Background
Louise Spear-Swerling was born on August 27, 1954, in Lowell, Massachusetts, United States. She is a daughter of Walter Edward Cheetham and Georgette Rosanne (Emond) Cheetham.
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In 1977, Louise got a Special Education Teaching Certificate from the Southern Connecticut State University. In 1978, Spear-Swerling obtained a Master of Science degree from the same university.
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Louise received a Master of Philosophy degree in 1984 and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1988 from Yale University.
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In this book, the authors identify the dangers of labeling children as reading or learning disabled, contending, that a "reading disability" is not a unitary phenomenon.
https://www.amazon.com/Off-Track-Learning-Disabled-Renewing/dp/0813387574/?tag=2022091-20
1996
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More children, than ever before are being labeled as learning disabled (LD), including some, who in the past would have been labeled mentally retarded. At the same time, the category of gifted learning disabled has become widely accepted, and some parents, as well as teachers, are trying to have their children labeled as LD in order to render them eligible for special services. But despite the reliance on the term, few agree on its definition or origins. This edited volume attempts to bridge that knowledge gap by bringing together experts from a variety of perspectives — biological, cognitive, educational, sociological and interactive — to discuss the nature of LD, its origins, its diagnosis and effective remediation. Framing the discussion are introductory and concluding chapters, written by the editors, including Louise Spear-Swerling.
https://www.amazon.com/Perspectives-Learning-Disabilities-Biological-Contextual/dp/0813331765/?tag=2022091-20
1999
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This book explains, why RTI is today's best approach for preventing reading difficulties and how research on reading profiles can enhance the power of RTI.
https://www.amazon.com/Power-RTI-Reading-Profiles-Blueprint-ebook/dp/B00Q7RH2EC/?tag=2022091-20
2014
Louise Spear-Swerling was born on August 27, 1954, in Lowell, Massachusetts, United States. She is a daughter of Walter Edward Cheetham and Georgette Rosanne (Emond) Cheetham.
In 1976, Louise received a Bachelor of Arts degree summa cum laude from the University of Connecticut. The following year, in 1977, she got a Special Education Teaching Certificate from the Southern Connecticut State University. In 1978, Spear-Swerling obtained a Master of Science degree from the same university.
Later, Louise continued her education at Yale University, where she received a Master of Philosophy degree in 1984 and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1988.
In 1976, Louise began her career as a seventh grade teacher at Jefferson Middle School in Meriden, a post she held till 1977. During the period from 1977 till 1978, she held a post of a learning disabilities resource teacher at Louis Toffolon School in Plainville.
Between 1983 and 1986, Louise served as an evaluator and author of educational software for children and adults at IBM Research Center. In 1987, she was appointed a teacher at the Institute on Teaching Thinking, Yale University. In 1996, Spear-Swerling participated in Learning to Read/Reading to Learn, a program, aimed at disseminating research on teaching reading to educators and the general public.
Louise worked at Southern Connecticut State University, where she held a post of a teacher of special education and undergraduate and graduate advisor. Also, Louise served as a member of different committees of the university, including the Department Admissions Committee, of which she was also a chair, Department Evaluation Committee, Department Personnel Committee, Department Honors Committee, Early Childhood Collaborative Program Planning Committee and Institutional Review Board.
In 2009, Louise served in the working group of the International Dyslexia Association, that helped to produce national IDA professional standards for teachers of reading. In addition, for many years she prepared both general and special educators to teach literacy, including managing and supervising a tutoring program, that pairs preservice teacher candidates with elementary students, who are struggling in reading.
Until May of 2018, Louise held a post of a Professor of Special Education and Area Coordinator for the Masters Concentration in Learning Disabilities at Southern Connecticut State University, where she is a Professor Emerita now.
Also, during her career, Spear-Swerling consulted widely for school districts in Connecticut, mostly on cases, involving students with severe or persistent difficulties in reading and ways to improve their achievement. Currently, she continues her consulting work for public school districts in Connecticut, as well as her research and writing. Her most recent research project focuses on the voluntary literacy habits and reading volume of teacher candidates.
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1999Louise is a member of the International Literacy Association, American Educational Research Association, Council for Exceptional Children, American Psychological Association, Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, American Association of University Professors and Phi Beta Kappa.
Louise married Robert Alan Swerling on September 11, 1987. Their marriage produced two children — Olivia and David.