rx for Discovery Writing. Teacher training workshop

Orton-Gillingham Dyslexia Certificate, Dyslexia Training Institute/University of San Diego

Graduate Certificate in Educational Therapy, University of California, Riverside Extension

Lindamood Bell: Seeing Stars and Visualizing and Verbalizing Professional Development Workshops

B.S. in Communications/Journalism, Liberty University

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Who Am I? As the founder of Bright Hope Educational Therapy, I work personally with each client. If we cannot work out a convenient schedule, I am also part of an active network of educational specialists and can make a referral for you. --Anne Cernyar

My Experience

Who Am I?
As the founder of Bright Hope Educational Therapy, I work personally with each client. If we cannot work out a convenient schedule, I am also part of an active network of educational specialists and can make a referral for you.
--Anne Cernyar