Judith Dennison,

Psychoeduational Interventionist

Judith Dennison OCT, is a career teacher and retired principal with experience in the state, international and private school sectors. She has spent many years as a French Core and Immersion teacher with the Toronto District School Board as well as teaching both French and English at Upper Canada College. Currently, she gives extra curricular, academic support in English and French to students at Trinity College School, Havergal and York private schools. She holds an Honours BA from the University of Toronto in French and Modern Languages, a second BA from the University of Trondheim, Norway in English and is currently working on her Masters degree from the University of Oslo. She approaches the science of reading from a linguistics and education background. Judith is also a certificated Orton Gillingham Specialist with an extensive background in phonemic awareness instruction for students with reading, spelling and writing challenges in both English and French. She founded The Forest Hill Reading Clinic in Toronto in 2007 and has been working as an academic therapist ever since. She is a strong advocate of The Right to Read Movement and delighted to be part of The Well Mind team.

Note: All psychoeducational services conducted by Nida Rashid are provided under the supervision of Ashley Olver, Registered Psychological Associate.