Maria Fagan Hassani has over 15 years of experience as an educational therapist. She holds a Master's degree in special education and multiple credentials. She has worked with diverse students both in private practice and in schools, using assessments and multi-sensory methods to support students' learning. She has extensive training and experience implementing programs to address various learning differences and disabilities.

1. Maria Fagan Hassani, M.A., ET/P
Maria@LearningLink.me
(818) 538-4370 (cell)
EDUCATION
• Masters in Multi-Categorical Special Education received from St. Xavier University,
Chicago, IL August 2005
• Attended Educational Therapy Certificate Program at UC Berkeley Extension and UC
Santa Cruz from September 2001 to June 2002
• B. A., Liberal Studies, Hutchins School, Sonoma State University, June 1990
CREDENTIALS
• Professional Educational Therapist – Association of Educational Therapists
• Cross-cultural, Language and Academic Development Certificate (CLAD) #020014624
• Clear Level II Education Specialist Instruction Credential (Mild/Moderate) #090007333
• Professional Clear Multiple Subject Teaching Credential #060067887
HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS
• Trained in multi-sensory approaches to learning, i.e. Lindamood Bell and Making Math
Real
• Committed to empowering happy, self-assured, independent learners
• Effective team member, collaborator, and leader
• Experience special education teacher and learning specialist
• Strong skills in assessing and teaching to a variety of learning differences
• Experience with diverse populations
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE & ACCOMPLISHMENTS
ACADEMIC
Learning Link, Pacifica and Los Angeles, CA – 8/2006 – Present - Educational Therapist in
private practice
Facilitate learning process by performing formal and informal assessment, deliver multi-sensory
remediation methods, provide knowledge about student’s learning style, and/or study skill intervention for
students with and without a diagnosis of learning disabled, as well as translate and interpret professional’s
reports, provide referrals and support for families, professionals, and teachers working with these students.
Child Success Center, Santa Monica, CA – 9/2011 – 8/2014 – Educational Therapist
Collaborated as part of multi-disciplinary team that included occupational and speech therapy, performed
formal and informal assessment, created remediation plans, interpreted reports from allied professionals
and provided mentorship and training for the team.
Educational Services Associates, Chicago, IL and Oakland, CA – August 2002 – June 2006
Performed formal and informal assessment and remediation for students, as well as provided referrals,
and support for families, professionals and teachers working with these students.

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John F. Kennedy Elementary School (K-5), Daly City, CA; Keys School (K-8), Palo Alto, CA;
Good Shepherd Elementary School (K-4l, Pacifica, CA; and Tehiyah Day School (K-8), El
Cerrito, CA – August 2005 – June 2011
As part of the learning services team, provide support for students by performing assessments,
interpreting Psycho Educational evaluations, consistent communication with parents, interfacing with
teachers to create and integrate appropriate accommodations and modifications into curriculum, supply
individual and small group remediation, coordinated the schedule and proper implementation of
accommodations for standardized test, i.e. ERBs, as well as offer regular in-service presentations for staff
on the topics of interest within the educational community.
Jefferson School District, Daly City, CA – Summer 2006 and 2007
Taught self contained, second (’06) and eighth (’07) grade, special education class. Utilized multi-
sensory reading and mathematics systems, while instructing students for summer school.
S.T.A.R Learning Academy, St. Xavier University, Chicago, IL – January 2004 – August 2005
As a graduate assistant, performed assessment, provided supplemental educational services to students
with special needs, and trained new graduate assistants.
Hyde Park Day School, Chicago, IL – August 2002 – June 2004
Taught mathematics, reading, and drama to students with special needs in grades first through eighth.
Participated in creating, implementing and updating ILP (Individual Learning Plans) in partnership with
colleagues, parents and students.
Pacific Learning Center, Los Altos, CA - June 2001 – June 2002
Tutored students aged third through tenth grade in a variety of academic areas.
Jefferson School District, Fernando Middle & M.P. Brown Elementary Schools, Daly City, CA –
September - 1999 – 2001
Taught eighth grade pre-algebra and algebra at a California Distinguished Middle School, as well fourth
grade at one of the middle school’s feeder schools.
Redwood City Elementary School District, Kennedy Middle School, Redwood City, CA October
1995 – August 1999
Taught eighth grade pre-algebra and sixth grade mathematics, science and physical education at a
California Distinguished Math and Technology Middle School.
Alameda County, Woodland Community School, East Oakland, CA May 1994 - July 1994
Taught complete curriculum to tenth through twelfth grade students in a self-contained classroom.
Student body consisted of males and females on probation and/or within the foster care system.
North Peninsula Jewish Community Day School, San Mateo, CA December 1993 – March 1994
(Long Term Substitute)
Created and implemented integrated curriculum units that supported the development of reading skills at
the first grade level.

