Lisa-Fatimah
DYSLEXIA, ADHD, 2(e), Certified Orton-Gillingham Master Tutor
Lisa Fatimah is authentic, personable, positive, passionate, pro-active, persistent, poetic, pioneering, honorable, loyal, witty, erudite, multilingual and supremely creative. A native English speaker from Brooklyn, NY, USA, Lisa Fatimah's 20 years in education, publishing, radio, law, fashion and grassroots service began at Psychology Today magazine. A master teacher and certified Orton-Gillingham educator, Lisa empowers twice-exceptional (2e), Dyslexic and ADHD scholars with epistemolog...
vocabulary
grammar
reading
Spanish
writing
English
ESL/ESOL
proofreading
TOEFL
spelling
elementary (k-6th)
Theater
ADHD
theatre
I teach and have taught bilingual educational theater and world language using theatrical paradigms for more than ten years. This instruction includes writing original monolingual and bilingual scripts, and empowering my scholars to do so as well. I have had the privilege to teach at public, private and independent schools, halls and on-air (radio). These institutions include, but are not limited to: The Brooklyn Academy of Music, The Billy Holiday Theater, The Youth Worker's Program (NYC), Brandon Hall School, Georgia State University, Morrow High School, The Latin American Association, Milán International School Scholars, WBAI, 99.5 FM, WRFG, 89.3 FM, and Stone Mountain High School. It has been my privilege to use drama as a source of communicative-educational art which reduces the effective filter and empowers students. My students who are (or have been) LEP (Limited English Proficient), at-risk, and/or diagnosed with ADD, ADHD, Dysgraphia, Dyslexia, Tourette and Turner's syndrome learn to present on the small and large stage as they gain life-long public speaking/acting/directing skills, confidence and have fun!
ADD/ADHD
I taught Spanish and English for two years at Brandon Hall exclusive boarding school, wherein my students were diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), ADHD, mild Tourette's, Turner's syndrome and auditory dyslexic. I designed culturally congruent and personalized lessons to enhance student learning, and shared global axiologies. My students include at-risk children and teenagers coming from indigenous, disenfranchised and prominent local, national and international homes.