Meet Our Team
Lead Orton-Gillingham Specialist
Temperance Powers
Temperance is a Level 4 Master Orton-Gillingham Instructor and holds a master's degree in reading from Wilmington College. She is a certified structured literacy specialist and is a licensed intervention specialist. She believes that all children, with the appropriate instruction, can reach their full potential.
Certified Orton-Gillingham Specialist
Tonya Myers
Tonya holds a bachelor's degree in elementary education from Cedarville University and is an experienced classroom teacher. She is a Level 2 Orton-Gillingham Specialist certified by the Institute for Multi-Sensory Education and has training in OG's comprehensive, intermediate and advanced methodologies.
Certified Orton-Gillingham Tutor
Stephanie Pennix
Stephanie is a Level I certified Orton-Gillingham Tutor who works with students virtually. She is a certified preK-3 teacher with 11 years teaching experience in the classroom, nine years teacher Kindergarten and two years teaching first grade.
Certified Level 4 Orton-Gillingham Specialist
Terri Vincent
Terri is an elementary educator with more than 20 years experience. She is a Level 4 certified Orton-Gillingham and dyslexia specialist. She holds a master's degree in education and a K-12 reading endorsement from Miami University.
Speech Language Pathologist
Amy Savage
Amy has been a practicing speech language pathologist for 28 years with a wide range of experience in diverse settings. She has 18 years of experience in public schools (PK-12th grade) as well as 8 eight years in early intervention services. She received her B.S. in Speech Language Pathology and Audiology and M.S. in Speech Language Pathology from Illinois State University in 1993 and 1995 respectively. She has had the honor of presenting at OCALICON twice and has a strong interest in building relationships within the autism community.
Orton-Gillingham Tutor
Hali Werner
Hali holds a bachelor degree in elementary education from Indiana University. She holds a Reading Level 1 license addition, focused on teaching literacy to students at the elementary level. She is an experienced educator with intensive Orton-Gillingham training. Her passion is helping students to sharpen their reading skills and close gaps.
Intervention Specialist
ALLISON Wolfe
Allison is a licensed K-12 Intervention Specialist who holds a Master's Degree from Walden University in K-6 Literacy. Allison has 11 years of teaching experience. She is also a 200-hour yoga instructor with a focus on teaching yoga and breathing exercises to children. Allison loves reading, writing, and building positive relationships with her students.
OT/Sensory Integration Services
Jennifer Sekela
Jennifer has been a practicing occupational therapist since 2002 with a focus in pediatrics and sensory integration since 2011. She received a bachelor's of science degree in occupational therapy from Wayne State University. She specializes in sensory integration therapy, therapeutic listening, the Tummy Time method, cranial sacral therapy and has 100+ hours of training in the area of pediatric feeding, OMD and tethered oral issues.
OT/Sensory Integration Services
Rebecca Gerwe
Rebecca has been a practicing Occupational therapist since 2018. She received a Master’s Degree in Occupational Therapy from Eastern Kentucky University, and also holds an Autism Certificate from EKU. She is currently working toward her certificate in cranial sacral therapy.
Cheerleader
Cali
Cali is a Golden Retriever and is in charge of supporting students and cheering on their successes. Cali has been working as a therapy dog at Sensation Education 2 for several years and has intensive training from Off Leash K9 Training Center.