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WORKSHOPS & PRESENTATIONS GIVEN
Differentiated Instruction, Tehiyah Day School, El Cerrito and Ecole Bilingue De Berkeley, CA
August 2006 and 2007
Full day in-service presented for kindergarten through eighth grade faculty.
Differentiated Instruction, California Association of Independent Schools, Atherton, CA
March 2007
Ninety minute talk educating attendees about the theory that supports differentiated instruction,
as well as techniques and strategies to implement within their classrooms.
Second International Conference on Positive Behavior Support, Tampa, FL – March 2005
As a graduate student, presented results of a case study on implementing a positive behavior
support plan, conducted in a classroom in Chicago, Illinois.
WORKSHOPS ATTENDED
National Association of Educational Therapy, Chicago, IL 10/2015
New Developments in ADHD Research, Linda Pfiffner, 2/2011
The Evaluation and Beyond: Presenting and Implementing the Results of
Psychoeducational and Neuropsychological Assessments, Dr. Alan Siegel, 11/2010
Reading, Writing, and Rage: The impact of emotions on learning, Barbara Kalmanson,
PhD, National AET Conferences 10/2010
Writing is Thinking in Slow Motion: Teaching Expository Writing Skills in the Context of
Educational Therapy, Ann P. Kaganoff, PhD, BCET, FAET, National AET
Conferences 10/2010
Hampton Brown, Inside Language Program 5 – Grades 4-8 – Year 1, San Mateo
County Office of Education, 10/2010
Procedural Deficits in Learning Disorders; A View Beneath Verbal/Non-Verbal
Dichotomy, National AET Conferences 2009
The Oral Language Model and Executive Functioning, National AET Conferences
2009
How to Spot the Anxious Child, Kristen Ohlenforst, PhD, 3/2009
How to Use Coutertransference Reactions in the Practice of Educational Therapy, Ann
Gordon PhD, BCET, 1/2009
Is It “Just” a Learning Difference, Leyla Bologlu, PhD., 3/2008
Syndromes, Susan Ashley, Ph.D., 2/2008
Autism and Aspergers, Elisa Gagon, 2/2008
Sensory Processing Disorder, Summit Education, 1/2008
Aspergers and Nonverbal Learning Disabilities, Cindy Schulmeister, ET/P, 11/2007
Effective Teaching Strategies Tailored to Students with Aspergers Syndrome, Emily D.
Iland, M.A. – AET 29th
Annual National Conference, 10/2007
Unwrapping the Gifts of the Mind, Edward M. Hallowell, M.D. – AET 29th
Annual
National Conference, 10/2007
Assessment of Second Language Learners – Challenges and Possible Solutions, Maria
Carrillo – Ann Martin Center, 2/2006
Understanding and Treating Selective Mutism, Dr. Elisa Shipon-Blum - Selective
Mutism Conference, 1/2006

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Helping Children Recognize, Decrease, and Cope with School Related Stress, Jill
Reder, M.S. Ed, M.A., Karen Enyedy, Ph.D. – AET 27th
Annual National Conference,
10/2005
Family-School Collaboration, Kathleen Minke, Debby Boyer – 2nd
International
Conference on Positive Behavior Support, 3/2005
Girls & Women with Learning Disabilities and Attention Deficit Disorder: Learning
from Their Stories, Jan Adelizzi, Ph.D., BCET – AET Chicago Regional Conference,
3/2005
AD/HD in It’s Many Guises, Kathleen G. Nadeau, Ph.D. – AET 26th
Annual National
Conference, 10/2004
HONORS/MEMBERSHIPS
• Kappa Delta Pi
• Association of Educational Therapists – Professional Member
• Council for Exceptional Children
• Association for Positive Behavior Support
• Selected to complete student teaching with West Glamorgan University in Wales
• Outstanding American Woman of the Year 1991
• Doyle Scholarship 1988