Linda Susan Yonusaitis

Background

Yonusaitis, Linda Susan was born on December 23, 1954 in Brooklyn. Daughter of Edward Joseph and Dorothy Virginia (Brestlin) Yonusaitis.

Education

Student, Nassau Community College, 1975. Bachelor in Child Study and Special Education, St. Joseph's College, Brentwood, Long Island, New York, 1977. Master of Science in Deaf Education with Speech Pathology/Audiology/Education Emphasis, Adelphi University, 1986.

Career

Naturalist, instructor outdoor and environmental education, Caumsett State Park and various centers, Long Island, New York, 1978-1984; direct care resident counselor, instructor, EPIC House Hicksville of Epilepsy Foundation, Long Island, 1981-1987; substitute teacher special education, multihandicapped, Rosemary Kennedy Center, Wantagh, Long Island, New York, 1979-1981, 87-90. Tutor/consultant elementary, secondary study skills, special education, deaf and hearing impaired, Wantagh, 1978, 81, 84-86, 88, 90-. Home instruction, special education biological and earth science, tutor, Creative Tutoring Inc., Long Island, 1989.

Subsidiary teacher deaf education, early intervention and programs for hearing impaired Nassau Board Cooperative Ednl. Superior vena cava syndrome, Wantagh, Merrick and North Merrick, Long Island, 1985-1990. Teacher various extended year summer programs for multihandicapped James E. Allen Learning Center Melville-Board Cooperative Ednl.

Superior vena cava syndrome III, 1983, elementary science teacher physically disabled, mentally handicapped (with hearing impaired and language delayed) Nassau Board Cooperative Ednl. Superior vena cava syndrome, Long Island, 1987, 89.

Achievements

• Linda Susan Yonusaitis has been listed as a noteworthy Educator, environmentalist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Volunteer fund raiser United Cerebral Palsy Association Nassau County, 1969-1981, Forest City Community Association, Wantagh, 1973-1980. Tutor Elementary Remedial Reading Club Parochial School, Deer Park, 1976. Special education teacher St. Frances de Chantal Religious Education Program, Wantagh, 1979-1982.

Director and special education instructor and program developer: Young Adult Evening Meetings, The Good Guys-Special Guides, Wantagh, Diocese of Rockville Center, Long Island, 1982-1992. Horticulture and organic gardening program developer Community Based Intermediate Care Facility, EPIC House, 1982-1986. Participant various antinuclear rallies Shoreham, Long Island, and New York City, 1979.

Land protection petitioner for Mill Pond, Wantagh. Preservation advocate Suffolk County Farm and Education Center, Riverhead, Long Island, 1989. Researcher to promote horticulture therapy, 1991-1992.

Neuro-nutrient researcher, educational consultant Lyons Den, since 1991. Lobbyist through vision therapy, since 1998. Researcher to disseminate vision therapy, correlate organizations that misconstrue orthoptic therapy as sound, 1998.

Researcher in neuro-nutrients to educate alternatives in Attention Deficit Disorder-Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, language delay, spasmodic dysphonia. Member Mothers Against Drunk Driving, American Association of University Women, American Association of University Women Environmental Network, American Association on Mental Retardation, American Horticultural Therapy Association, North America Association for Environmental Education, North America Conference on Christianity and Ecology, New York State Outdoor Education Association, Bicultural Exchange, Convention of America Instructors of the Deaf, Endometriosis Association, National Council Therapy and Rehabilitation through Horticulture, Nature Conservancy, Women's Sports Foundation, Sierra Club, Forest City Community Association, Support Our Country's Military.

Interests

• Horticulture-organic gardening, violin, swimming, tennis, pottery.

Connections

Father:

Edward Joseph Yonusaitis

Mother:

Dorothy Virginia (Brestlin) Yonusaitis