Mary Asper, MS, CCC-SLP is a dyslexia expert with over 40 years of experience treating all ages who holds a certification from the American Speech-Language Association. She has developed strategies to address linguistic, cognitive and social concerns based on best-practice recommendations and current neuro-scientific findings, through her work with students from the early grades through high school, and she is highly skilled in the diagnosis, program development and implementation, therapeutic intervention and professional development for SLPs and educators in dyslexia circles. For the last 10 years, Ms. Asper’s focus has been on developing and implementing effective techniques and strategies to help students with language learning disabilities succeed in school. She also runs Codding Hollow Associates, Inc. and coordinates a team of professionals who serve students with severe language learning disabilities and communication disorders.

Penny Stack, OTD, OTR/L, CLT, is the founding owner of Dyslexia Center of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Penny has over 26 years of experience as an occupational therapist that include working with children who have special learning needs. Penny is also a mother of a child with dyslexia who has shown great success in overcoming reading difficulties. Penny is certified in Handwriting Without Tears, received her Master’s in Occupational Therapy at Samuel Merritt College, Oakland California and her Doctorate degree in Occupational Therapy at Loma Linda University. Her research on closed head injuries and cognitive retraining has been published in Brain Injury Journal. Penny has dedicated her current research to Dyslexia and its impact on Occupation: The lived experience.