About Me

My name is Joelle Gaspard and I am a blessed wife, mother of two, and Orton-Gillingham Certified Dyslexia Reading Interventionist with over 12 years experience in education.  I love serving the Riverside area and believe strongly that ALL children can learn to read!

I have my Bachelor's in Literacy and Writing from CSU San Marcos and have always loved literature. I worked at RUSD in Special Education and in K-12 for 4 years.  My real passion for literacy began when I was teaching a Literature class and discovered that many of my students were dyslexic and had great difficulties in reading.  What struck me about these students is how creative, bright, and intuitive they were.  Their ideas were refreshing and their insights extraordinary.  I knew that simply creating accomodations for them wasn't enough.  I wanted to teach these students the skills needed to read, thrive, and love reading.

I dove deeply into the science of reading and I became an Orton-Gillingham Certified Dyslexia Interventionist and Structured Literacy Interventionist through the Dyslexia Training Institute, which is recognized by the International Dyslexia Association. Additionally, I am certified in Literacy through the Cox Institute, and I am trained in Barton Reading and Spelling. I am currently embarking on an educational journey towards certification in Structured Word Inquiry and a Structured Literacy methodology to teach sentence, paragraph, and essay writing to students with special needs. My goal is to take the mystery out of reading through proven, science backed principles.  I look forward to working with your family!